The rapper, songwriter and producer of
hip hop known as Big Dirty Moe Vega has released his latest official
single, “Enchanting.” The single has been proudly published on
the Big Ol' Pimp Records Inc. independent music label without the
direction of the corporate music industry. Deep, cruising, booming
and full of that lush '90s hip hop sound, “Enchanting” stands as
evidence that Big Dirty Moe Vega is a name to watch in 2017 and
beyond.
Big Dirty Moe Vega cites as main
artistic influences a variety of legends such as Big Daddy Kane,
Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Easy-E, N.W.A., D.O.C., Above the law,
Gangstarr, Nas, Rakim, E.P.M.D., Snoop Dogg, the Luniz, and Dru Down.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Big Dirty Moe Vega's own style brings much of
that OG 1990s sound into the 21st century with a blend of
Los Angeles and New York City elements that will likely appeal to hip
hop fans from coast to coast.
Kalamazoo, MI's Big Dirty Moe Vega has
been rapping since the 7th grade and is quick to give a
shout out to his childhood friend with whom he started freestyling,
Benito Whitley. While his name may seem flippant, Big Dirty Moe Vega
has society's best interest in mind.
Asked to comment on the overall themes
of his new single, Moe Vega writes, “My message is Big Ol' Pimp!
Which simply means, Black Intellectual Game Over Lames Positive
Influencing Massive Populations! 'B.I.G. O.L' P.I.M.P.' is an
acronym. I took something that's considered negative and turned it
into a powerful and positive way of expressing my art from an extreme
high level of creativity.”
Most people may know Kalamazoo from the Glenn Miller big-band classic, but Big Dirty Moe Vega comes from a different scene altogether.
Most people may know Kalamazoo from the Glenn Miller big-band classic, but Big Dirty Moe Vega comes from a different scene altogether.
“The north side of Kalamazoo was just
a great place to be growing up in,” he writes, “until the crack
era came about. I watched my neighborhood waste away from a strong
community to a drug-infested war zone overnight! Being the tenth
child out of my family, it was extremely hard to grow up as a young,
black male in the hood with such massive overtones of negativity upon
me daily. There was not a family that I knew on the north side who
had not been affected in a dysfunctional manner by the Reagan and
Clinton era through the '90s.”
But who is
Big Dirty Moe Vega?
“Who I really am? Who I really am is a 6'8'' black male surviving in a strong racially bigoted city! I didn't sell crack to raise a family. I worked my a-- off through much stressful bigotry. This town has not been good to me and mine at all.”
“Who I really am? Who I really am is a 6'8'' black male surviving in a strong racially bigoted city! I didn't sell crack to raise a family. I worked my a-- off through much stressful bigotry. This town has not been good to me and mine at all.”
Big
Dirty Moe Vega's tribulations include, among a great many other
things, termination from work on account of attending funeral
services for his mother.
“I am what this town has made me into,” he writes. “From '88 to '95, I was on the block getting illegal money – but from '95-2017 I have been doing it all legal, even with employers who did not appreciate strong, tall, black males with even stronger work ethics.”
In spite of his struggles, Big Dirty Moe Vega's music brings a spirit of inspiration to listeners everywhere.
“I am what this town has made me into,” he writes. “From '88 to '95, I was on the block getting illegal money – but from '95-2017 I have been doing it all legal, even with employers who did not appreciate strong, tall, black males with even stronger work ethics.”
In spite of his struggles, Big Dirty Moe Vega's music brings a spirit of inspiration to listeners everywhere.
“My strongest message of all is, keep
God first and foremost in your life,” says Moe Vega. “No matter
if you have mean-spirited people in your family, phony friends
talking down on you, or a town full of nay-sayers telling you that
you will never amount to nothing. Or if you come from a town or city
where all odds are against you, please believe me! The Almighty is
way bigger than all of that, and that you can succeed and be
somebody! No matter what your age is, you can do whatever you put
your mind to, period!”
“Enchanting,” the new single from
Big Dirty Moe Vega on Big Ol' Pimp Records, is available online
worldwide from over 600 quality digital music retailers beginning 2
December 2017.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
“Enchanting” from Big Dirty Moe
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