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Get to know: GMO T-Red

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Explain who you are for those who don’t know?

Im GMO T-Red a young upcoming artist from Arkansas

How did you come up with your name?

Everybody calls me T-Red since i was little then i started a clique called GMO so i jus start going by GMO T-Red

Where are you from?

Forrest City, Arkansas

Whats it like growing up where your from?

Hard….Can’t trust nobody always gotta stay on your P’s and Q’s

How did you get into music?

When my homie and Uncles got killed i jus started laying it down on Paper

What makes you different than other artists?

I bring a different sound to the game…I rap about stuff I actually done and seen in my life instead of perpetrating like other rappers do

What are you currently working on?

On my mixtape Called KGWorld

Anything you would like to say?

Im a artist that’s trying to get somewhere with my music and have people relate to the stuff i talk about and see everyday

Follow on Twitter: @GMO_TR3D

Indy Spotlight: Peyton Thompson

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Explain who you are for those who don’t know

My Name Is Peyton Thompson or “PT”. But I Go By Prezzy Benjamin I’m 19 Years Old Out Of South Carolina. My Younger Days I Played A lot Of Sports, Went To Limestone On A Football Scholarship. Been Around Music My Whole Life, mostly listen to 2000s R&B and Rap.

How did you come up with your name?The Word Prezzy Was

Just A Made Up Slang Word For Presidential. The Benjamin Part Ties In With The Money

Where are you from? 

(West End) Moncks Corner, South Carolina

Whats it like growing up where your from? 

Small Town Nothing Out Of The Ordinary You Got The Love, The Hate, And Once Ya Make It Everybody Ya Family

How did you get into music? 

My Daddy Was A DJ so I was exposed to a lot of music when I was younger. This was the period when a lot of southern rappers was really starting to blow so a lot of what I was listening to was Jeezy, Gucci, Webbie, UGK. Then my brother started rapping when we was really young and I was just always around. But what really got me into music is when I lost my 2 homeboys Delvin Simmons and Levi Moody.

What makes you different than other artists?

I don’t compare myself to other artist not to be cocky but I listen to mostly slow jams and older rap so I don’t really know how to compare myself to artist in my genre.

What are you currently working on?

MLB Present: “The GangTape” Till Death Do Us Part

Anything you would like to say? 

I just want to Thank God for everything that he has done and will continue to do for me. Long Live Rosa, DSimms, Levi. MLB4L.  Big S/O to the man with the plan Eddie Dynamite. Give me a listen and some feedback thank you for all the listeners ✝️✝️

Stream his new work here: http://spnr.la/nmcPGlkJ 

Follow on Twitter: @OhhhGod_

Get to know: CiCi Columbiana

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Explain who you are for those who don’t know
I am CiCi Columbiana Im a Rap Artist , Poet , Actress , & I am a Boss

How did you come up with your name?
I got my name from a movie that had my favorite actress Zoe Saldana as the lead character. In the movie she plays a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. She turns herself into a professional killer working for her uncle but remains focused on getting revenge on the people responsible for killing her parents. So I have worked to turn myself into a lyrical assassin killing every track that i get on. Also my real name is Sierra and everyone calls me CiCi so I combined the two. CiCi Columbiana

Where are you from?
I am from D.C.

Whats it like growing up where your from?
Its like everywhere else I would think, you got your good spots and bad spots and you got to know how to maneuver in your city. Its fun but at any moment anything could happen so you have to be aware of your surroundings.

How did you get into music?
I was going to the studio with my God Father since I was 6 so i have been around the music all my life. I asked my God Father if I could rap so he said only if you willing to train like an athlete he told me he was gon make me the Lebron James of Rap. Straight from High School to the Pros, so i had to work on my writing everyday and he would pay me a dollar for every hot metaphor I wrote. I have been writing since i was 6 and now i feel like i am ready to go up against the best.

What makes you different than other artists?
I feel Im different because I can do all styles , I can be very lyrical or I could do a pop song there is no track that I cant kill.

What are you currently working on?
I just dropped my first single “GOOD $ HOTT” and my EP “COLUMBIANA SEASON vol1” will be dropping in late July.

Anything you would like to say? 
I just want to say make sure you check me out, everybody follow me onTwitter/IG and stay tuned for nothing but hot freestyles and hot music and I truly appreciate anyone who appreciates my music.

https://twitter.com/cicicolumbiana
www.instagram.com/cicicolumbiana/

Indy Spotlight: tisaKOREAN + “Header on Twitter”

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Explain who you are for those who don’t know
tisaKOREAN – 1 of 3 8jency founders – creative director – artist

How did you come up with your name?
The name tisaKOREAN came from me always being amazing by thing from asia, such as amine , letters etc. I always want to use something from asia to represent me. After using different names like korea , i moved it tisaKOREAN

Where are you from?
Im from houston , tx

Whats it like growing up where your from?
Growing up in houston , where i lived was lit. I grow up in a party town, I party so much Ialready knew i was gone fall in love with music. Theres alot of negative where I came from because there not alot of people who stand up and show what creating can get you. I feel like everyone here only see once thing so there so use to it , they become it .

How did you get into music?
I started off dancing, so i already had a extremely good rhythm. Every song I danced to made me in tune to the vocals and instruments more. This created me to eventually make beats and lead me to creating music

What makes you different than other artists?
Interesting – Okay , idk – I like collecting toys

What are you currently working on?
8JENCY tape , so yeah

Anything you would like to say? 
Go watch header on twitter , leave a comment and subscribe

Instagram – @tisaKOREAN
Twitter – @tisaKOREAN8j
Youtube : TISA8J

 

Get to know: Zae

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Explain who you are for those who don’t know.
-What’s good my name’s Zae. I’m a hip hop artist coming out of New York.

How did you come up with your name?
-I actually didn’t come up with the name myself. Technically its a nickname my friends gave to me. I wanted  frto be authentic as possible with my music so I decided to go with a name I could run with on a personal level.

Where are you from?
-I’m “Upstate” New York called New Paltz about 15/20 minutes from Newburgh & about 1hr 30min from NYC.

Whats it like growing up where your from?
New Paltz is a suburban college town which in a lot of ways is your “run of the mill” suburban town. Because there’s a State University right off the thruway, for whatever reason my hometown has a crazy influx of drugs so you got a lot of that. A lot of rich kid house parties getting drunk as shit. A lot of going out enjoying the nightlife on Main Street. A lot of weed. I try to shed light thru my eyes of my towns current state and how it was growing up in as much of my music as I can.

How did you get into music?
-I started out a big hip hop head when I was little but growing up around Middle School up, me and my friends would just kick it, smoke blunts and freestyle all day as a hobby. Over time I started getting more into writing my lyrics down as a way to express some tough times I was experiencing but yeah the rest is history.

What makes you different than other artists?
-What makes me different than other artists is that I have no gimmick. Everything I make and talk about in my songs is 100% authentic. I don’t try and fabricate nothing. I’m able to give an alternate experience of hip hop culture in suburbia that hasn’t been represented.

What are you currently working on?
-Right now I’m just dropping singles/videos for the summer but I’ll be dropping an EP early this fall.

Anything you would like to say? 
Twitter- @rip_zae
Instagram- @rip_zae
Soundcloud- ZAE

Apple Music: On My Phone-Zae
https://itun.es/us/NRxykb?i=1247902588 

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ripzae/zae-on-my-phone