It was a Friday afternoon on August 7, the second to last day of the Billboard R&B and Hip-Hop Conference Awards, and Little Brother -- Phonte, Big Pooh, and producer Ninth Wonder -- had already grown tired of the networking and the schmoozing that characterized the week-long event. They had driven from their home in North Carolina to Miami Beach the day before, then partied at a showcase for Dwele at the Funk Jazz Lounge that night, and now they were worn out and laid out on the hotel bed, seemingly tolerating my presence for half an hour until my interview time was up and the next journalist could trundle in to ask the same,... More >>>