8/24/2023 0 Comments Find worldstar hip hopI was picking up VIBE History of Hip-Hop. I think once I had that feeling or sense I’m “other” in this artform, that led me to pick up books. Which is understandable – I totally get it. I knew it would be hard for people to take me seriously – still to this day. Honestly, I was scared to tell people I was rapping because of that. This is giving me a window to the outside world, where I need to be able to adjust and adapt.” When I was in middle school, it was a clear, “OK, I’m living in this community where I don’t feel like I’m getting the full picture. and I was listening to Eminem - and Eminem is well-known for discussing those issues in his music. Really early on, because my community was super white, and it’s no secret that white kids use the N-word and s–t. When did you develop that kind of awareness as an MC? What I appreciate about you is that you are very self-aware and you’re aware of the privileges that come with being white. I’m glad we’re taking steps to make that happen. Because there’s a lot of dope artists coming out of the city that have not been supported by the city itself. One, who is the Blazers’ DJ, and DJ Klyph – met with the city to create Portland hip-hop week, to create a bond there to support the artists. We’ve had people and OGs in the scene meet up with the city of Portland – shout-out to DJ O.G. You can’t play shows that are under 21 in the city. There’s people who can speak on it much better than I can as a white person in the scene, but we were having huge issues with police shutting down shows, just because they were listed as rap shows. Even before I was part of the scene, there’s been dope cats coming out, but there’s been a struggle between the relationship between hip-hop and the city of Portland, because of that whiteness. When I came into the Portland scene in 2016 I started rapping. Portland’s always been a punk or alternative rock scene. When you think of major cities in hip-hop, it’s not up there. Shout-out to Vursatyl off Lifesavas, shout-out to Aminé, shout-out to Cool Nutz. It’s interesting because we didn’t have a lot of artists come out of Portland. Once I had that “Jaw Morant” beat, I was like, “This is the time.” I’m always putting flips on words in my head, and if I think it’s dope enough I’ll put it in the Notes app and I’ll save it for when the time feels right. When you’re in the mindset of writing and you see people’s names pop up, I guess that’s how my brain works. I leave to go home and I watch the games. I’ll be in the studio and I’m watching basketball. I grew up watching and playing basketball and it became such a natural thing for me with how much basketball. I been playing basketball my whole life, like ever since I can remember. I grew up in a sport-oriented family for sure. With you being a wordsmith, where did your love for sports bars come from? Using wordplay or internal rhyme schemes made me feel powerful, it made me feel confident, and like I could do anything. For me, it’s the fascination with the words and the way they put things together or depict imagery. I’m a reader, a writer, and even when I was little, I was writing short stories. I’ve always been a – I don’t know if it’s left- or right-brained – I’m a word person. I was nine or 10 years old when Lupe dropped The Cool and we were playing PlayStation 2 Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition listening to The Cool like, “This is the craziest s–t I ever heard.” I have an older brother, so we shared an iTunes account and I had all the music that he had. What made you embrace those caliber of MCs coming up? I remember you telling me about your early fascination with artists like Lupe Fiasco, Eminem, Kanye and 50. Markman adds, “I believe she will be one of hip-hop’s biggest stars, and to be part of that journey is an honor.”īillboard spoke with Wynne, July’s R&B / Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month, about her early beginnings in Portland, white privilege in hip-hop and her love for sports bars. I wanted to make sure that we could elevate Wynne.” “I didn’t wanna drop the ball with her music. “In 2022, when we established Genius Distro, she was the first artist that I wanted to partner with,” says Rob Markman, vp of music at MediaLab, which owns Genius & WorldStarHipHop. With co-signs from heavy-bar spitters JID, Earthgang and Mick Jenkins, Wynne is ready to live up to her moniker. “I’m a motherf-ing dog/ Mirror on the wall, who’s the baddest of ’em all?/ He call me Morant, no one’s fucking with my jaw/ I’m his lil’ cutie, but he got me saying, ‘Aww,'” she raps on the hook.
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