Nate and Devin are two young aspiring rappers
coming out of Tampa, FL. CRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIB!
I got the chance to virtually spend a whole day
with the two by conversing with them about life and asking them questions about
their rap career.
Like the big urban hippie that I am, Nate and Devin are hippies too. They are able to express themselves through their music attempting to spread awareness on reality.
"It is a shame what our world is today, but we
can save it. It starts with us right now," says Nitti Nate.
I run into a lot of people who share the same
beliefs on how to improve the world. We,
as a whole, ARE the majority. But I have noticed that since we are so humble and peace willing, we tend to fade into the obnoxiousness
of negative people, the minority.
Devin and Nate are close friends who feature each
other on one another's songs.
"We met through the ganja but we parted ways
for a while. After a year or so, I came back and told him I was rapping and he
goes, "Dog, me too!" From there on we have been working with each other.
Building a team, building something strong," says Devin on how he and Nate
got together.
Both rappers vent to the beat about past
experiences and their daily lifestyle. They share with their audience their
deepest secrets.
Devin likes to stand out as a storyteller. He does
not want to rap about "money, clothes and hoes." Although he did
attempt to write like it, it just did not work out for him. He plans to help improve
his city. He wants to share his success with his hood believing that life is
too short to work two jobs just to live. "People are so talented and
nobody can stop you from your dreams. I live it everyday. I hope to make a
difference, man, being a white MC is a pretty good feeling."
Devin pours his heart out on one of his tracks
letting the world into his dark closet where his skeletons are kept. He shares
with his audience about when he was abused as a kid and having to watch his
mother get hit. "I have seen a lot for a 20 year old, I have been through
enough. But music and rhyming is like my journal, it is a release where I can
go and say how I feel."
Nitti Nate says that music can teach, heal and
uplift your mood. "Shit, growing up it was all of that for me. Even when I
was not necessarily looking for answers, I found them in music and I want to
share that with others."
I thank artists like Nate and Devin, even if they
are not internationally known. Their motives behind each of their music gives
me hope that one day we can reach world peace. G shit. There are so many people
like us; who want to live in a better place that is working toward making that
change starting with them. They are many of us in this world who want to share
their success with others.
"I have been noticing that people around me
all want the same thing or something similar so we just have been growing and
finding out where we want to take our movement," Nate says.
You can hear Devin and Nate's music on each of
their Sound Clouds. Also keep up with them on Twitter.
(Clickable links)