Rapper Jay Rock Takes Our Pop Quiz

An up-and-coming rapper to most, West coaster Jay Rock already has buzz on the streets of Watts, CA, where the baritone-voiced 24-year-old has made a name for himself through precision rhymes and self-released mix-tapes. He hails from the notorious Nickerson Garden Projects, sports Blood red, and raps about the ghetto struggle. But as you’ll see in the Pop Quiz, he’s a softie with an eye for the ladies, enjoys comic books, and just wants to please his mother. Jay Rock’s now signed to Warner Brothers, with his single "All My Life" featuring Lil Wayne & Will.i.am on heavy rotation. His album Follow Me Home drops this spring, and he opens for The Game (who also guests on the album) this Saturday at the Blender Theater in New York. Catch him now before he blows up.

When you were in elementary school, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A ballplayer, every kid from the hood wants 2 be a ballplayer.

Do you have any tattoos?
Yea, I have 7.

Are you superstitious?
Naw, I don’t really pay no mind 2 that shit.

First album you bought?
2pac Me Against Tha World.

If you could have any super power, what would you choose?
I would be a genie because anything I want I can make it appear.

What restaurant would you eat at every day if you could?
Hawkins, it’s a spot right across the street from the projects.

How many times a day on average do you think about sex?
If I even count how many times I think about sex this muthafucking email a be 2 long lol.. Its hard 2 say, every time I see a bad bitch I’m thinking. It can be at the mall, on TV, the studio. Anywhere I see 1 I’m thinking like dam I wish I could hit that.

Have you ever been arrested?
Yeah, the 1s stay fucking wit a nigga. Remember, I’m from the projects.

What’s your guilty pleasure?
I love getting wit a chick and giving her the jay rock deluxe..lol.

Do you have a favorite bar in NY?
4040, my nigga Jay Brown had me poppin in there.

Ever been star struck?
Naw, I’ve been a hood star all my life, but I do get a lil pumped up when I see some of these bad actresses in the streets. My sex thought again..lmao.

When you get good news, who’s the first person you tell it to
My Mom...she so used 2 me fucking up so when I do or hear something good I tell her asap.

What do you always watch if it’s on TV?
First 48, you can learn a lot from that show.

What do you normally sleep in?
Drawls and socks blood.

Where’s the craziest place you’ve had sex?
In a skool elevator.

What’s on your computer wallpaper?
TDE.

If you could be any literary character, who would you be?
I use 2 love comic books, so I’ll be Wolverine. He a hero but at tha same time, he got that I don’t give fuck attitude.

Where do you really want to be right now?
I wanna be tha best rapper in tha bizness.

What’s the first job you ever had?
Street pharmacist.

Favorite Muppets/Sesame Street character?
Tha Cookie Monster, he was always about doe.

What’s the best advice you ever got?
Stay real stay tha same neva change up on your real niggas.