DDG: I mean So you know, I feel like Youtube was a safer route for me to come up, fund my lifestyle first because being an artist is extremely expensive. It kinda fell into my lap. I feel like people are more starstruck when they meet someone that does music.
The music industry is really mysterious cause like you never really know how this person really is or much about their life. It kinda goes hand-in-hand with Youtube. Now, speaking on your new project, Die 4 Respect in collaboration with OG Parker - What was the story and inspiration behind that? DDG: I mean I was trying to tell different types of stories in my life. I wanted to speak on personal situations that I never really got the chance to rap about. Things that I never showed on my Youtube channel.
Just trying to give a different aspect of my life, especially some situations that happened back when I was in Michigan, or relationships and stuff like that. How would you describe your relationship and the experience of working with him? It was hella easy. DDG: Oh yeah. I made a lot of music before this project but I wanted to select the best ten.
It was just about finding the ones that fit the project and coming together as cohesive for each song. I wanted it to feel more like a body of work or a project, rather than just a mixtape. If you really listen to it all the way through, it sounds like one big song. Looking beneath or beyond the lyrics to the songs and the titles, what part of yourself would you say is most reflected in your music and on this project?
Especially when you got all the jewellery and nice cars, you gotta show people that you worked for it. I feel like that definitely creates a sense of vulnerability when you speak about more personal issues in your music. DDG: Erm That answers your question? I be having the urge to vlog sometimes but I be like nah.
Back to the project, I want to talk about the features on the record. How did you choose who you wanted on the project and do you think it ended up being what you envisioned? I feel like I did pretty good. I went out and I got some really big I feel like that collaboration brought it together. It was kinda like an intro song so I needed someone who had gone through a lot of struggles, and being from a rough place it really tied together and put it into perspective.
And that was actually my next question for you. The song, Hood Melody. DDG: I got a lot of my supporters that come from the same background as me. Sell a bit of drugs to make a little bit of money or something like that. You end up dead or in jail unless you switch it up.
I was really speaking to the younger generation. Does that message also display itself in the album as a whole or just that singular song? I also like to speak on relationships a lot in my music. I just wanted to relate to people. How are you progressing, finding your sound, and becoming more in-tune with the music and yourself too as a human being? The goal of trying to make people believe in it is over So what is the starting point for you - what leads each moment to build on itself and end up in the creation of a song?
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