MONEY MATT Rapper Making Waves We caught up with a indie artist by the name of Money Matt®... How long have you been doing music? I have been doing music since I was 15 years old, I spent ma jority of my time early on perfecting my sound, rhythm, flow, and delivery, as well as spent time learning the business behind the music. For example what it takes to make a successful release, proper ways to form business proposals/emails to radio stations and sponsors. What got you into music industry? As far back as I can remember I had a passion for music, I played football and music has always been therapeutic for me. From listening to songs to get me hyped up before every football game, to creating and writing my own music. Are you a multi genre artist? Explain Yes, I am a multi-genre artist. I do many aspects in music, the main music I create is Motivational Hip-Hop; but I do many forms of music from country to trap music, R&B, etc. I create what I feel or what I am going through to put out there to the world. I am not a rapper, I’m a artist. I pioneered the Motivational Hip-Hop sound but I create many forms of music.
Do you feel it’s a competitive market for Indie artist right now and if so why? No, not for me I do not because I am the only artist that does Motivational Hip-Hop as I have created that genre of music, by merging the beats from trap and spoken word of god and life from gospel music. Who are some of your mentor when it comes to music and why them you choose? I never had a mentor, but I had a lot of people from sound engineers to management teams help provide alot of information early on, that I researched to learn further and understand the business behind music. Some of my inspirations are DMX, Big Pun, Biggie, Tupac, Nipsey Hussle, Styles P, Jadakiss, and LOX. What was the name of your first single and how did you come up with that name? No Beat Just Bars. I came up with the name from it being a acapella track, but I wanted to diversify myself by being a unique artist, not being afraid to step out of the box to do something different. So, if you can do a collab with any artist who would it be and why? Moneybagg Yo, because I feel that yes he speaks from the streets perspective but I also feel like as a artist he
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