Feature: Hollywood Holt

Orginally posted on Misc Times in 2008

Coming from Chicago, Hollywood Holt is planning to take over the world. Starting to rap only a couple of years ago, Holt got big quick as he made his headline debut at Chicago's Fireside with friend, Mic Terror hyping him. With his unique style and flare for retro-fitted geat, Hollywood has gone on to work stages all around the country. His act is associated with the Phedz and Murder Club. The former consisting of Million $ Mano, Mic Terror, and Holt himself, while the latter which consists of well established rappers like the Phedz, GLC, Mikey Rocks and Inglish, of the Cool Kids, and anyone with a moped. He has his mixtape for free on his website (hollywoodholt.com) and has blown up on the internet with hits like "Throw a Kit" and "Caked Up."

In musical or lyrical terms, who would you say you learned the most from?
That's a big question but I take from all rappers, I try to master every style cause I like all styles of word play and how to flow on a track.

"...no one wants to watch someone in a bummy t-shirt..."

You once said that Hollywood Holt is flashy. Why is it important to be flashy whether on the records or when you're performing?
Well u have to remember that Hollywood Holt is a character, an exaggeration of my real self so I have to make sure he is entertaining in all aspects no one wants to watch someone in a bummy t-shirt or someone just stand there and rap lyrics you want to see a performance and I try to embody that with Hollywood Holt.
On your myspace, you talk about the 80's as an influence. How so?
Well I like the true form of hip hop when the DJ was the main focus and the emcee was a actual master of ceremony and he rocked fresh rhymes to a beat it was fun in the 80's no one had to prove anything they just rocked and had fun and that's what I try to do.

Holt and Mano on that 88 shit

In one feature with Mic Terror, another member of the Phedz, we briefly talked about Million $ Mano. When did you and Mano start working together and why do you think you two blend so well?
Me and Mano have been best friends for 14 years and real best friends never fought never been mad at each other for more then an hour were also first cousins are moms are sisters so we are very close we were with each other when we started everything so it's not us workin with each other we are workin with other people but we are one.

One of your songs with Mano is "Throw a Kit," which has been big on the Internet and talks about Murder Club. Why have you, and many other rappers, associated with mopeds?
I started a moped gang with Mano and Ramin Gibb's years ago because I love mopeds and I wanted to get all my friends into it so I can have people to ride with and to start something that has never existed an all black founded moped gang and it's a brotherhood of great guy's that follow a code of greatness.

What's next for Hollywood Holt? Next for me is keep making my music till I take over the media entirely.

Thanks again to Hollywood Holt. Treated!

-Robert Reyes

Links His website
Their Myspace