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BRASH! For your second solo project, how did
you want to pay homage to your father, who is
a veteran, with your music?
YD: Well my Pops is a stand up guy, all the way
around and my goal is to be another version of
the many women execs, djs, artists, creatives etc I
know & watch. I see what they go through and
the work they put in and I just have so much
admiration for them. Seeing Women of Color in a
position of power is just dope to me.
him. This project is more than just music for me, it
that he started, put into fruition and displayed in a BRASH! In finding your father's rap book, Do
you find your rap styles and subject matter are
similar?
YD: I think content wise for sure. My dad was
creative way. So I will be using the actual raps he rapping about overcoming oppression, believing in
wrote and publishing them in a book form that also Black Excellence & Black Love, stopping violence
details the creation of this project- so it will be amongst everyone and especially within our
sorta like a bundle package of the whole process. community. My last album "My Unapologetic Black
is also a gift to him that says I appreciate you, I
still look up to you and that with you, I wouldn’t be
me. Plus I think it’s dope for him to see something
Thoughts" touched on those same themes. What's
BRASH! In releasing projects outside of SNYD,
do you find it more challenging to
create/record music as a solo artist? Why or
why not?
YD: It’s challenging because I have to come up
really crazy is that the same things we as a people
dealt with in the 80's & 90's is the same issues we
are dealing with now. It's so parallel its scary.
Streetz to rely on if I hit a writers block or need BRASH! Is there an official release date for Son
of a Soldier?
YD: Yeah I 'm actually shooting for Dec. 26th -
extra creativity but it’s also therapeutic because it Which is my Father's birthday. This is also a
allows me to give listeners the full me. I can just birthday present to him to honor how much of an
float on records without having to be mindful for influence he has had on me as a person.
with everything on my own, so I don’t have Burgie
another verse. But don’t get it twisted, Burgie is
still right there letting me know how he feels and
supporting. Its SNYD4Eva and that will never
change.
BRASH! For the release "Hold It Down", you give
props to the strong black women in this world.
What women in your life influenced you?
YD: For me I have a lot, My Mom & My Fiance
played a huge part in my respect and knowledge
of what Women of Color go through and
overcome. Seeing my mom & pop in such a loving
positive relationship was big for me, and helped
me see Black Love at it's best. But also my family
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