Luke: The Real King of the South

The name Luke is synonymous with big booty chicks, sex, the southern bounce and party music.  Beyond the music and the sexual undertones, Luke is a complex man who has paved the way for the likes of Jay Z, 50 Cent and P Diddy…to do what they do in the business of Hip Hop.  Luke was one of the main architects of the southern hip hop sound.  He made it fashionable and accepted to be a rapper from the dirty South.   With a new release of his tell all audio book and music CD (Uncle Luke My Life & Freaky Times); Luke is continuing to change the game.  Insomniac gained exclusive access to The Real King of The South and this is how it went down… 
Tony Samuel:  Tell me about your latest project?

Luke:  We have the album (Uncle Luke My Life & Freaky Times)…DVD… I have everybody on the album…I have Pitbull, Petey Pablo & Trick Daddy…I am real excited about it…I have a double audio book…all in one package.  I am giving my fans something they can all be happy about.
Tony S:  Do you feel you have been given the credit you deserve as a pioneer in the Hip Hop game and also as a First Amendment activist?

Luke: I haven’t received any awards.  I haven’t received any lifetime achievement awards.  I haven’t received any credit from the establishments that give out awards.  The only credit I have gotten was from the adult industry where they give me the Freedom Fighter Award.  That’s about it, but as far as the music industry…nope, no BET lifetime achievement, no Source, no Vibe…no nobody…no nothing!
Tony S:  How does that make you feel?

Luke: It’s very upsetting.  One of the main reasons why I did this audio book is to tell the story myself.  I won’t get upset if no one says I was the first to do all these different things.  It’s real upsetting that these folks in the industry don’t give any credit.  I feel like I am the Rodney Dangerfield of Hip Hop.
Tony S:  When it comes to the down South…Miami sound, you are definitely one of the architects of that whole genre.  The artist down South and from the Midwest…do they show you any love and respect…considering you are the pioneer and architect of that genre?

Luke:  Oh yeah!  No question about it.  They know…they show me love and when writers like you ask them questions about me, they give me my respect.  They give me props and my respect…artist from everywhere, from New York, California.  It’s just the industry itself…people who run all the networks; the magazines…these people give me no credit.  From the VH-1 and others…VH-1 have 25 years of Hip Hop and make no mention of me or Two Live Crew.  That’s a disservice.   When you see things like that it’s really, really disgusting!  The sad part about it, no writers…nobody picked up on that and checked them.  If a person don’t get checked they will continue doing that bullsh*t!
Tony S:  When it comes to guys like Jay Z and Puffy, these cats basically followed in your footsteps…along with Russell Simmons footsteps…you guys laid down the blueprint.  Do these guys show you any respect?

Insomniac Exclusvie: By Tony “Rescue One” Samuel

Part #2 next week….