T.Ellis : in Marion Indiana how was your upbringing ? WHT$ NXT : My upbringing was good, and fair. we wasn't rich, but wasn't poor either, but more of middle class people. Living in Marion was cool them days. T.Ellis : When did you first take a liking to music ? WHT$ NXT I started liking music in the 80s, my mother influenced me with church music and a r&b My cousin Nakia put me on rap music, and the culture. I used to watch MTV a lot too,so I was influenced by 80s, rock too. T.Ellis : When did you make a decision to start rapping yourself ? WHT$ NXT : I wanted to learn how to rap in the early 90s seeing Bone Thugs influenced me a lot. Also seeing my cousins rap, made me want to do it too. T.Ellis : What year did you put out your first song ? WHT$ NXT : My first song, I did was with a group called 3rd Alliance, back in 96 or 97, the song was called Watch Out. T.Ellis : How many singles or albums or both you have out in all ? WHT$ NXT : I got a few mixtapes out, The High Life v.1, AMNXT, Nxtradordinary,2 group mixtapes OSG cold Business, and Indiana 101 that's out right now on Audiomack.im working on IAMNXT 2 right now. T.Ellis : What does your music represent ? WHT$ NXT : My music represent me, and where im from, and how I was raised up, and what I been through or saw growing up. T.Ellis : What is your overall goal as a Rap Artist ? WHT$ NXT : Well tbh I feel like I done already met my goal. I done a lot of shows, been on radio, podcast, met a lot of rappers, got videos, mixtapes, had 2 distribution deals, so I just feel like I have accomplished everything I wanted to do. T.Ellis : What is the music scene like in Marion Indiana ? WHT$ NXT : The music scene in Marion is crazy. We got a lot of dope rappers, you can't sleep on any rappers coming from here or Indiana. Supernatural is from Marion,so we been out here for awhile. T.Ellis : Where can your music be heard at ? WHT$ NXT : My music is on YouTube, SoundCloud, Reverbnation, and Audiomack. T.Ellis : How would you like to be remembered ? WHT$ NXT : I want to be remembered as someone who put on for the state, some one who really followed his dreams, and never gave up, plus I want people to know you can go as far as you want.