Ms. Jade raps about how she`s "comin` to ruin the game". The truth is she is. She`s going to ruin it for a lot of half-ass rappers out there. Women OR men. With outstanding lyrics and a killer flow Ms. Jade will become an instant superstar once her debut album "Girl Interupted" is released. SIXSHOT had an opportunity to sit down with Ms. Jade and talk about everything from her early battles as an MC to how she flows to a Timbaland beat.

SIXSHOT: What made u wanna be an MC?
MS. JADE: I just felt strong about it, I was in hair school 18...it was just pullin’ me, I would walk off the subway tryin’ to write stuff down, and it was just really pullin’ me into it.

SIXSHOT: When do you start rappin’?
MS. JADE: In high school l wasn’t into too much rappin’ and battling, but I liked to watch people do it. I really started to do it after High School when I was in beauty school.

SIXSHOT: What made you want to be an MC? You’ve got so much talent and ability, from your flow to your lyrics, what made you get out there?
MS. JADE: Everything around me made want do it. The city was on fire with rappin’. Everyone was doing it. Eve was poppin and everybody was getting’ on. Major Figgas, Beanie Siegel, Bars, everyone was doin it...Rappin and music were everywhere. It was crazy, I mean cops would be on the streets like “what’s goin on”…it was so hot...but it was just music.

SIXSHOT: You’re from the Nicetown section of Philly, can you tell me about that? What was it like and how did it contribute to you being the artist that you are?
MS. JADE: I think that growin up everyone knew everybody in Nicetown, it was just like the hood. Corner store everything…As far as being an artist, being from Nicetown kept me on my toes, because I saw so many people so good with rappin’.

SIXSHOT: How did you take the step from just talking about being an artist to actually putting yourself out there and performing?
MS. JADE: I have no idea what gave me the balls to go up and started doing it in front of people. I would give it to people on the phone and then ask them what they thought of my rappin’.
People would tell me that I couldn’t do it…and that kind of negativity just made me want to give it to them more. I would battle guys and they would come out with bitch this and bitch that and it would make me just want to come back that much better.

SIXSHOT: Listening to your rhymes, it’s like you’re attacking the mic. Your lyrics and delivery are very aggressive. Do you consider yourself a battle rapper?
MS. JADE: I wouldn’t call myself a battle rapper, like `this is what I do`, that’s not really what I do...but I try to do something else. Coming up, I liked [Little] Kim. I still like Kim, she came out like “get money”. I think Kim is good with what she does, Eve is good at what she does, and I’m good at what I do, you can’t be a carbon copy, you have to show people your talent.

SIXSHOT: You were famous in Philly and on the East Coast for “Bitch Rap”, which played off on a mixtape rhyme Beanie Siegel did.
MS. JADE: Yeah, that really gave me a lot of exposure. But I left that behind. I wanted to be original and I didn’t wanna do the Bitch Rap anymore...Beanie did [it]. I didn`t want to make a name off of somebody else`s success. I wanted to put [Bitch Rap] to rest. I was like `Let`s be original`.

SIXSHOT: Ok, flowing to a Timbaland beat is probably not the easiest thing to do. His beats are original, fast, the tempo changes frequently...they’re pretty unconventional. How did you deal with combining your lyrics with Timbalands tracks?
MS. JADE: I sure couldn’t when I started I thought I was the one, then I couldn’t do it and I was like ‘I’m not the one’. I earned the trust from Tim. He saw I worked hard to get it down, to learn how to ride to his beats. You gotta be capable. You gotta work for it. Tim taught me how to do it…he really taught me and I had to learn. Tim, Missy, Bubba, Tweet. They all showed me so much love and taught me a lot. Petey and Tim taught me so much. Petey taught me so much, I was always like, “why is [Petey] wildin’ out on this beat”, but he and Timbaland would sit me down and show me the right way to flow to a beat. It really is a learning experience.

SIXSHOT: Some people think it’s easy to flow to a beat, regardless of what kind of beat it is.
MS. JADE: That’s why some people think that Eminem is the best out right now. Eminem`s flow is crazy. He really knows how to ride the beat and puts it together.

SIXSHOT: When is the album coming out? It keeps getting pushed back, and the rap world needs it. Every track I’ve heard from you has been blazin.
MS. JADE: The album wasn’t the right time…the world wasn’t ready for me enough, there might be like 50 people in Philly who knew me and 100 other people outside Philly. I just haven’t been getting the kind of radio play to really get this album ready to release. But, November 5th it’s coming out for sure…

SIXSHOT: Are you touring anytime soon?
MS. JADE: I don’t have a set date or set tour.

SIXSHOT: Are you on any other Beat Club (Timbaland’s Label) collaboration’s?
MS. JADE: Yeah, Missy’s song Funky Fresh