W
e had the pleasure of
asking Detroit native,
Acapella a few questions
and enjoyed every answer. After
reading this piece we are sure you
would have enjoyed every answer
as well as became a fan!
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MT: What is your government
name?
Acapella: My government name is
Trista Hudson.
MT: What are your influences?
Acapella: My influences are everyday life, great music by great
artists, and the ambition to be in the
history books.
MT: How did you come up with
your stage name?
Acapella: I came up with my stage
name over a period of years, while
being able to get my hands on
instrumentals early on in my career.
I then learned how to perfect my
lyricism without the actual use of
music and finding my own rhythm
and teaching myself how to count
bars.
MT: Why are you a rapper?
Acapella: Simple. I love words. I
love creating stories and I love music. Creating songs are like painting pictures and putting together
puzzles. It’s all art and I’m an avid
lover of all different types of art.
Rapping is therapy to me. It helps
me get thru the days.
MT: If you were not rapping what
would you be doing?
Acapella: If I weren’t rapping, I’d
be an architect. I’d either be in grad
school for architecture and construction management or working
an internship at a firm.
MT: How would you describe your
sound/music?
Acapella: I would describe it as life
music. I’m not a one dimensional
person, so it would be difficult to
put my sound into one box. I could
give you street music, conscious,
party or club anthems, emo, whatever the mood calls for.
MT: What does your lyrics say
about you/your character?
Acapella: That I’m a thinker. An
observer. That I’m different from
the norm.
MT: Do you love your music?
Acapella: Yes. Lol. I love listening to my music because it makes
other feel good, speaks on things
others think are taboo, and inspires
people. That makes me feel good
all around. It’s taken me across the
country, I’ve talked famous celebs
& artists on the phone because of
it, and they’ve praised me. The
sacrifice are losing sleep, losing associates, falling behind on bills, but
it’s always worth it. This is what I
genuinely love.
MT: What is your mission? What
kind of impact if any do you want
your music to have on your fans?
Acapella: My mission is to simply
spark the minds of others that think
like me, and to go out and make
changes to our society. Kind of like
how 2Pac & Kanye West did/do.
MT: What are your goals?
Acapella: My goals are to be
remembered as one of the greats,
but not only that, I want to be an
influence to people around the
world in letting them know you can
acquire your dreams if you simply
put the positive energy out into the
universe and go for it. Whatever
you believe in.
MT: How will you know when you
have “made it?”
Acapella: When I’m not tied down
to the standards of being “hood
rich”. As young Blacks, we think
that people are sellouts if they’re
not always puttin’ on for the hood
or living in the troubled environment they grew up in. That’s just
stupid. Again, that’s putting yourself into a box.
MT: Do you have a team behind
you?
Acapella: Yes. My team is a team
of producers called TNFAC (The
Not Fuckin Around Crew) which is
made up of myself, Dopie, A-Train,
Motizzy, & Vaughn. Before becoming my team of producers & writers though, they were my friends
which makes the bond stronger.
MT: How many live performances
have you performed?
Acapella: I can say I’ve had at least
30 or so performances over the
past 4 years. Might be more, might
be less. I don’t get as many shows
as some people may think. Even
though I feel like I should. Lol.
My best performance had to have
been this past May for the “No Fly
Zone” show by Trick Trick at The
Majestic Theater. What made it
the best is that I was comfortable
on stage, they treated me like an
artist and made sure I was good,
and the crowd was into my music
& showed love. I actually have two
worst performances. The 1st was
my 1st actual show back in 2009 at
a bar in Romulus, and the 2nd was
at Apollo Night at Eastern Michigan the year afterwards when I got
booed by the entire crowd just by
walking on stage. The 1st show
was horrible because I ran out of
breath during my performance,
forgot a lot of words to my songs,
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