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Out of the Rabble Rises a Star RUSTY STRAIT | SENIOR WRITER
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ne of the biggest stars in the business recently Said to him, “Kid, you’re a rock star now. You need to walk into an environment and be a star. Be a star. Be a full-time rock star. You’re here”. He recently signed on with Yelawolf, one of the top hip-hop artists in the world. He will soon be leaving on a world tour for the first time. He was just a kid, abandoned by his father, had a doting mother and grandmother and a step-father that wasn’t exactly on the same page with him. His siblings looked up to him because he was the oldest and their guiding example. He goes by the name of Devin Hype. He is a native of Hemet. Why is he worth a feature story? Because he earned it the hard way. He more or less grew up around the Wheelhouse Skating Rink in Hemet, became interested in being a D.J. and while still in high school, his ambition was to someday become a star. Most of his contemporaries and almost all adults in his life were constantly telling him to “get a job.” After high school, he got jobs here and there but continuously strived to become more efficient in pursuing a life’s ambition of becoming not just a local D.J., but a big name, traveling and touring the country with thousands of fans. Jesse Vivanco, owner of The Wheelhouse, grew from a skating rink into a double business, adding a bar and grill which became TWH Bar and later Derby’s Bar and Grill. He hired Devin to D.J. for many dance and other events that required a D.J. Over a period of several years, Devin would come into the bar every day, sit down at the console and strive to perfect his craft. He became very adept at what is known as ‘Scratching.’ Eventually, he would start D.J.ing at other local events and then he spread his wings a bit further and began getting work in surrounding cities and a few gigs out of state. His detractors contin-
ued to laugh behind his back, but he kept at it. I had the privilege of securing an exclusive interview with him yesterday because I learned that he was about to become the star he always wanted to be. So here is his story in Q&A fashion:
amount of experience from touring with them but it was time for me to move on. I was being hung out to dry and didn’t know when, if ever, I would be able to pursue my career. So I took a chance and restyled myself. I knew I was not alone and there would be plenty of competition when the virus subsided and artists performed live again. There were no guarantees for me and I knew it. I took the risk and worked hard to become what I needed to become and here I am.
Q. I understand you are about to be going on tour soon with a major star. Tell me about it. A. I had been doing some spot touring and after 2015, I hooked up with a guy known as LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN, and from then came COVID, which silenced all live events and I found myself out of work. I had to do something to exist. I was forced to sit down and evaluate myself as an artist and personality. Nobody knew or anticipated the toll this new virus would take on the live entertainment industry. My big opportunity came with I hooked up with Yelawolf, a major hip-hop artist. Q. Before we get ahead of your story, let’s backtrack to the beginning. Where did it all start from your viewpoint? A. OK. I guess I have accomplished things that nobody expected of me. Q. Skeptic that I am, even I am excited about what’s coming up. A. We all are. After suffering years of struggle, always being low on the totem pole, always being treated as though I would never prosper, that maybe I should just do it as a hobby and not get out of the box. For me to be the only one in my industry locally, that was actually moving into something higher. I’m extremely grateful for that. I’m humbled. I’m like, this is amazing. This is me. Not somebody else. One can talk about all the things he is going to do, talk forever, but when you actually do it, you surprise even yourself. It’s crazy. I think about it all the time. Yeah, it actually worked. It is all about patience and persistence, never giving up. Getting this close to the diamond. You can easily give up because you’re tired of
Q. You found yourself surrounded by thousands on the same sinking ship, all trying to survive. A. Exactly. It was the darkest place of my life. I first ended up DJing in a local Mexican Restaurant five days a week and making survival money for a while.
YELAWOLF AND DEVIN HYPE
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digging. Q. Did you sometimes think maybe they were all right and you ought to give it up? A. OK. I never stopped believing in myself. Of course, just like anyone else, I had those moments, those days, those weeks when doubt jumped up at me. You know, something isn’t working, and you have to try something else. You did something and it turned out to be not what it was made out to be. That’s just a part of it. Of course, I made mistakes on the way to where I am now. Q. Getting smarter every day? A. That’s the most important thing. Q. Learning from your mistakes? A. Absolutely. That’s always
going to be the truth. I should tattoo that on my chest. When I was touring with A LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN consistently up until COVID hit hard. They left me hanging. I couldn’t travel, couldn’t do live performing. My career came to a standstill. I had to make up my mind. What did I want to do? I decided then that it actually gave me the opportunity to change directions. I wasn’t really happy with what I was doing. I had basically been doing the same thing for five years. I was in a rut. When you work with a group or artist who is doing this for a novelty feat, being young, I wanted to do current things. I wanted to make a name for myself. With that group, there was no prospect of going forward. It was like doing exercises in a standstill manner. I had no prospect of going forward. I’ll admit, I gained a tremendous
Q. Then your life took a very unexpected turn. A. Boy, did it. I fell in love with a beautiful girl with three beautiful young daughters. No matter what I did, I knew where my heart and soul would be from now on. Before long, she was pregnant with my son. Having your own son, your own flesh and blood that belongs to you is like being struck by lightning. Q. Along with that came 18 years of certain responsibility. A. Amen to that. He came along just as things began to open up for live performances. For some time, I had been studying the work of a Hip Hop Artist known as Yelawolf. A major artist who had worked with EMINEM. Being a father changed my whole perspective but not my ultimate goals. Aware that no matter my future from here on, I will be traveling a lot and away from family. I’d also have to learn to deal with that aspect. Now that I’m a dad, I have responsibilities. My life is different. The way I treat everything is different. My characteristics are different. I look in
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Pleasantly Dull and Serene RUSTY STRAIT | SENIOR WRITER
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hen is a city council meeting both pleasant and serene? When it takes barely an hour to complete, the San Jacinto knew how to go so far this week and then get off the horse. The Council met in a closed session to consider two items but came out without any decision. On to the races. Only three council members answered roll call, which gave them a quorum to continue on. Pro-tem Mayor Crystal Ruiz had an excused absence. For the second or third meeting, Councilman Lopez, since the District Attorney filed charges against him on several counts, was also absent,
SAN JACINTO CITY HALL BUILDING | Photo by Mar Louie Miller which was voted to be an unexcused absence by the Council. Councilman Hawkins delivered the invocation, who paid particular homage to the American Servicemen who died from the Isis-K suicide bomb detonated outside the Kabul Airport Gates a week ago. He also included the four Navy men who went down with a helicopter into the Pacific Ocean outside San Diego a couple of days ago (their bodies had not as this writing been recovered). Councilman Ayalla gave the pledge of allegiance, also paying respects to our lost servicemen
in Afghanistan and San Diego this week. Both councilmen pled for all of the community to join together in appreciating our servicemen who willingly offer up their lives to defend all of us, our country and our democratic form of Republic. Before there was any further discussion, Councilman Hawkens delivered two resolutions that were unanimously approved by the Council. No. 1: City Council Approved and adopted Resolution No. 3881, an expression of the of San Jacinto City Council and its support for
election integrity not only in San Jacinto but throughout the country. No. 2: City Council approved and adopted Resolution No. 3882 to remember 9/11 on its 20th anniversary. Both presentations were given with a great deal of heartfelt depth that we should all appreciate those who died unexpectedly due to such horrible terrorist attacks against our person and our freedoms. Myra Levy phoned in her reg-
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