Suffolk, Virginia native and one of hip hop’s current go to producers was featured in yesterday’s edition of the New York Times magazine, which is a supplement to the NYT. In Lex Luger’s interview with Alex Pappademus, Luger (real name Lexus Lewis) talks about his early days with Waka Flocka Flame, producing for Jay-Z and Kanye West, how to make a beat in less than 20 minutes, the growth of his sound, being from Virginia, plus much more.

On producing for Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy:

Kanye wanted a Lex Luger beat or two for his fifth album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” Kanye set Lex up in a downstairs room, where Lex knocked out a drum track for the M.B.D.T.F. bonus cut “See Me Now,” and by the time he got back upstairs, Kanye had thrown Lex’s beat under a newly recorded vocal by Beyoncé Knowles — who was there in the room, sitting in a chair next to Jay-Z. You made it now, Lex remembers Jay-Z saying.

You got Beyoncé bopping to your beats. Lex didn’t know whether to hug her or shake her hand. He went with the hug.

Hip hop fans know Lex Luger very well, but to have a feature in the Times is major, that’s a whole new demographic. Lex Luger got the juice now.

Read the entire article at the New York Times website.