ABM: What is your Rap name? Tell us the story behind your hip-hop name?
NDawson: My name started off as NDND, it stood for “Never doubt Nehemiah Dawson”, someone was always throwing shade my way growing up as a kid, so a family member by the name of Hustle Man Benjamin gave me the name. Later down the line my homeboy Preston out of Seattle Washington said N Dawson out the blue one day, w and I ran with it.
ABM: Has anything happened in your life that led to the decision of becoming a musician?
NDawson: When I stated hanging out in the streets, my mom ask me what could she do to keep me in the house, most of my friends where gang banging and robbing, so she refinanced her house and got me my first piece of music equipment, I was 12. I really just tried to work with every rapper i could find, but never worked out till years later.
ABM: Where are you from, and what was it like growing up there?
NDawson: I’m from sac town it was crazy growing up on 29st most of the time it was heavy drugs and trap houses every where. Having access to drugs and guns was unbelievable, not to positive, but I stayed out the way. I grew up in Sacramento California during the time when we had the most murder rate due to all the gang violence with the Crips and the Bloods and other gangs. Not to mention we had a chop shop across the street things were really fast growing up.
ABM: Has anything happened in your life that led to the decision of becoming a musician?
NDawson: I wanted to make beats, blood bank AKA Burbank High School, even school was unsafe, homicides going on, the gang unit at school, Crips and Bloods. Meadowview at this time all the Bloods from Meadowview was going to school with all the Crips from 29th and 24th street, they should have known better.
ABM: What kind of music do you make?
NDawson: I normally make the type of beats currently how I feel at the moment, I am standing right next to Kanye West, his words and music isn’tmath it’s emotions.
ABM: What are your last full length releases people can go check out right now?
NDawson: My last release was Turk and Birdman’s new single “All The Money”, produced by me and my team lildutty and Phvntom808.
ABM: What are you currently working on?
NDawson: I am currently working on placements with Interscope Records.
Soon-to-be Epic
ABM: Whats your ultimate goal at the end of your career?
NDawson: My overall career goal is to be a super producer all the way around the table, being able to cater to any artist.
ABM: Anything else you want the fans to know?
NDawson: Also, if you didn’t know, I am known to wear a beat machine around my neck… the AKAI MPC 1000, at music events.
ABM: How can people reach you?
NDawson: Follow me on IG, search for me online @ndawsonbeats, or shoot me a email ndawsonbeats@gmail.com
