Hip-hop is defined by character. Tupac, Biggie, Snoop, and LL Cool J all were icons to the world due to that element of character. Sadly, hip-hop is dry on character these days. While there's a plethera of great artists, even great people...we seem to be lacking the individual who has the charisma, the candor, and that b-boy grace to represent our foundation beyond just the music.

Louis Logic is as good a canidate of this as any. While his debut album, Sin-A-Matic, officially drops this week, Lou has been putting in visable work for years. He has collaborated with many artists from yesteryear's unerground that are finally getting recognition. Logic has also bounced around the northeast until finally returning to his Big Apple homeland, where he lives and drinks. Lou's exciting life and dynamic past truly make what he has to say, worth hearing.

That fore-mentioned character is very prevalent in this interview. With his signature subtle humor, the great storytelling rapper, tells Allhiphop a few stories that help make order out of Logic's chaotic past.

Allhiphop: Talk about your growing up, I know it wasn't easy.

Louis Logic: I'm originally from Long Island. My pop was an NYPD cop in Harlem. When he retired, he wanted to move back to a real small town where he was from. It was close to Lock Haven [Pennsylvania]. This is about '88. I went to high school [there] from ninth grade to eleventh. That's pretty much where all the drama took place.

AllHipHop.com