In The Spotlight: Xilla

1. Give us a brief bio of yourself, name, age, where you're from, up bringing?

My name is Xilla I reside in the empire state where the city never sleeps you might need to slip an ambein. I ce fr a broken he where my mother raised me and through that experience I learned how a woman should be treated.

2. What is your current occupation?

I am a full te blogger and I am also the entertainment editor for Globalgrind.com

3. When did you decide that this career was what you wanted to pursue in life?

What and/or who were your influences? One day while working at GE I just presented with a flat screen tv and I didn't want it. I was sick at the job. I felt that Mastered it and it was time for a change. So I quit to focus more time on my blog. Two weeks later global grind called me and the rest is history.

4. I'm sure you have run into many obstacles while pursuing your dream.

How did you overcome them?man!! A few weeks after I got the gig with Globalgrind I got sent to jail for a failure to appear on an old court date. They kept me for 45 days. I lost my spot but while I was in there I read a few books on the mind and writing while everyone else was reading hood books and booty mags. One night I couldn't sleep and when I finally fell asleep I had this dream. I woke up and wrote it down and I wrote my business plan and goals and when I got out I accplished each and every one of them.

5. What qualities do you embody that you think are contributing to your success?

Well I believe success and excellence is about certain habits. So I made sure I developed some good habits and it's been working.

6.What is the biggest achievement you've accomplished thus far?

Ive done alot of stuff. Frlm meeting the top names in the game, working with russell simmons a lot of stuff. At the end of the day it would be My kids and when tell me I am a great daddy.

7. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?

In a perfect world what would u be doing? Hopefully Ill still be around. My goal is to be one of the biggest brands in the game.

8. If there were one thing you wanted everyone to know about you what would it be?

I'm pretty much an open book. But I would say I want them to know that I would love them to read my blog blogxilla.com.

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