BET’s new web series explores the experiences of one hit wonders.
After having J-Kwon discuss life after “Tipsy” and Chingy discuss life after “Right Thurr”, BET enlisted Mims to discuss life after “This Is Why I’m Hot”. In the new 20-minute episode, the Washington Heights rapper details his signing and subsequent relationship with Capitol Records around the time he released that hit. While Mims compliments some of the people he dealt with at the label, he also describes a classic instance of a label exerting too much control over their rising artists and ultimately steering them wrong. He remembers being forced into featuring his face on the cover of his debut album next to a building from The Projects. He didn’t feel this image suited his identity, but went along with it anyway.
Watch the video below to hear Mims’ piece together the “fastest period of [his] life”, during which “everything was a blur.”
