It doesn’t appear that he and his child’s mother are in a relationship. He is a very proud father and from what we can tell he only has one child. He Is A Proud Fatherĭrag-On didn’t have a close relationship with his father, and that’s a cycle he’s always been determined not to repeat. Drag-On was primarily raised by his grandmother. Both of his parents were addicted to drugs and his mother eventually lost custody of him. Unfortunately, however, he didn’t have the best upbringing. He Is A Bronx Nativeĭrag-On was born Mell Smalls in the Bronx. Continue reading to learn 10 things you didn’t know about Drag-On.

Although it’s been a while since he’s released any music, we definitely haven’t heard the last from him yet. He has gotten the chance to work with some of the most famous artists and producers in the genre and he has always shown that he can keep up with anyone he gets on a song with. Drag-On may not have had the most commercially successful career, but he has earned a lot of respect within the hip-hop community. His first single, “Down Bottom” was released in 1999. He’s also developing a mentorship program for youth through his church, New Greenwood Baptist Church in Shreveport, he said.Best known for being one of the original members of the Ruff Ryders, Drag-On has been in the music industry for more than 20 years. He’s vying for a downtown sound studio to reopen as a hub for local film education and workforce training, and a destination to create locally-filmed productions. He’s amid developing several projects, including a celebrity-hosted “Flip the City” reality television series aimed to renovate residential houses and local businesses. Hall was the screenwriter, executive producer and director for the Shreveport-filmed production, “The Th3rd Wish,” which premiered at Regal Theater in October. He was instrumental to bringing Master P in as host of the annual Global Mixed Gender Basketball in Shreveport, which included special guests Ice T, Tiny Harris, and Trick Daddy. His plan is to create hope within the community by creating career opportunities and training in a plan to revive the film and entertainment industry, he said.

What you see out there, we’ve got to fix, but keep the hope.” “The restaurant was for me to show that what you see in here is Hollis. What I knew was that the city was just lacking hope,” Hall said. “I saw the same thing here that I saw in Hollis when I opened my restaurant. Hall’s decision to reside in Shreveport was inspired by similarities seen between the southern city and his New York neighborhood. That visit led to Hall putting down new roots in the Louisiana three years ago, where he hopes to use the success of “Drag Rap” to affect local change. Life’s many surprises led to Hall’s closing the restaurant and reconnecting with a former label client, rapper and Shreveport native, Hurricane Chris. The restaurant and museum attracted residents, as well as tourists and celebrities, he said. The collection included more than 150 pieces of paraphernalia and platinum records from hip-hop artists who’d come from the neighborhood from LL Cool J to Run-D.M.C. Hall returned to his neighborhood in Hollis, Queens, New York City to open a restaurant called Hollis Famous Burgers, which housed the Hollis Hip-Hop Museum. He believed clients weren’t getting their fair share in the business deals, he said. After 20 years, Hall left the corporate world, dissatisfied by what he witnessed.

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