Atlanta-based rapper Gorilla Zoe has come a long way musically from his days as a member of Boyz N Da Hood. On his new single, “Twisted,” featuring Lil Jon, we find Zoe flowing over a fun, bouncy club track; but don’t get it twisted—the “Echo” rapper’s hood pass is still valid.

His latest album, King Kong, features T-Pain, Gotti and Gucci Mane helping Zoe as he tells stories about the ups and downs of life. “The one thing that I will not fake as an artist is to give a picture that I feel one way every day of my whole life,” Zoe explained. “Sometimes I feel down. And that’s how a human being is.”

Watch the "Twisted" video now and get more on Zoe in the August 2011 issue of Sister 2 Sister.

—Sabrina Parker

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