Premiere: Young Marqus And Kirko Bangz “She Got It”

Rising Houston rapper, Young Marqus recently teamed up with H-Town heavyweight Kirko Bangz in an effort to highlight the city's young prospering talent. The two paired up for "The Young Dons Of Houston," an initiative that shines light on the new generation of H-Town rappers. Although hard at work repping for their hometown, that didn't stop the two from hitting the studio. Kirko recently hopped on Marqus' "She Got It" and became someone that Marqus began to look to as a mentor.

XXL recently chopped it up with Kirko Bangz and Young Marqus about the "The Young Dons Of Houston" initiative as well as their new song "She Got It." Check out the interview as well as the song premiere.

XXL: So I hear you guys are on the set of "Young Dons Of Houston," can you tell me a little bit about that?
Kirko Bangz: "The Young Dons Of Houston." Basically, the meaning of it is that we're the youngest artists in Houston making a name for ourselves and progressing in our careers as time passes, so now it's just letting everybody know. Putting it out there. Letting them know we're the youngest out of the H and we're doing it.

Kirko, we spoke awhile back and you were saying how artists that are not from Houston are capitalizing off of the H-Town sound. Is this a way to kind of fight that off?
KB: Oh nah man, [ Young Marqus] is just the homie. It started with Lil Keke and Young Marqus is just the youngest coming up now. It ain't like we just met. We just out here, we rock with each other. I rock with anything Young Marqus is doing. I'm there in his corner and I'm just letting everybody know that. Right now, I'm the front runner in Houston and Young Marqus is up next.

Marqus, why was it important for you to get Kirko on this song?
Young Marqus: First and foremost, before anything, I'm a student of the game and a fan of the game. Kirko is one of those guys I look up to, not only as a mainstream artist but an artist in Houston. A lot of my inspiration comes from my city. From Keke to Screw, all of those. I look at Kirko as one of those. He was meant to be on this record to me and I wanted to team up with him because he was the youngest. So it was only right for the youngest artists in Houston to team up together.

I heard that initially Kirko, you thoughts Marqus was 19 instead of his actual age?
KB: He is 19, he's just lying to y'all folks. [Laughs]

YM: I am the youngest though. I'm 14 man! Y'all are going to find out sooner or later. It's unbelievable, it's not going to be believed by anybody.

Kirko, if you would have known that he was 14, would you still have hoped on the record?
KB: When I found out I have to call him like, 'Aye man, are we going to be able to do this and that.' The video is already shot though. With me being me, I don't want people to look at it like Kirko got this young cat doing this and that. Nothing like that. Everything was straight from the jump though. Once I found out how young he was I was like, 'Hell nah, we have to be extra careful.' Because not only for myself, but I wouldn't want my youngin' to make any of the wrong moves as well.

What are some of the things that we can expect in the "She Got It" video?
YM: That video, a lot of things have been changed around 'cause of my age but good vibes, party scenes and a whole bunch of footage of me and Kirko. It's a good video and it's going to be dope.

Which chicks in the industry would you say "got it?"
YM: I'm crushing on Ariana Grande right now. It's just something about her face and her demeanor. She's the truth.

KB: I still love Rihanna and that ain't going to never change.

Kirko, how do you think your fans are going to react to you hopping on "She Got It"? Do you think they're going to support it?
KB: Yeah, of course. It's got the nice guitars and it's produced well. Even if I rock with somebody or whatever, I'm not going to get on something that wouldn't be a good look for myself. I don't have to look at this like I got on it just because Marqus is from Houston or nothing like that. Those are the pros to the situation, but I like the song. I'm like I gotta get on this. I feel like it's a real smooth sounding record and I got records coming so I feel it's going to blend well with what I got going on. I know what I got going on is going to help Marqus and vice versa.

Marqus, it seems like on your upcoming mixtape, you have a lot of Cali heavy features. You've got DJ Mustard on there and then you have YG on "It's Whatever" and Problem on a song. Why do you have so much West Coast? Is that your favorite sound right now? I see that you're also teaming up with Kirko for the H-Town stuff so I just wanted a little clarity on that?
YM: Basically the West Coast is where my career jump started. That's where my label is based out of and just word going around. 1500 or Nothin' are a big part of my production and they heard me through my DJ, which is Lupe Fiasco's DJ and 1500 or Nothin' is one of Lupe's main producers. So when they got a hold of me, that's when I got through to the West Coast. That's when Problem started coming and the YG's and the Mustard's. The reason why I mess with the West Coast heavy is because my producers are from the West Coast. You have to start from somewhere and thankfully that's where my career jump started.

I get the vibe that now that you're teaming with Kirko, that you're going to develop more of a Houston sound.
YM: I mean Houston is always going to be a part of my sound because that's where I'm from. That's where I originate and that's what I study. So of course! That's the hometown. I'm repping Houston until the day I die.