Luwee 13 Keeping it Real

Luwee 13 (Marvis Lewis) is an up and coming Atlanta rapper. He was born July 1, 1986 and first discovered his talent at 16. He didn't begin to take it seriously until about age 20 when he realized he was pretty good. He’d always record his songs on whatever he could find but it wasn’t until 2005 that he recorded his first song, Hustle 13 in a real studio.

Just like anyone entering this game, he was a bit nervous at first. After all, everybody thinks they can rap, but Luwee 13 said once he realized the competition, it was a wrap for it. “I know I got it now, I just need a major deal…” he says.

Luwee 13 doesn’t do a lot of live performances saying it isn’t worth the money. “I’m not gonna perform for chump change because my music isn’t chump change,” he said, “So if I perform, believe it’s money.” So how does he plan on getting signed?

Well like many artists today he’s utilizing the net. Popular social media sites such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter are great outlets for him to promote and expose his music. His myspace page http://www.myspace.com/Luwee 1313, contains many of his songs and tells a bit about his personality.

Luwee 13 says he’s an original rapper and doesn’t really resemble any one else’s style, but that he was heavily influenced by rappers Jay Z, Lil Wayne, and TI. Hip hop is more than rhyming words to him, he puts feelings and emotions in his music. “I don’t plan it(a song), I just go where the music takes me,” he says, “I don’t write much, I just have a vision.” Some songs are about subjects that he can relate to such as “Lite Green…Purp Smoke” which is self-explanatory, but some songs have deeper meanings. “Mostly the songs that are dear to me, I’ll write them,” he says, “Like when I do this song about my fuck ass father.” Rapping isn’t just something he does for fun or just a money maker he says he does it because he loves it.

Of course people are skeptical of people who want to be rappers, but Luwee 13 says a lot guys want to rap or think they can rap because they think it’s easy to get into this industry. “From the outside looking in, it seems that it’s easy to rap,” he says, “but as you know many rappers don’t make it all for that reason.” So what separates him from the rest? His work ethic he says. “I am true to my work and that means a lot…I am good quality,” he says. He feels he’s authentic or real, not a “gimmick.” Luwee 13 feel a lot of hip hop artists, both underground and mainstream are fake claiming “music is not what it should be.” However he does agree there are a lot of great artists out there as well.

Luwee 13 is obviously a man that thinks about his future saying that if he doesn’t make it rapping he does have a plan B and is always making moves for the future regardless of the outcome, however he is putting his all in to rap for now. If he does make it big first thing he will do with his success is take care of his family and also venture out into business. He wishes to buy companies to “keep da money rollin.” “Who knows, a nigga might come up better than me in rap in the future,” he says, “Doubt it, but maybe…I’ll position myself for the future.”

Well I wish Luwee 13 the best of luck in his career and hopefully we’ll hear more of him in the future. Any questions you have for him, post in comments section. To listen to his music go to his website http://www.myspace.com/luwee13 or follow him on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/luwee13wee13