Interview with Eskr-One

What is your artist name?

Eskr-One

Where are you from?

Ottawa, Ontario

Are you a rapper/beatmaker or DJ?

I like to stay as well rounded as possible.My first introductio to hip hop culture was my dad playing me Grandmaster Flashand the Furious 5 which he had on vinyl. I went on to watchStyle Wars and that got me heavy into graffiti and from there I went on to explore hip hop in all its elements.I started dabbling is turntablism at 15 had apair of XL500s my parents got me and I practised many scratch techniques. I was obsessed with DJ Q Bert and Mixmaster Mike. I always freestyled with my friends an thats how I started writing and homing my rapping style. I also am a huge vinyl collector, mostly sci fi, horror and fantasy soundtracks and have done some beatmaking as well with my MPC500 and FL Studio. But these days I am focusing on my rapping.

Do you have a crew?

I collaborate with many MCs and producers worldwide.  I am apart of Optext which is a Apss One and Sadida from Texas,USA, ILLtemper from Philly, USA and Donny G from Canada. I also roll with a huge collective of artists called Dystopianz founded my LA rapper Ganjre  The Giant. Dystopianz have is a large group of hardcore MCs, producers, graff writers, tattoo artists and artists. I am also involved with a Canadian movement called SFTS or Strictly For The Streets founded by Roch from Toronto. I work with alot of other brilliant artists like Plague Plenty, Roch.Beatahoe, Rated R, Blaq Masq,Casacas,Toombs, Shushi,Drew Dollars,Trem Bison, Lone Ninja,Grim of Dead Rabbits, Bender of Flight Distance (KOTD Champion) Jnyce of Psych Ward and just finished huge tracks with Blaq Poet of Screwball.

How old are you?

Just turned 30.

What kind of music do you make?

Hardcore, concious, hiphop

What kind of artists are an inspiration to you?

Ill Bill, Ghostface Killah,MF Doom, Q-Unique, Tom Morrello, RZA, and all the artists I work with inspire me.

How long have you been making music?

For fun and a hobby like 11 yrs and seriously on my grind for the last 2yrs. So 13yrs all together.

Is music your job or just a hobby?

Its my life now. I had a pretty rough and crazy run until I sobered up and got clean in May 2012 and now I just focus all my energy and passion on positive building, my family my fiance and music.

Can we expect some albums of you this year/next year?

Allied Forces EP with Sadida, Casacas and Beatahoe, 3Demons EP with Rated R and Julius Sleazer, Blaq Masq's production album and more Optext and Dystopianz music and also just tons of single because Im always hungry.

Can you name some artists you want to work with?

Killah Priest, Ill Bill, RZA, MF Doom, Madlib and I could go on forever lol.

Thanks for the interview.