The Source: Who is D’Or?
D’Or: D’Or is the Daughter of rap; I was basically influenced by the male and female artist of the 80’s and early 90’s Hip Hop artist. I just believed in what I love to do and made it my own as far as rap. So D’Or is out here chasing her dream and believing what she can do anything that’s pop in’ to get in the game. And the game has been missing something, as far as a woman leading it.

The Source: As a huge fan of Hip-Hop culture what was the first album you ever bought?
D’Or: Wow my mother use to play tupac a lot and Twista, being that I’m from Chicago; Twista was one of my main influences. I really like Adrenaline Rush, that one right there put the icing on the cake for me.
The Source: What inspired D’ Or to pick up a mic
D’Or: t I started writing at the age of six at that time I knew that I love music so let me try singing right. Then I realize that I wasn’t as good of a singer as I were just a writer. So instead of singing, I started rapping and I’d be around my older cousin and I’d hear him free styling. I was always hung with the boys anyway I wasn’t the type of female that hung with the girls, you know what I mean. So I was like let me try this, so after I’d free style they’d be like D’or sit down. But after they hear me again they would be like wow. This is what made me feel so good; this is what I’m really good at.

The Source: I understand that at 16 you opened up for some of chi-towns greatest such as Twista, Common, Kanye, and Tech Nine, How did you manage to set that up?
D’Or: After I started pursing it real heavy, people started hearing about me. My cousin knew people, which knew people, so he would show me around and I would rap for them. I had gone down to this house party where I met these producers who also rap. We started to work together, and mind you this was my first time ever working in a studio. One of the deejay’s that they knew had contacted them saying that he was deejaying at Washington Park, which is located in Chicago and Kanye West was going to be performing. So he wanted us to come up with a song so we can open up for Kanye West. So we manage to put something together went to Washington park. Common Sense was performing that night, it was like wow… it was a nice, a big eye opener for me that really motivated me.

The Source: If you had an opportunity to work with any of those artists, who would you want to work with and why?
D’Or: I’d pick kanye I love his beats, and I’d also pick twista. He was one of the people who inspired me. I like Common as well; actually common’s mother was a principle at one of my high schools. So it was kind of like it was destine for me, because everything just kept falling into place.
The Source: When you left Chicago to head out Oakland - What were some challenges you experienced since the Hip-Hop movement out in the west coast is different from the Chi?
D’Or: It was cool because it made me more upbeat, more hype, more party-like …I couldn’t believe it because the style is completely different from Chicago. It was cool, but I was like wow, how can I make it here without changing who I am, you know. Anything can inspire you as an artist if you allow it to, but I like the transition, it was cool.
The Source: What makes you stand out different from other female emcees like a Nicki Minaj or a Shawnna?
D’Or: I really love those girls, they’re really talented and I love their music. But my thing is that I’m a type of female artist that really writes for what she feels, I’m not saying that they don’t. I write in third person, so what that means is no matter what I’ll always doing what I feel. I’ll always write what other people are going through. I just feel that I’m the daughter of rap, I’m the offspring of hip-hop, It just comes like that it’s really hard to put it into words. Actions speak louder than words so what separates me from them is that I’m the daughter of rap. I don’t really have to worry about what I should look like or how I should sound like, because everything came natural to me.
The Source: I understand that your first release under Tall Cash Entertainment is entitled: The Backbone of Hip-Hop, can you elaborate on the titled for us?
D’Or: Females as Hip-Hop artist are not really, I’m a be real, are not taken seriously…Being that a women is the support system for a man and to me she’s the support system to everything. Yea it’s a man’s world, but a lady keeps the tempo. So here I am a women coming in I’m a do this and I’m a do that and I’m a support what the game is already doing while doing me. So that’s where the backbone of Hip-Hop came from.
The Source: Five years from now what can we expect to see from D’or?
D’Or: You can expect to hear everything from D’Or it’s not all about fears and crying, it’s about loving what you want to do as a women. It’s about being that go getta, being that goddess, nothing less than a god. You’re going to hear some things, beautiful things from me. Everything that expresses the essence of a woman, I think that they need to get ready; I think I’ll make the game smile.

The Source: Where can we check you out for new music and tour dates?
D’Or: You can check me out on myspace.com/dormuzic; you can check me out on twitter.com/daughterofrap or check out www.tallcashentertainment.com . I’ll be performing at an event hosted by the source, so you should come out there to check me out and tell me what you like, I’m open to all kinds of suggestions, nothings ever negative for me only more oppo