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So Hood: When did your passion for writing begin? What kept you going?
Yello: My passion for writing began after being hit by the Parole Board for the second time. I felt the need to do something constructive with my time. I passed the time reading everything I could get my hands on and soon wanted to tell my own story and the story of the cats I came up with. What kept me going are the number of people who said I couldn’t do it. Originally I planned to write a total of ten books and within a year I went on to write twenty. Respect The Jux is the first one being released.

So Hood: What challenges or obstacles did you encounter while writing your book?
Yello: Being incarcerated was my biggest challenge and the lack of supplies needed to write a book and other inmates going out of their way to prevent me from doing something positive. For the inmates, it’s misery loves company. I had the same problems with some correction officers. Anything positive in here is a bad thing. For the officers, it’s job security. As long as you’re in here acting a fool they will have a job.

So Hood: How did you overcome these challenges?
Yello: I do my best to stay focus and avoid any encounters with officers and inmates that may lead to me getting into trouble and writing also became an outlet for me.

So Hood: When and where were you when you first started writing Respect the Jux?
Yello: I started writing Respect The Jux when I was incarcerated at Bear Hill Correctional Facility in New York State.

So Hood: What are you reading right now? Are there any authors living or dead that you would name as influences?
Yello: I am reading “Summer of the Dons”, a book I just completed. I like to read my books a few times before putting it out there for others to read. My influence is my own life and putting pieces of my experience on paper.

Author Dadz AKA Yello

So Hood: Can you tell us how you found representation for your book?
Yello: A fellow prisoner mentioned a company by the name of “Keeplock Entertainment Inc” stating that he had a close friend who works for them. The next day he called his friend, who in turn asked me to send a copy of the book. I did as he asked, and the rest is history.

So Hood: How would you describe your own book?
Yello: It is what I would call “true fiction”. It is an entertaining, un-nerving, and accurate account that gives you insight into the world of Juxing told by none other than the most successful Juxter.

So Hood: Which character did you create first - and who inspired the characters in your book?
Yello: Cat was the first character I created. All the characters in the book are based on people I know or knew. I can even go as far to say that I may have done a jux with one or two of them.

So Hood: What were you trying to achieve with Respect the Jux?
Yello: A book that is authentic, at the same time entertaining. I want to capture an audience that would unlikely pick up a book to read.

So Hood: What was the book that most influenced your life?
Yello: The New York State law books. If I had read those books while on the streets, I would have been home free a long time ago, or maybe I never would have gotten locked up.

-Interview by Edwin Diaz, Editor-in-Chief, So Hood Magazine

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