Frukwan of Gravediggaz Speaks Out...

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Sep 19, 2001

bgyrL4Life: Our prayers go out to Poetics' family and the Gravediggaz. How are you all dealing with Poetics' passing?

Frukwan: We don't really feel like Poetic is gone. In many ways he is still beside us and inside us, pushing us along and supporting us. We will always love him and respect the contributions he has made to hip hop. Love never dies.

bgyrL4Life: What do you want people to remember most about Poetic?

Frukwan: That he was a giving person, that he was passionate about his work....about hiphop. He was a true warrior, a true emcee.

bgyrL4Life: Poetic was diagnosed with colon cancer over a year ago and give a short time to live... yet he lived to see the group complete Nightmare in A-Minor a year later. Why was it so important for Poetic to fight to live to see the completion of this album?

Frukwan: It wasn't just this album he was ready to complete, he felt that he could continue to complete the next one and the one after that and the one after that. Poe wasn't trying to go anywhere, as far as he was concerned he could beat this cancer, and do whatever he set his mind to. That was one of the traits I admired the most about him.

bgyrL4Life: Nightmare in A-Minor is the Gravediggaz third album. How is this one different from Pick The Sickle & The Shovel and the 6 Feet Deep?

Frukwan: Well, first of all, this album was done completely by me and Poetic. RZA and Prince Paul had other obligations that they had to fulfill within that time frame, so me and Poe just banged the album out and it came out dope.

bgyrL4Life: Who are some guest artists featured on this album?

Frukwan: Prince Paul, Prodigal Sunn of Sunz of Man, True Master, L.G., Shogun , 4th Disciple and Beretta 9

bgyrL4Life: It's been 4 years since your last album...how has the group changed or grown during that time?

Frukwan: Well, some of that was answered in my last response, but aside from being only two members, I think that we have matured in a lot of ways and our lyrics reflect that....we still are intent on digging in the minds of the mentally dead.... that will never change. But our lives have taken different turns and that is reflected in the album...the music and the lyrics. Poetics used his illness to come up with new verses...he didn't let it weaken him, only make him stronger.

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