Meet the man who may have either discovered, promoted or worked with some of your favorite artists in the rap game.

Edwin "Crazy Eddie" Myles has surely made his mark in hip-hop and he is still climbing...


Crazy Eddie is definitely a man from the true era of hip-hop. From working with legends like Afrika Bambaataa, Eric B. & Rakim, The Disco Brothers and The Disco Twins, Eddie has done it all when dealing with hip-hop music and artists development.

Born in New Orleans, LA but raised in the big city of dreams of New York, Eddie quickly became apart of the hip-hop culture. His affiliation of the culture at its premature stage molded the promotional genius and icon of Crazy Eddie today. Soon after, Eddie would meet Zulu Nation founder Afrika Bambaataa which placed him in a position with many historic achievements in hip-hop history such as The Roxy, Roseland, Studio 54, The Tee Connection and famous hip-hop movies such as Wildstyle, Krush Groove and Beat Street. Eddie's help in structuring the Zulu Nation's vision and promotions helped establish a 24-hour hotline for the Zulu Nation.

However Eddie would soon face downfalls. He got caught up in drugs and New York's troublesome streets and chose to move back to his southern roots in New Orleans. After receiving high accolades at his job servicing commercials for local companies, his job funded a local show for him called Showtime In New Orleans. Here, Eddie showcased up-and-coming talent making him a big figure on the Louisiana hip-hop scene.

He would eventually open up a record store and it was here that he helped create sound scans for the start of Cash Money Records and No Limit Records, pushing and promoting a premature Baby AKA Birdman and Master P to stardom. Eddie also played a heavy role in discovering Heltah Skeltah and Westcoast MC Mack 10. Word began spreading so fast for Eddie's work with No Limit and Cash Money that soon many major labels began calling like Virgin Records, Trill Entertainment and the legendary southern powerhouse Rap-A-Lot Records. It was becoming imperative that young, independent rappers come see Crazy Eddie if they wanted success in the game.

Eddie went on to work with the likes of Lil' Boosie, Webbie and did booking and promotions for Houston MC Lil' Flip. Eddie now manages Zulu Nation South and is the founder of the International Disc Jockey Trade Association (IDJTA). Through numerous rap acts, Crazy Eddie remains and is still doing what he loves and what he's great at and that's "turning coal into diamonds" with independent talent. He is a true hip-hop legend and continues to make his mark on the game.

Despite being ill with the flu, Eddie, a true, dedicated man of his work, took time to speak in a brief interview with Scoop as correspondant Caleb M. Davis finds out more of the daily life of a hip-hop icon and what's next on his list of achievements...

SMAG: Tell us a little about your million DJ conference calls and what exactly is it?

Eddie: The million DJ conference call allows DJs from all over to enteract with other DJs over phone conversations and also get more in tuned with artists worldwide. All this I do out of my pocket. I started this whole thing for one purpose only...the DJs; to make it where they have a huge media outlet to reach artists and network.

SMAG: What artists have you had the pleasure to call in and work with you and the other DJs?

Eddie: I had Raekwon, Ace Hood, Gangsta Boo, Mia X, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Freeway, Wyclef; I mean the list goes on. This is a network with over 40,000 DJs locked in and counting.

SMAG: Explain promotion now in this current internet-savy generation with Myspace and Facebook contrastingly to the grinding days when you were coming up.

Eddie: Well, it was definitely much harder back in the day. I'm talking blood, sweat and tears, passing out a million flyers a day, pasting posters up on buildings so the only way the poster would fall is if they tore the building down! Also, out of town promoting, not seeing your family for weeks or even months at a time. It was really a huge grind back then, but now I can reach a million people by just hustling at my computer and networking. My name is familiar with 500 social networks, I'm reaching millions upon millions just by sitting at my desk, so it's definitely changed and it's much easier.

SMAG: You've worked with numerous legends and done great things but what haven't you done in your iconic career that you have yet to achieve?

Eddie: I just want to be known as a true grinder and hustler, ya know, that's what I represent. Money don't mean shit to me, man. I done had the fame, I had the fortune, I seen all the glitz and glamour and I still know how to appreciate a dollar. I just try to help others in their situation and continue to establish my goals. I have a radio station for satellite radio I'm trying to work out with SiriusRadio and help local artists here in Atlanta and around the world get their music out independently.

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