Desiigner took the world by storm with his “Panda” single this year and followed it up strongly with his “Tiimmy Turner” hit. The Brooklyn rapper and G.O.O.D. Music signee chatted with label president Pusha T for Interview Magazine to talk about representing for Bed-Stuy, the same neighborhood that raised Jay Z and The Notorious B.I.G.
“It feels great,” Desiigner says. “I’m just here to inspire, I’m ready to inspire and put what needs to be on the map on the map. And there are plenty of others out there that don’t get the coverage — I want to give them the coverage. Brooklyn holds it down.”
The 19-year-old MC details his musical influences and makes no mention of Future. Instead, he says that one of his biggest inspirations is blues, which he learned from his grandfather. He’s noticed that as he’s gotten a bigger platform, people have appreciated his artistry more.
“I definitely see that people take my creativity a lot more seriously now,” he says. “It’s a lot more serious, because that’s the artist I want to be. I’m an artist, I’m not a rapper, I’m nowhere near a rapper. I’m an artist, and I’m here to be creative with every step I take, with every move I make.”
Desiigner’s debut album, The Life of Desiigner is executive produced by Mike Dean and is scheduled to drop early 2017.
Read the entire interview at Interview Magazine.
He says he’s not a rapper yet you have the audacity to call him a MC? Fuxk this melt
INSPIRE TO BITE!!!! YOU GOT A BROOKLYN GUY SOUNDIN’ LIKE AN ATL GUY!!!! MAN, GET THIS GUY THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!!
I love how bias HHDX is. How can you praise this dude. Didnt you see his BET Award Performance?? I saw little kids with more talent than this Garbage Can
he is learning to be delusional just like kanye, pipe dreaming about being an all around artist when the motherfucker is barely able to mumble some retarded lyrics and scream like a hoe getting the dick up theyr ass
An Artist? Come on its time for garbage RAPPERS to stop hiding behind that word
Forreal the man is straight dumpster juice
That’s what I’m saying.
Hov is from Marcy projects, not Bed-Stuy my nigga. Y’all stay killing me with these mistakes. Next all gone be saying Snoop from Oakland. Smh
Try again. Marcy Projects are in Bed-Stuy
What an imbecile. Slap yourself, hard.
Kid in Nebraska trying to school niggas on the boroughs FOH
These new rappers love coming up with excuses on why they suck. If u suck, you’re supposed to swallow. Not spit. Stop spittin’ please.. Leave that for emceez.
Desiigner needs to look up the definition of Artist
If anyone is keeping Brooklyn’s legacy alive, it’s gotta be Joey Badass or Flatbush Zombies, not this trash rapper.
His definitely got a lot of potential to fill that void it’s been a long time since there’s been a standout rapper from Brooklyn .
If he can stay consistent he might just be the one .
YOU NEED TO CLEAN YOUR EARS OUT AND LAY OFF SMOKING SO MUCH WEED
Most ANNOYING ad-libs to grace a beat. EVER!
Fabolous been holding down Brooklyn since jay z got on that I’m too kool for everybody tip… desiigner bit a big part of his style off of future he should pay homage… last but not least, you can call yourself an artist or whatever you want but at the end of the day you are a Brooklyn dude that sounds like you’re from Atlanta… to be an artist you have to be original…