Artist Feature: Cash Bilz

Home city: New York City

Label: Unsigned

Producer: Soul Facebook.com/pages/SOUL/104088789645580 and Twitter @soulonlinenet

Connections: Facebook.com/Cash_bilz and Twitter @IAMCASHBILZ

Claim to fame: Performing beside such artists as Pimp C, Gucci Mane, and Young Jeezy

Influences: Biggie, Andre 3000, 2 Pac, Jay Z, Nas, Donnie Hathaway, and Marvin Gaye

Latest single: Bullsh!t featuring Troo 

They say: "Cash Bliz's sound is lyrical, fresh, the actual meaning of dope."

We say: Cash Bilz, Troo, and Soul deliver the same attention to lyrics and beat on "Bullsh!t" as Cash Bilz did on "Peace of Mind." His musical influences are clear but he is commited to paving his own way. To the song's point, that's what happens "when hip hop's not a hobby, it's a lifestyle."