DAY 3: Ghosts

Explain what “GHOST” haunted you in this period of your life?

Just things I dealt with in college that I never faced. Things I was ashamed of. Broken relationships. Looking back I don't think it was actually about my college experiences. It was more of an underlying thing about myself internally I'd been dealing with before I even went to college. I originally was inspired or more so motivated to create the album after I saw a video of a guy rap battling one of my SQUAD. brothers on YouTube. His opponent brought up some old stuff about me that I thought was dead and no one even knew about anymore. I decided to just tell all because I didn't want anyone to ever have the power to use my own pain and situations against me. I wanted to take that power away and in order to do that I had to face my old ghosts.


Did you ever graduate from college? And what do you think about the way college is set up nowadays?

No, I didn't graduate college. It just wasn't for me man. I tried to go back last year just to finish what I started some years ago but it just got in the way of a lot of things in my life including my music. I think college can be a good tool if you go about it the right way, have a plan, and know what you are there for. Knowing why you are there and what you want to do will keep you focused and serious. Going just because someone “told” you should go will leave you in a lot of debt and trouble. Trust me. I know. I fell into that trap. If you're not ready to be there or not sure about what you want to do you should wait.


Can you explain the concept of Crazy video?

That was about the old me battling with the new me. I was going through a huge transition at that time. I had just moved from Memphis to Nashville. I had just came off of my biggest year as an artist the year before, winning the K97 contest, having a song on the radio for the first time, performing in the Dubb Car Show, doing a very successful EP with KingPin Da Composer. I lot of eyes were on me. I had a lot of local pressure on me. I wasn't prepared for what I had received. Things had gotten so big so fast. People were expecting things out of that contest that I knew weren't realistic. The SQUAD. had broken up. I just had to get away and start over so I moved to Nashville. I cut my dreads off. It was like starting all over again as an artist. I wanted to show that in the video. The old SQUAD. Ghost vs. the new Ghost. The transitioning from old to new. We did it in the old church because of the content of the actual song. That song had to do with a lot of religious brainwashing and things of that sort.


On “WTF” you explain the night you got arrested. Take us through that moment and how did that change you as a person?

I think I detailed it pretty accurately in the song. Not much I can really say outside of what I said in the song. But the situation definitely made me grow up. It also made me want to truly follow my dreams and become a poet and a rapper. It gave me new strength, ambition, and fearlessness.