Yung Optu is a new artist who has been buzzing all across the net and streets lately. A mix between Hip Hop and R&B, his style is his own. His recent project “Sorry I Over Slept” is full of great vibes. We got a chance to link up with Optu and get to know more about him in an exclusive Q&A interview. Read below:
Explain who you are for those who don’t know
I am Yung Optu a hip Hip and R&B artist, producers and engineer
Where are you from?
Well I was born in Pittsburgh, PA and raised in Charlotte,NC wit my dad for the most part I used to go to Pittsburgh for the summers to live wit my mom then moved back to Pittsburgh for good when I turned 19
Whats it like growing up where your from?
Difficult but not too difficult my dad was a average working class man my mom was poor on section 8 welfare ECT. My environment varies sometimes if live in the trap sometimes I didn’t… always got what I needed but never got what I wanted my parents had to many kids and not enough money so I have to get a lot of shit on my own
How did you get into music?
At my high school in Charlotte East Meck my niggas used to do funny rap battles at lunch and for a while I was just a spectator till oneday a friend dragged me into it I spit my first funny rap and after seeing the crowds reaction I was motivated to do more so not long after that I started writing songs
What is it that you do?
I paint pictures with instruments I song write, I mix & master and I make beats I made all the beats on “Sorry I Over Slept”
What are your goals?
I wanna raise my son to be a better man than me I would like To put everyone I love in a position to succeed at what the love to do and leave a huge impact on the music industry
What are you currently working on?
I just dropped my latest EP “Sorry I Over Slept” on iTunes, Apple Music, Google Play, Spotify, pandora radio ECT. And released two videos off that project “Brodie” & “All Day”
How do you feel about the current state of HipHop?
I have mixed feelings about it a lot of it I like and then some of it I just can’t condone I feel artist are more focused on there public appearance rather than there artistry i understand it’s all entertainment but we are Artist before anything let’s not forget that
Anything you would like to say?
Follow me on instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat it’s all the same @YungOptu go buy my new EP “Sorry I Over Slept” Go Watch my latest music video “Brodie”
www.Twitter.com/YungOptu
www.Instagram.com/YungOptu
www.Facebook.com/YungOptu
“Sorry I Over Slept” link: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1279400796?ls=1&app=itunes
Stay tuned
