Durand Life: Influences

I look up to a lot of artists but most of all the lyrical ones like…. Common, Prodigy, Nas, Jay-Z, Dre from “Outkast”, the Lox, and Scarface. Even R&B like… Mary J. Bilge and Jodeci, music you can feel. Any music that can set a mood swing, but most of all my biggest influence was, of course, “Biggy and TuPac”. I always loved how people put words together to tell their story.

I look up to anyone who goes against the grain. It isn’t about “Rappers” anymore, it’s about Trend Setters, who can set the wave and make the young youth follow with a positive flow.

Most of my rhymes make a statement to society. Even though everybody who goes against the grain ends up shot or dying like…. Martin L. King, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Malcolm X, TuPac, Biggy and Bob Marley, but they usually leave us with a big impact on our lives. Hopefully, I will be able to do the same. Pain and Misery is my life story so I tell it as pain medicine, to reach out to everyone who feels what I feel. The Rap game is on life support. We don’t tell what’s going on in our lives anymore. But that’s why I’m here….. To bring real Rap back…And I’m gonna keep it real til the day I die. Cause that’s all I know.

And again, I love music you can feel, and all those names I mentioned went against the grain for us. So I rap for my life and us.