CULTURE #47

So after working with a publishing label that was treating me like I was a slave, I got stuck in form and this idea that songwriting has to be one way, I took some time to heal because I really couldn’t write for months. To help, I decided to ride my bike to clear my head, and one day I envisioned myself rapping a verse on the L.A. River. And that’s how “Joyride” came to life. “Joyride” is an evolving practice of free verses that are straight to it. No form, just me and me philosophies in bars. It’s a meditation, it’s short bits of me, it’s whatever you want to make it. An opportunity to just allow myself to ride the beat. To create these verses, I would start with a beat I love, rap on it...View all