BLACC its plusses and minuses for the rapper, though. With no tangible hip-hop scene locally, performing and networking can become difficult tasks. “The Arizona scene is still figuring out itself. There’s no real foundation that’s been laid for us so all the kids you see going hard now are the ones laying that down,” said Slator Blacc. As he has transformed from a kid with a dream to an artist signed to Live Great Die Awesome (LGDA) Records, his subject matter has also mateured, taking inspiration from Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu, and John Coltrane. “I write about life, my experiences, my close ones’ experiences,” he said. “Hip-hop is the people...when you have someone who can speak on
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