Yung Stonerz are from a small town called Farmerville in northern of Louisiana . The collective consist of 4 talented rappers Glyst , Geno , Chris and our interviewee , Recc . Young stoners enterprise describes themselves as a bunch of wise guys , that keeps it 100 , that don ’ t associate with frauds try to keep everything in the front and maintain a good focus . They got their name from people that knew them in college their freshman year . The group would walk around campus with their eyes bloodshot red and everyone else would wished their eyes were a little bit more clear . Recc has been working on his craft for 8 years . And as a collective , Yung Stonerz , Glyst 6 years Geno , 4 years .
Each artist of the group has their own distinctive flow . When asked how Recc would describes his , he immediately described it as “ a bit direct ”. “ It is straight to the point and exactly what i am trying to say ”, exclaims Recc . “ Exactly how I feel . There ’ s just no filter on it . It comes straight from brain , mouth to mic . I use to have a lot of metaphors , similes and puns but i don ’ t really do that anymore . It ’ s just straight to the punch a literally punch line ... No Pun intended .”
Musically , he holds deep admiration for Kendrick Lamar , Erykah Badu , and Ray Charles , but in live his parents inspire him the most . He also feels he holds some of the same traits as Malcolm X , and after hearing this man talk about his passion for the community , we at MELANATED think so too . He wants to impact the black community in so many great way . “ First of all , We can ’ t change anything because we don ’ t own anything . Right now , we do have more black americans with PHDs and doctrines , like we have had before , but we still don ’ t OWN ANYTHING .
So I want to create wealth ”, he says . “ I want to create jobs for my people .
In hip hop Recc believes we are missing a positive image . “ If you want to destroy a group of people you destroy their image ”, he says . Most of the rappers in the game right now that are mainstream are just displaying a negative image of black people . It just makes it ok when black people get killed by cops . When it happens , and a white cop kills a black kid , everybody is thinking , “ Well they ’ re killing each other anyway . They ’ re always robbing , stealing , so it doesn ’ t matter ”. “ But it ’ s our fault ”, he continues to say . [ Rappers ] are always displaying this image . They always talking about chains . I got this , I got that . I ’ m better than you ; I have more money than you . So it ’ s really no type of encouragement . It ’ s really just like “ AHA i got here and you didn ’ t ””. When hiphop was in the mid 90s , it was very positive and influential , and it kinda uplifted the people . They spoke about being happy about the position they were in , helping each other out ; sticking together . But now , it ’ s the complete opposite ... and that ’ s not good … at all . At the end of the day “ They ” have the say so of who does what . Especially once you get to a level of fame . [ They control ] where you ’ re going to perform at , how many of us they are going to allow to perform , and how many they are going to allow to give this positive image . But our generation is really starting to wake up . They call it an ” Ankhtion ”
Our generation are starting to have some questions and asking questions so despite what what they are trying to do , more people are growing aware of what they are trying to do .