Video: Roach Gigz – MTV2 Sucker Free Interview

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	Video: Roach Gigz – MTV2 Sucker Free Interview	03.09.2011


	Following Online Preview, Full Sucker Free Interview Airs This Past Sunday

The Video: Last week, we gave you a special, online-only clip of Roach Gigz' forthcoming sit-down with MTV2's Sucker Free, and this past Sunday the full interview aired as part of Sucker Free's On Deck feature series. In the interview, shot at a local boxing gym in New York City, Roach talks on how he first got into rapping and releasing his music for public consumption, Mac Dre and his other influences, the impact *Roachy Balboa* and *Roachy Balboa 2* have made for him, being a Trending Topic on Twitter, and more. You can watch the MTV2 Sucker Free interview with Roach Gigz here: http://www.mtv.com/videos/interview/629353/on-deck-roach-gigz.jhtml#id=1659363 Roach speaks on the importance of the independent Bay Area hustle in this online-only preview clip: http://www.mtv.com/videos/interview/627420/sucker-free-exclusive-roach-gigz-on-the-bay-areas-independent-hustle.jhtml#id=1656633 <br /> Tweet For more information on Roach Gigz please contact Michelle or Dan at Audible Treats. The Background: Selected as one of 106 KMEL's Top 10 Freshman Rappers of the Bay Area, 21-year-old San Francisco native Roach Gigz has gone from virtually unknown to one of the hottest artists on the West Coast in just four years. Born and raised in the Bay Area Roach was conceived in Nicaragua during the Contra and Sandinista war. His father was a supporter of the Sandinista Liberation Front and has never lived in the United States but Roach's mom moved to California and raised him as a single mother. Needless to say his upbringing was very complex so being a white rapper in a predominantly Black and Latin dominated business is not an issue for Roach. "I'm just being myself and I think my fans see that. It ain't about race; it's about the music." Named after a combination of the character Roach from the movie *Next Friday* and his high school days dancing skills, Roach Gigz first gained local fame with close friend Lil 4Tay as one half of the group Bitch I Go (B.I.G.). Now, with two successful mixtapes under his belt Roach is currently preparing his debut album, tentatively titled *Therapy Sessions*, which is scheduled to be released this fall. The album is shaping up to be a very personal one. Roach says the music will touch on the ups and downs of his life from the struggles he's been through growing up in the Bay to the birth of his newborn son.
Streams: "MTV2's Sucker Free" http://www.mtv.com/videos/interview/629353/on-deck-roach-gigz.jhtml#id=1659363 "MTV2's Sucker Free Preview Clip" http://www.mtv.com/videos/interview/627420/sucker-free-exclusive-roach-gigz-on-the-bay-areas-independent-hustle.jhtml#id=1656633 "The Dopest 2" http://t.opsp.in/NVh6 "Syrup Thighs" http://media.audibletreats.com/Roach_Gigz-Syrup_Thighs.mp3 "Black & Orange" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bCtj-zIMM4 "Can I Rap" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=208zbUoQcas DaVinci, Roach Gigz, San Quinn, Big Rich & Cellski - "Black & Orange" SF Remix http://media.audibletreats.com/DaVinci_Roach_Gigz_San_Quinn_Cellski_Big_Rich-Black_And_Orange.mp3 Young Gully feat. Roach Gigz - "What If" http://media.audibletreats.com/Young_Gully-What_If_Ft_Roach_Gigz.mp3 "Goomba Pimpin/Kirplunk" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YFFrbdOiFI "Magic Gas" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0KwOj5A_CU "Respect It" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEAueiDijRc "Pop Off" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_A3yMfHHuE Bio, pictures, and streams available here: http://www.audibletreats.com/download/roach_gigz Website: http://roachgigz.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/roachg Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RoachGigz MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/roachgigz Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/roachGtv Bandcamp: http://roachgigz.bandcamp.com/