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So by now you've probably seen this going around the internets and where else would you go to if you wanted to find out actually who this guy is. You have to love creativity and who doesn't like The Last Dragon. Enter Big City Philadelphia....illRoots.com: Why the name Big City?
Big City Philadelphia: Actually, it's Big City Philadelphia. My name is Phil. When I was locked up, they started calling me Philadelphia. Cause I was from Philly and my name is Phil. You gotta understand, in prison, you got guys from all over the country. So a lot of times, you get nicknamed after your city or the part of town you're from, or even your street. I knew a guy named 51st street in the county. Even Beanie Sigel is named after Sigel Street in South Philly. So being that my name is Phil, they just started calling me Philadelphia. Then when I ran into Beans, he tacked on Big City.
iR: What separates your city from the rest of the world?
BCP: It's a deep and rich culture in Philly. Talent-wise, the most raw talented dudes come from Philly. The rappers that come out of Philly and the music has so much more soul than anywhere else in the world. Even if you just look at music in general, so much great Soul and R&B came out of Philly. It's not just rap.
iR: What is your breakdown of music right now, not just hip-hop.
BCP: I think a lot of genres are blending together. A lot of cultures coming together. Boundaries being knocked down. Everything from Brave New Voices to American Idol - America is just coming together as one whole, in the name of music. Racial barriers barely exist in music anymore.
iR: If you could have one producer create your entire album, who, and why?
BCP: For me, I'd look at producers who do street music. So guys like Premo, Alchemist, and Jake One.

iR: Top 3 things that you need to make a hit song?
BCP: You mix heart, soul, and having fun - and you got a hit, or at least the recipe for a hit.

iR: Whats the biggest priority in your life right now?
BCP: My family.
iR: Who do you attribute most of your success to?

BCP: God. My main success at this point in my life is my son and my daughter and the fact that I'm still alive. After everything I've been through, I shouldn't still be here, but I feel like I was given a second chance. There's only one thing I can attribute that to, and that's God.

iR: What can we expect in the very near future from you?
BCP: Lifting up the skirt of rap. Today's rappers need their skirts pulled up. I'm gonna be the one to do it.
iR: One song that you've recorded thus far that is your strongest in your opinion?

BCP: "How to Rob an Industry Hipster" was the most popular joint I dropped obviously. But I think it was more than just a gimmicky controversial song. I really think I woke the game up with that. It had a lot of truth in it and it woke up a lot of people. Even though the song talks about robbing people, underneath that, I'm really just putting the whole issue out there - that there are rappers and then there are hipster rappers, and it's important to understand the difference. Rappers who chase a trend or a market aren't the same as rappers who are guided by their heart. And the trendy hipster rappers are running around misrepresenting the art form, calling what they do rap. And the best way I could express my frustration was to write a song about robbing them. It's a fun song, but underneath the jokes, I'm serious about taking this rap shit back to something respectable from an artistic standpoint. Emotional real music that has soul and has heart. I think the hipster song caught on cause a lot of people strongly agree or strongly disagree with that separation, but the whole thing seemed to hit people hard one way or another. In my opinion, that's what makes a song strong. When it has an impact. And that's actually the opposite of a hipster. Hipsters follow trends. Artists set them. I'm trying to set a trend where we as rappers keep high standards for what kind of lyrics we listen to. So people might think I was just trying to get attention with the song, or whatever, but I did the song because it was from the heart.

iR: Define Big City.
BCP: A man on a mission, wishin on a star, cause right now he's on the bottom, but by this time tomorrow, he'll be so far on the top, he'll be pissin on mars.