John Jigg$ Talks New Music, Show In Buffalo, And More [Interview]

Lately, Buffalo and Western New York has served as one of the centers of Hip Hop. With top notch music coming from artists who call Buffalo home, we're beginning to see more activity on the rap, hip-hop, and R&B front. It's quite easy to understand why with all of the incredible musical and artistic talent that exists in Western New York and and Southern Ontario.

You can truly talent can be seen in just about every corner of the region, from open mics to art installations all across the 716, 585, and 905. WBLK is doing its part in trying to highlight that talent with outlets like Homegrown Heat: The 716 Show and by making opportunities available for artists to show their skills on a larger stage.

Along those lines, there is a new local and unsigned artist showcase that happens monthly in Buffalo that is growing and drawing more attention. That series, Verses From The Vault, is sponsored by Villa Maria College's Hip-Hop Creative Alliance, brings national artists to perform in a showcase and party with local artists.

The October edition of Verses From The Vault had performances from Ali Black, Jay Gunner, Shaaf Baked, YNX716, DJ Apollow, DJ Ca$h, and Taiyamo Denku from Milwaukee, also featured Long Island, New York, born rapper John Jigg$. Jigg$, who has created music with Benny The Butcher, stopped by WBLK and chatted with Ed-Nice about several topics including his music career, that we catch up with those artists to see what's going on in their lives and careers and what's coming up for them in the future.

You kind of just draw from your personal experience and you put it together. My best songs were the easiest songs to write. I like to tell people that. You know, like when I hear it, when I know, it's like – it's almost like a second nature thing. It just comes to me. You know what I mean? And it's a beautiful thing...
-John Jigg$ talking about his motivation to make music

You can check out the entire conversation that Ed, DJ Ca$h from Villa Maria College, and John Jigg$ had below.