I want to start off by giving you my condolences for Chinx’s passing. He meant a lot to the whole hip-hop world. How are you and the family/team holding up?

Biggs: Thank you. It’s been difficult and it’s been a few tough months for the family and the whole team. But, he’s been recognized so much within the game and music industry, that’s what’s keeping him alive in all of us. Physically, he’s gone but spiritually he’s forever with us! With his new project, this takes your mind off the negative and allows you to focus on the positive things.

I thought it was admirable that you guys decided to put out his debut album Welcome To JFK despite the tragedy. Who ultimately made that decision?

Biggs: The project was very close to being finalized before Chinx passed away and knowing him as an individual, the thing he wanted the most was to put out a commercial album and we’ve worked so hard over the past couple of years trying to make sure we did it and he had it now. His two producers, Blickie Blaze and Stokes collectively probably did 70-75% of the album in terms of production and generics. We also sat down with the label and they gave us the green light with what we wanted to do and said they would support us. So it was an easy decision to be made once we spoke to his wife, mom and everyone else. Because there was no way we were going to let this project die when we worked so hard to get to get to this point.

What was the process of picking the songs for the album? Who’s involved? 

Biggs: The project is executive produced by myself and Chinx so the irony of it all, we had already mapped out what the album was going to be before we got the tragic news, so he had 100% input of what was going to be released. It’s entirely what he wanted the sound to be. For everything that he recorded [for the album], we have a number of more projects hoping to come out after this to keep the legacy strong and alive.

Which song or songs mean the most to you guys? Any inclination on which ones meant the most to Chinx?

Biggs: The first record that means the most to me is “On Your Body.” This is the record that took the most risk because it’s not the typical Chinx; it represents his growth as an artist. He always told me he wanted two things: one, that he had an audience, and two that people were listening. So the fact that he was willing to take that type of risk is real special. The second record that means the most would be “How To Get Rich,” the energy on that is everything! He’s giving it his all to you, it’s almost like an anthem where you can vibe to and zone out.

Blickie Blaze: “On Your Body,” because it’s not traditional Chinx at all, that was his commercial record, as far as hip-hop goes. That was probably the breakout record for the album. Second one would be “YAY,” because that’s exactly how Chinx wanted to sound for years. But, the most important one would have to be “How To Get Rich.”

Young Stokes: Being in the studio with Chinx a lot and recording, I got to see plenty of his process and growing in every record. There’s a lot of memories and every record means a lot to me. But, “Far Rock” is definitely one of my favorites because of the story behind it. I remember Chinx and I we’re looking just to do a record one night but, unfortunately he wasn’t able to hear the record or the beat so what we did was Blaze and Biggs put the record together and Blaze had just finished making the beat right before Chinx died that night. So that right there is really crazy to me because we never expected that to happen.

My other favorite is “Go Get It,” because it really feels like Chinx is talking to me personally because when we were recording it that night, it was just me and him in the studio bouncing back ideas and it means a lot.

Meet Sims: Mine would be “How To Get Rich,” and “Die Young.” Chinx was just so real with those two records and all the private conversations we had reflect so much on those two tracks.