Music Spotlight

A prolific DJ in his own right, DJ PrettyboyTank has surely made a name for himself In Atlanta, Georgia, as well as other surrounding states for his ability to liven up the clubs, break new artist, all while maintaining responsibilities he holds outside of being a DJ. I sat down with DJ PBT for a brief moment. Click “Read More” to check out the interview.


Pat: Tank, lets begin with a little background information on you. Who do you DJ for and with?

PBT: Hoodrich Ent, Fly style Music group ,The Group F.L.Y, Def Jam, DJ scream, and so on

Pat: Big things have been happening for you, most recently, your spot in Ozone Magazine. How did that come about and how do you feel about it?

PBT: Actually Ozone contacted me or whatever and said they wanted me to be in their new issue, got my info and that’s how it happened. I feel like this is a blessing and nothing else.

Pat: When did you realize that being a DJ was for you?

PBT: I knew around 6 or 7 I wanted to be a DJ, if you meet my mom she will say “he was already trying to DJ when he was one years old”, pretending to be a DJ in my room, it wasn’t sudden, I didn’t wake up one day and say I’m going to be a DJ, I guess I was born wit it.

Pat: Who is currently your favorite artist?

PBT: On a national level, drake, now Im gonna say this too, I been a Gucci fan since 05, everyone else on the bandwagon, uhh Jay-z, Outkast, I check everyday for Outkast, bigboi, andre we need you, Lets see, The usual, Kanye, Jeezy, Wayne, free TI, and that’s it, Fly of course that’s it.

Pat: What do you think of the state of Hip hop?

PBT: A lot of people say hiphop is going bubble gum, goin down the drain, but realize where It came from, it was a dance song that first came out, it was a club song, it wasn’t rapping serious, it was part of music. I feel like hiphop is in a good position, certain artist need to find they own lane tho, everyone can’t rap about Lennox mall and rockin polo, Gucci etc.

Pat: You have been instrumental in breaking Atlanta artist by introducing their records to public(F.L.Y- Swag Surfin, and etc)..Why do you think most Dj’s resist breaking records and choose to just tag on after a record becomes hot?

PBT: Imma just put this out there, A lot of these Atlanta DJ’s are scared, there losing there DJ gigs, they scared, you got to take risk, take chances, a lot Atlanta DJ’s don’t know how to do that, they scared to take chances, I’ve been lucky enough that I’ve taken the right chances, I’ve been instrumental in breaking Atlanta artist, but I don’t go around screaming that out everywhere I go.

Pat: You have been all over the U.S, What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen on the road?

PBT: Oooo I have to say Montgomery, Alabama gets it in and Tennessee, there was a situation where these chicks followed us from the hotel to the club, back to the hotel, tried to camp out in the middle hall ways of our rooms till 6 in the morning….
In Tennessee, all ima say is, if u hear about PrettyboyTank, They will tell you “second floor mafia”.

Pat: Once again, I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy schedule to grant patricktalks.com an interview.

PBT: No problem, ATL whatup

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