Interview with Doom Squad

Edmonton, also known as the "City Of Champions"or "Oil Country". Home of k.d. Lang, Captain Tractor, and many others. But now is the time for Underground Hip-Hop and in comes Doom Squad. DS consists of 3 members Kryple, NineLivez & Trippz and these guys bring raw flavor with their raw talent. They recently opened for R.A. The Rugged Man in Vancouver, and this was my first exposure to them, and got me interested right away, with their I.D.G.A.F. attitude.

ITS - Who is Doom Squad and how did you guys form as a group?

Kryple - "Doom Squad consists of 3 members, Kryple, NineLivez & Trippz. We were all solo artists that worked together for years before forming the group. Eventually the chemistry just brought us closer together as artists and it just clicked. The name Doom Squad came from NineLives' older brother Blaklistid (RIP) and is in his honor."

ITS - Who have been your biggest inspirations to outside a career in music personally and professionally?

Kryple - "As a group we inspire each other by playing off each others talents. We always strive to be better then the other but in a good way, and that how we have grown and continue to grow as artists. Individually we all have different upbringings and motivators because we all come from completely different walks of life."

ITS - Being a Hip Hop group from Edmonton, how does the scene there differ from Vancouver?

Kryple - "There's not much difference between any of the hip hop scenes in Canada in our opinion. All the cities have a lot of struggling artists and very few that are successful in the venture. That being said Vancouver has a lot more successful & supportive scene than Edmonton does, but they also have a more condensed and bigger population."

ITS - Nas stated hip hop is dead, what is your opinion on that?

Kryple - "Fuck that, Hip Hop is more then alive & well."

ITS - What plans do you guys have for the remainder of 2014?

Kryple - "Subscribe to our social media outlets and find out!"

ITS - Talk a little bit about your song IDGAFuck.

Kryple - "The song is IDGAFuck.. Pretty much sums it up, this is our favorite track to perform, and you can see us perform it on the Merkules L.A.S.H. Tour across Canada this September."

ITS - Final question- a fun question I like to throw in is, what pre show rituals do you have to get pumped up for a show?

Kryple - "Nothing really, we just smoke a bunch of weed and vibe out to music that gets us pumped."

If you want to follow DS on social media you can the following ways

www.youtube.com/kryple

www.facebook.com/pages/Doom-Squad/213025185382980

Instagram:

@kryple | @doomsquadfamilia | @doomtrippz

Facebook:

John Kryple | Stevie NineLivez | Noel Steven Wysocki

Check out their track IDGAFuck here