Former HipHopDX Features Editor Andre Grant said in his “Defense Of The Struggle Rapper” editorial, “Out of all the things the Hip Hop web has vilified, the “struggle rapper” might be the least deserving of all that ridicule.” Before Kendrick Lamar became big enough for Barack Obama to sing his praises or Drake found himself making deals with Apple, they were artists without a significantly large fanbase attempting what seemed like the impossible. Hitting the top of the charts became a distant goal to making past one hundred streams of a song possibly made within the confines of their bedroom walls and gaining likes, re-post or anything else that would reach someone. Providing a weekly outlet for those getting their feet wet in the sometimes brutal sport of Hip Hop, allow us to give readers a look into tomorrow’s possibilities through “Up NeXt.”
I found out music was the only thing I felt good at, so I stuck with it since then and decided to be a musician.
Inspiration For Career
“I guess I started out when my friend Shaun brought me to his house. He had a Blue Snowball mic and an old, old, old laptop that we made songs with for about a year. It gave me a place to be honest about myself and expressive of my emotions. Plus, it was a great icebreaker in social situations at the time (now, at 20, not so much). I found out music was the only thing I felt good at, so I stuck with it since then and decided to be a musician. That’s also around the time I started smoking cigarettes so the rebel life of being broke and ambitious while also depressed and frustrated was made for me, you know?”
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Having A Shot At Stardom
“‘Fuck fame, it killed all my favorite entertainers,’ said Anderson .Paak. I feel like everyone wants to be a star; everyone wants to be noticed and praised and admired, so it’s human nature to wanna be a star. Part of life, I feel like, is making your impact because that’s what gives your shit meaning. Right now I get more satisfaction on the big differences I can make in individual people’s lives because at the end of the day, being a star is relative to the person seeing you. You’re a star to someone.
Project(s)
“Oh hell yeah. We got something.”
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