After this Plies song and breakdown, I found a recent interview Plies and his big bro, Big Gates did with OZONE Magazine’s Julia Beverly. Plies and Gates are a tenacious team, which the quotables I’ve included below will emphasize. Get ready for Plies to elevate his star even higher in 2010!
When Big Gates went to prison, your situation was completely different than it is now. Being that he was incarcerated during your rise to fame, did he actually know how big you had become while he was locked up?
The great thing about that is, I guess for niggas that done been locked up, or for niggas that’s currently in the system, whether it’s in the county jail or federal state prison, they get the information before we get the information. Most niggas that’s locked up were some of the most relevant niggas in the street at some point in time. I know it sounds crazy, but people in jail are able to get a good gauge on a person’s star power when they’re locked up. It’s not true for different aspects of life like fashion and other shit like that, but music is different. I knew he [Big Gates] had a good idea of how I had grown as an artist in terms of my celebrity status and it didn’t surprise him at all what we were able to do, because he was always in the loop and had kinda seen it and felt it on the inside. What surprised me the most was his ability to adapt and adjust [to life outside] and come home full speed ahead. He had 60 or 70 things he wanted to do his first day home, and I’ve seen at least 45 of those things already completed. That was more impressive to me than my fame probably was to him. (Full Plies Interview)
Plies’ brother and head of Big Gates Records, Big Gates speaks on how he used his incarceration to become a better businessman.
Do you think going through that whole experience has made you a better businessman? Obviously you had to adapt to your circumstances.
Yeah, I think it did, extremely. I don’t wanna give the system too much credit because the system helps destroy lives. I’m just one of the few chosen ones that went into the system, utilized it, got better as a businessman and better as a person, and actually kept things going. Most people go into the system, they ain’t got no lawyer money, so they’re dead from the beginning. They just play cards, play dominoes, work out and shoot basketball or play flag football or do something recreational. They really don’t utilize the system. I’m just one of the few that took the time. I took the time twice – I started my company in prison, [during my] first bid. So I’ve utilized both situations to become better. I was reading the Wall Street Journal every day, the USA Today every day, Business Week every day, Economist magazines every day, OZONE, you know, just different publications. I’m one of the few dudes that doesn’t watch TV much, other than a few videos to keep up with the business trends, but other than that it’s mainly work. So definitely it enhanced me as a business person. It taught me a lot of patience and expanded my mind. (Full Big Gates Interview)
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