Miss iLL : My first question has to be, why is your name Otis Clapp?
Otis Clapp : I used to go by the name E-Biz. Along the way I picked up Otis Clapp, but I can’t tell you where I got it from, then I’d have to kill you. (Slight smile)
Miss. iLL : How did you get in to mc’ing?
Otis Clapp : Umm, Sophomore year in high school, many moons ago we had to keep a journal in my English class. I just felt like it was a diary, just felt like it was whatever. I started writing rhymes everyday. We had to write in the journal EVERYDAY. I just did, started writing lyrics, in the beginning it was mostly bullshit, then I started to like doing it. People in my school were catching on, back then hip- hop was HIP-HOP, you know, 97.
M.I : Do you still keep a journal? Just for you?
O.C : No, because I didn’t really keep a journal then. I was supposed too…
read the rest of the interview by Bio Magazine here
