“I didn’t want to just sell accessories, I wanted to figure out how to make that tie into the community.”
This is hardly the first time that Marquis Neal has appeared in these pages. A respected man about the Greater Boston hip-hop scene for years, he’s managed major Boston talent including top MC Dutch ReBelle, and also put in work as a producer and promoter with the Boston-based company New Era of New England, or N.E.O.N.E. (pronounced “anyone”), which cut its teeth hosting the popular party and showcase the Pull Up.
Neal is still highly visible in the music world, local and beyond, and indeed he has to be, since that’s his major inroad toward success in his latest venture, Lifted Smoking Goods. Damn near everyone on planet hip-hop (like most other genres, save for Christian rock) needs a never ending supply of materials to smoke with, and that’s where he’s maneuvering.
We met up with Neal at the recent BCW press kickoff event to ask the scholarship recipient about his current paper chase.
What is the mission right now?
Honestly, I started Lifted Smoking Goods because I feel like New England is a place that champions its own, and if I can provide something of quality, they will champion me—the same way they do their sports teams, the same way they do anything else. But I wanted to make sure I did it the right way.
And what’s the right way?
I feel like our purpose is to help people. I’ve known that for a while, but it’s something that we’re…
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“I didn’t want to just sell accessories, I wanted to figure out how to make that tie into the community.”
This is hardly the first time that Marquis Neal has appeared in these pages. A respected man about the Greater Boston hip-hop scene for years, he’s managed major Boston talent including top MC Dutch ReBelle, and also put in work as a producer and promoter with the Boston-based company New Era of New England, or N.E.O.N.E. (pronounced “anyone”), which cut its teeth hosting the popular party and showcase the Pull Up.
Neal is still highly visible in the music world, local and beyond, and indeed he has to be, since that’s his major inroad toward success in his latest venture, Lifted Smoking Goods. Damn near everyone on planet hip-hop (like most other genres, save for Christian rock) needs a never ending supply of materials to smoke with, and that’s where he’s maneuvering.
We met up with Neal at the recent BCW press kickoff event to ask the scholarship recipient about his current paper chase.
What is the mission right now?
Honestly, I started Lifted Smoking Goods because I feel like New England is a place that champions its own, and if I can provide something of quality, they will champion me—the same way they do their sports teams, the same way they do anything else. But I wanted to make sure I did it the right way.
And what’s the right way?
I feel like our purpose is to help people. I’ve known that for a while, but it’s something that we’re…
