” Ramahs X. ” Interview
Johnell Aa: Whats your name and give a description about yourself.
My name is Ramahs “Ace” Xavier I have 15 years of age, im a sponsored
skateboarder and blogger, I am the creator or OriginallityKills.Com, I
work for RILA. I am a Los Angeles native, and a Pasadena explorer and
you’ve probably seen me around..
Johnell Aa: How did Originallitykills come about?
I’ve always been a person that has always had to state my opinion and
how I felt about things so I decided to create Originallity Kills so
that I could state my opinion on newly released clothing, music, and
sports news for people like me to read and only consume facts and not
lies about anything that is going on.
Johnell Aa: How did you meet the team?
Dave Gold was the first addition to the Dynasty, and I met him via
internet and we linked up at a Diamond Supply Co. Sale a few days
afterward, and POW! I just added him onto the team after we became
further acquainted and became good friends.
Nick D’s was the second addition to the Dynasty, and I connected with
him because he came across the site and was persistently emailing me
to get posted on OKills, and I wasn’t going for it, and After I
finally peeped some of his music, I realized the amount of talent that
he had and I posted him on OKills. After that, we began to speak
consistently and after some months time, I had added him onto the
team.
Cody Becker is the third and last addition to the Dynasty we connected
via internet as well, he started of as a consistent supporter of the
site, and we exchanged numbers and we had started communicating via
text daily and we realized the amount of similarities that we had and
after about 7 months time, I had added him onto the team.
Johnell Aa: What do you do besides posting on OKills?
Skateboarding plays a huge part in my life, I’ve been skating since I
was about 7 years old. I skated consistently until I was about 10 then
I was introduced to basketball and I ditched skateboarding for about 2
years, then I went back to skateboarding and ditched basketball for
about 2 years then I resumed my basketball career until I entered the
9th grade last year, and that is when I officially quit basketball and
decided to pursue my skateboarding career. After skating strong for 1
and a half years, I have earned myself numerous sponsors and
supporters, which I am very thankful that I have.
Johnell Aa: Who or What inspires you?
My main inspiration would have to be my grandmother, because she is a
sophisticated and ambitious queen that always pushes me to my best
abilities and never allows me to settle by doing the least I can do.
Secondly, my father would be my next inspiration because he has always
been my main outlet for words of wisdom and helping me get through
tough situations that I’ve came in contact with during my 15 years of
life.
Third, my uncle joey would be my next inspiration because every sense
I was little I use to watch him skateboard, drive super ill muscle
cars, rock fresh threads and gold grills. He and my pops have had a
huge influence on the way I dress and act now.
Fourth, Daniel, Justin, Geoffrey, Cody, Anwar, Lavish, Ev4n Holt, Nick
D’s, Cody B, Dave G, Casey V, Van Solo, Asa Davis, Deca One, Skotch
Davis, Carter Cartier, Kenya, Sage, Max, Lil B, Skeme, Curren$y, Corey
Kam, and Lea Turgeon because they always show love and hold a young
grinder down. Also everyone who supports Originallity Kills because
they give me and my Dynasty the juice to stay fueled and keep
grinding.
Johnell Aa: What keeps you motivated?
Just being able to wake up day by day, and learn/see something new
keeps me motivated to advance in the next chapters of life that I have
to come and what the future hold for my teammates and people I
affiliate myself with.
Johnell Aa: Are you satisfied with the way OKills is coming along?
I AM AMAZED! I’ve only been pushing OKills strongly for about 6 months
now, and people catch on day by day, recently I’ve been getting emails
and tweets from people from LA to Paris about how they love OKills and
how we always keep them updated with the newest and realest stuff that
there is. So thank you all!
Johnell Aa: Is there anything people should be looking forward to from OKills?
We will be dropping a printed magazine soon, some episodes sometime
this summer, some clothing, and mixtapes, as well as some videos for
Nick D’s. Dave Gold and I will be releasing an EP at some point, and
that’s pretty much it.
Shoutouts..
Everyone that’s grinding and doing something for the better! Thank
you, for giving me the opportunity to do this interview, I appreciate
it a lot. OKills and I wish you all the best!
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