| Q THE QUESTION |
| As they say to many hip-hop is one culture that has saved many people lives, as hip-hop continues to receive negativity in the media the culture has definitely done some positive in the life of Philadelphia native Quinton Hatfield. Having been a fan of music and falling in love with hip-hop at an early young age Quinton Hatfield never even knew the culture that he adored would be part of his career. Growing up listening to hip-hop icons such as the Wu- Tang Clan, Nas, Jay-Z, Redman, AZ and others these MC’s definitely had an influence in his daily life. It’s kind of funny too as Quinton finally decided on a career in hip-hop in his senior year of high school. “Man I didn’t know what I wanted to be or do after high school, it went from Doctor, to Lawyer, to sports agent, anything you can think of”. Finally realizing hip-hop was all he cared about during that time it was a no-brainer as to why not pursue a career in it. “I always loved to write and I stayed with an issue of Vibe, The Source, and XXL as they are my favorite magazines, it just came to a point where I was like I read and listen to this hip-hop all day so why not make a career out of it and get paid”! When he decided on being a writer from that point on the hustle and grind started to come in. Starting off with being an online writer for the major hip-hop site www.hhnlive.com Quinton Hatfield started off writing album reviews and interviewing some of the biggest names in the industry. After a few months of writing for www.hhnlive.com Quinton Hatfield made a name for himself in this industry and before you knew it began writing for two other major sites which are www.hiphopdx.com and www.nobodysmiling.com. Being a writer in this industry is a daily grind only if you want to be the best hip-hop journalist, but the kid loves what he do. “This job can be time-consuming, but at the same time I get to talk to people some will never meet in their lifetime and it has many benefits from party invitations, free music and much more”, and yes the grind paid off as Mr. Hatfield interviewed everybody from Method Man, Talib Kweli, Buffie the Body, The Game, Young Jeezy, MC Lyte, AZ, and much more to come. As he started off being a writer for these three major sites Q began to learn about the music business and in the summer of 2006 he and his man CEO/Hip-Hop artists Katrel Kelly AKA Trel Mack had founded their own record label that goes by the name of Street Knowledge Entertainment. The name lives up to Q perfectly as his younger brother Andre came up with the name as their from the streets of the Germantown section in Philly and will apply his knowledge from the streets to succeed in the music business. The three traits to describe Quinton Hatfield are grind, hustle, and determination. With major plans to be on-air talent for a major TV network like MTV or BET this will happen as Quinton says “I don’t wait for anything to come to me in life, I come to it and Kevin Liles recent book Hip-hop guide to success gave me this motivation”. Not only that he and Trel Mack also founded their own online newsletter EAR 2 The Street and have plans of making it a major magazine for you to read. Yeah, that’s Quinton Hatfield, Street Smarts/Hustler/Music Mogul and a hip-hop journalists like no other, you feel me. |
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