The girl who will soon be on your radar YEZZI sits back and lays out everything she has got to offer in the name of her fans. Come and join us as she spills all of her music and song writing secrets.
Welcome Yezzi. Everyone including me is intrigued by your music, what was the first song you felt really touched by?
I can't exactly remember what it was, but it was most probably a Phil Collins song called "Another Day in Paradise". I deeply and truly love that song even up until today, the lyrics are out of this world and the message behind them is life changing, especially since in our day to day lives we take our blessings for granted.
I can tell meaningful lyrics are really important to you, so who would you say inspired you the most with this talent?
I think most of my poetic inspirations are rooted from my Dad. He always encouraged me to read and write poetry when I was younger, which resulted in me changing my poetry into song lyrics.
We all know you have a well known skill of song writing, so I was curious to know who or what has inspired you to write some of your songs ?
My past relationships and my crushes have inspired me, but also members of my family. Since I know everyone will be interested in the songs I wrote from my relationships, I will share this with my fans to celebrate my first interview. My song “Too Fine” and “No More” are the songs I based my experiences into, “Too Fine” is about a boy I liked for a really long time and “No More” is basically the rough ending of the unrequited love. Sounds sad but I’m just happy I was able to get a song out of it.
Every rapper has an artist who they’ve branched their style off of, who has inspired you as an artist?
I'm inspired by Lauryn Hill, Snoop Dog, Biggies Smalls, 2pac, Kanye West, Drake, India Arie, Musiq Soul Child and Beyonce. I could go on forever if I wanted to, but with these artists in particular there’s a special element to the way they approach their art which links solely to them. One day I hope I will achieve this star like quality.
Alot of people who read Word on the Street magazine aspire to become a songwriter just like you, so I’ll be speaking for everyone when I ask you where do you write your lyrics, is there any special time or place you write?
I write them whenever a bar or song hook pops up in my head. That can be anywhere from the shower, to even when I'm at work. When it does I just type it on my phone or save it as a voice note so I know exactly how I want my song to be.
You have a really unique and diverse sound. How do you produce your music? Do you do it all yourself?
Nope I don't do it all myself. I normally pick the beats that someone has previously made, then start writing my songs with a rap verse and a singing chorus then I would record it.
You’re a rookie and I’ve been cheering you on for a while. So what do you have going in the near future?
I have my competition "Yezzir Freestyles" running up until the summer. This is where people pick their favourite song clip, and then the song with the most votes I'll release as a full song and make it an E.P. "Who.What.Where" will be coming out soon.
You are super talented and any record label would be lucky to have you. How would it feel for you to get signed to a major record label in the future?
That would be nice as long as I'm put in a position where I still have control over my creativity. I would dislike if anyone tried to make me be something I'm not.
So you see originality as something necessary in yourself does that apply to other artists? What’s your opinion on the British rap scene?
I think there was a time when there wasn't one because people we were too caught up trying to copy the U.S rap scene, but now people are embracing being British more, it’s in a very good position right now and even the U.S rap scene are recognising the talent we have over here.
As a female artist making your mark in the mainstream Rap scene, how do you feel about the representation of female rap artists in today’s industry?
I feel that female artists should only portray themselves how they really are and not just for the sake of attention seeking, because doing that only devalues other female rap artist’s music.
We all know you as the conscious well rehearsed rapper however we want to know more about off stage you.
So if you could steal any artist’s clothes, whose wardrobe would it be?
Out of everyone I would definitely have to choose Rhianna. Rhianna has some awesome style, she’s a true fashionista. For Rhianna it would have to be her style from her “Good Girl Gone Bad” era when she finally grabbed attention with her track Umbrella, I would also have to work that signature short haircut she rocked at the time.
We all know your stage persona oozes street cred, attitude and confidence. However does your music taste take any embarrassing turns, what songs are your guilty pleasures?
Any songs from a soundtrack from the Disney movies either “The Lion King” or “The Jungle Book”. I know my fans wouldn’t expect me to listen to music like this because I’m a rap artist but that is why it truly is a GUILTY pleasure.
You are aware of other artists images but how do you see yourself, if you could pick one word to describe yourself, what would it be and why?
"Growing”. I know that sounds weird but I believe I'm not the same person I was yesterday, every day I believe I'm growing and my music is improving and changing for the better.
Show your support by opening iTunes and purchasing her latest single “Can Do”.
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In todays lesson I went through my interview with Ms Mottram and made some corrections, e.g how the tiltle of the magazine shuold be in italics and making sure the questions link.
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