EXIT 11
EXIT 11
Listen to Exit 11 Here!
Exit 11
“This is me, this is where I’m from, this is who I am…I know, my feelings aren’t the only ones being felt. There’s commonality in these stories. I’m sure at least one person can identify with one of these songs. The purpose of this album is to share these stories, to identify, to feel, to laugh with this album, to cry with this album, and to help the listener feel however they feel.”
How long was the album in the making? When did you begin creating ideas for the project?
“…I left Spring Valley to attend school in New York City. As a rapper from upstate New York, my blackness and experience were often illegitimized; it forced me to look at where I'm from and the experiences that made me who I am…I drew from stories that I had growing up: my relationship with my hair, my relationships with my family, and my own emotional well being through it all. The ideas were there, but it took some self reflection to turn the ideas into song.”
“A big part of what I write about in my music is my hometown, and the experiences it's given me. It was the basis for my debut project Exit 11, but it's still something I carry with me as I've begun work in other areas. I love how unique my hometown is. It's a suburb of New York, but it exists as a bubble, with its population being mostly immigrant and first generation peoples. I've always admired how different it was, and how different it made me from other New York artists.”
THIS IS EXIT 11
THIS IS EXIT 11
