Princess Ruskaya

01. alias:
Princess Ruskaya

02. legal name:
Carol Griskavich

03. affiliation:
me, myself, and I

04. category:
B-girl, mostly poppin and lockin

05. hometown:
Madison, Wisconsin!

06. why do you live in madison:
Born and bred here, and I love it to death...
But I'm living in Kenosha right now for college

07. goals:
Happiness

08. hip hop influences:
Sugar Hill Gang, Run DMC, KRS One, De La Soul, Beastie
Boys, OutKast...MotionDisorderz, Soul Hydrolics, and you
gotta check out my boy Dave Elsewhere from Santa Ana, CA
-he is unbelievable.

09. most memorable hip hop moment:
Definitely the 608 Style Break Battle. Had the time of my
life at it.

10. what do you love about madisons hip hop scene:
It's a small, tightly knit community. It's very accepting
and full of talent.

11. what would you change about madisons hip hop scene:
The 21+ rules are a downer, but mostly I would want the
talent concentrated here to be recognized.

12. describe the first time you “felt” hip hop:
Probably watching "Yo! MTV Raps" as a kid, and then
butt-spinning across the kitchen floor. Or all the times I
heard "Go white girl!" at my high school dances.

13. philosophy on life:
Why do angels have wings?
Because they take themselves lightly.

14. other interests beyond hip hop:
Pollution control, railroads, dogs, cars, theater, men,
Russian, religion, sleep.

15. additonal comments:
I doubt many of y'all have heard of my school - Carthage
College...It's an outrageously expensive daycare for kids
from ChicagoLand...
But Kenosha ain't so bad - come check it out sometime...we
could...go to the Chrysler plant...

15. contact information:
cgriskavich@carthage.edu