Free Agent

Boogs (né Dwight Keaton)

By: Chris Yuscavage

August 15, 2006

“My goal is to be a ghetto rock star,” Boogs insists. “Because rock stars get to be so free-spirited and wild.” Not that the Bed-Stuy resident doesn’t know about fast times himself. At 18 he hooked up with a pair of childhood pals to form 3NY, a trio that successfully sang their way into Lyor Cohen’s office in 2001 and walked out with a Def Jam recording contract. But when 3NY disbanded in ’03, Boogs decided to go solo. He teamed up with another set of boyhood friends—the production tandem Midi Mafia (50 Cent’s “21 Questions”)—and began work on his as-yet-untitled debut; a collection he’s hoping will reflect his maturity and experience in the business. With tracks like “What U Like,” a saccharine-sweet ode to knowing just what women want, or the more personal revelations of “My Life,” he just may accomplish that. “My music is basically about the stuff that’s going on around me,” Boogs states. And what’s gone on so far has been plenty wild.

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