But with country trap, I in no way want to take credit for that. I believe Young Thug would be one of the biggest pioneers in that.
Yeah, with 'NASARATI,' that was my first project. I really worked literally three days on it, writing on the beats and putting it together. I'm not saying that I don't love the mixtape, but it was really my first, first move in rap. I tried to make sure everything sound different, so you hear no two songs and think they sound alike.
But the one thing I'll always know is that people don't know what they want until they get it. They didn't know they wanted a song about taking a horse to the old town road in 2019. But they did.
I started using the Internet heavily right around the time when memes started to become their own form of entertainment. I started to get into every side of the Internet around 13-ish.
When I first started, I wasn't trying to go viral. I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy.
You step away from the public eye for too long, they don't care no more.
I was doing Facebook comedy videos; then I moved over to Instagram, and then I hopped on Twitter. That is where I really was a master. That was the first place where I could go viral.
I have my name, and I have a growing fan base, so I'm gonna do whatever I want.
In 2017, I enjoyed my time on the Internet more than doing things in real life.
Just because you like one song from an artist, that doesn't make you a fan.
I wanted to stay independent because I figured there was no way I was going to be able to have control to create the type of music I want. I was basically ignoring a lot of labels.
'Old Town Road''s the peak of me doing whatever I want to do with music. I was like, 'This one is special,' and I promoted it heavily on my account on Twitter.
I'm a fan of all genres of music. I have a few country songs I like. I'm not gonna say I'm a huge country fan, but, you know, I listen around.
In my music, I'm never going to force anything to try to recreate a moment or something.
I'm always going to be experimenting musically, trying new things.
The thing is that when I'm making music, I'm not really chasing that sound - the Atlanta sound that we hear a lot.
I'm from Atlanta, but I don't really consider myself an 'Atlanta rapper.'
I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy. The likes and retweets - that was, like, a plus.
When I started to make music I wasn't as serious at first.
I'm not, like - what's the word when you believe in a lot of magic? Superstitious.
