Here is an interview from The Grind Magazine by Caliba on the topic of Tha Union:

http://www.thegrindmagonline.com/html/calibaandtheunion.html

Who is actually over The Union?
The Union is our company, Caliba and C Traffik.

What’s the relationship like?
We are brothers period.

The Union is and has been known for flooding the streets. Who are some of the people you have accounts with?
First and foremost, G-Unit. We are officially fucking with them cause them my niggas! We brought Lloyd Banks down, Young Hot Rod, Buck, Shy Money, Adam, Warner Brothers, which is the newest account and Yes-I beer. Normally we don’t do beer ads but he has a good slogan and 30% of the profit is going to the adopted kids in Africa. So I said I will officially fuck with him because he got something going with that.

What’s the experience like having the G-Unit account?
(Laughing) Yeah, we had beef and niggas have tried us sideways, but it help build DJ Epps. He’s doing Shade 45 now. He’s an official Shadyville DJ. Shout out to my partner 210 Jack and Nightbreeders and them niggas helping pay my bills!

What does The Union have going on next?
Block Politics Mixtape and Block Unity. We also got the State of the Union DVD Mixtape coming out next for the video and compilation album.

As far as The Union goes, do you plan on pushing any artists out under Caliba or C Traffik?
Yeah, we got artist like Versatile. He’s my brother, so of course I’m going to push him. I have another brother, his production company is called “Official Productions” and he did the editing for our commercial The State of the Union on My Space. So everybody can check that out on www.myspace.com/caliba.

What are some of your marketing strategies when it comes to your latest project?
I would rather keep that a secret. I don’t want to put nothing out there that a nigga can copy. Every time I do something niggas try to copy it. I can show you better than I can tell you. We do have a good strategy going though!

Are you originally from Miami?
No.

What made you move to South Beach?
My mom and my family is from down here. Like Goulds, Perrine, and the South Miami area. Miami is a fucking oasis. It’s some real shit down here. If you really know how to get it out here in Miami, you can be the richest mutherfucka in the world. And that is why everybody come to Miami.

What role are you playing in the movement?
I could care less about the movement! It don’t have shit to do with me. Loyalty and respect is the street sense of survival. I don’t give a fuck about the movement. That’s just a cool way of saying “trend” and I’m a trend setter, not a trend follower. A lot of niggas claiming to be born and raised in Dade and are not even from here. No need to say names, they know who they are. I’m a respectable nigga that respect the streets and the streets respect me.

Is it hard to get your songs played on the radio?
I’m not stressing the radio. I love the internet and I love the underground. The radio can kiss my ass, eventually they gonna have to play us.

You got a lot of emotion about that, huh?
Yeah because these niggas trying to act like they the first ones that did it and they acting like they the originators and it’s a movement. Man it’s a trend. Niggas are from New York acting like it’s a Miami thing. All that MGM shit, flashy niggas, “B-stands for Bronco, Benz, BMW, bass, bangles and a pair of bronze”, that there come from Miami. Them niggas don’t know nothing about that. They playing a role because it’s cool now to claim “the city”.

What is Caliba like outside of the music industry, at home or with his kids?
You struck a nerve right there. I’m not Caliba. At home, I’m daddy or Lamar. I’m a grown ass man working to make a living. I’m that promise that God gave to Solomon as a father. My children are going to be successful and their children are also going to be successful. That’s why I’m doing what I’m doing.

What do you like best about Caliba?
I am not a fuck nigga.

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