Very soon, Lil’ Kim may become the latest icon in the rap music industry to enjoy watching her life materialized into a project for the big screen, In fact, she already knows who should be playing her. When she was in conversation with Essence, she stated that she would want someone from Brooklyn to play her or, from the industry, only Teyana Taylor.
The year 2020 will be forever known as COVID-19. Over 290,000 families lost a loved one and endured immeasurable pain. The entire world is living in a new normal, including people wearing masks, social distancing, and being afraid to assemble in massive group settings. The music industry was struck increasingly challenging and fast by COVID-19 in 2020.
Artist’s ability to perform live and tour, which generate millions of dollars, was halted entirely in 2020. Recording artists scrambled to find alternative methods to generate money and stay afloat financially. The word ‘HUSTLE’ has many forms of definition. To the general masses, it means “to force one’s way or proceed to work rapidly.”
Black people’s definition of hustle means “make a way out of no way.” Every day is marked as do or die in the jungle known as the ‘hood.’ Every second means eat or be eaten, and street rules of engagements are held to the highest standards.
Hip-Hop is the #1 music genre worldwide and influences all human races and ethnicities. Music is the universal language of the world and provides therapy for people’s souls. CEO and Major Recording Artist Don Chief is an original classic in rap culture. Born in the trenches of unconventional pain and struggle, God gifted Don Chief with ‘Championship DNA.’ They say, “don’t mess with Texas,” which includes ‘Don Chief.’
Every time you look into the eyes of Don Chief, a person feels an immediate connection of leadership and security. His history and personal reputation are certified on every block in Texas. Being a natural-born leader comes with an abnormal capacity of pressure and expectation from family, friends, and ultimately life.
In 2014, Don Chief launched the ‘Eatgreedy Music Group’ multimedia imprint. ‘Eatgreedy Music Group’ encompasses a music label, clothing line, television, and film production, divisions. ‘Eatgreedy Music Group’ and all its subsidiaries create strategic business opportunities for emerging artists and actors.
The ‘Eatgreedy’ music imprint has amassed 5,000,000 digital streams across all platforms in 5+ years. The shadow of great expectation looms largely over Don Chief, reflecting in his tireless work ethic. COVID-19 changed generated an incalculable amount of loss in 2020. COVID-19 forced the music industry to alter its business model by 180 degrees.
Don Chief understands the pressure to succeed in 2021 amongst COVID-19’s presence. Don Chief’s mentality is designed ‘WAR READY,’ and he never flinches in moments of high stakes and uncertainty. Don Chief fully understands that ‘heavy is the head that wears a crown’, and in 2021, his reign will continue.
One of the most consistent artists in the industry is none other than NBA Youngboy. He has released four albums, 17 mixtapes, three EPs as well as a plethora of music videos. Now, he has collaborated with Rich The Kid to release a project titled Nobody Safe. They have also released ‘Automatic’ before releasing their album. This is Rich’s second project this year, as he dropped Bossman in March. On the other hand, this makes Youngboy’s fifth project in 2020.
The Staten Island native Abby Jasmine is giving us what we all have been feeling in 2020! Her new album “Who cares?” features hit songs such as; Twenty-Twenty, On God, Coneheads, and Like Me. Abby first gained her following on social media platform Vine. In 2016 she quickly gained the attention of the masses with her short freestyles, comedy parody videos.
Lovie (Designed by God) from Results and No Hype magazine stepped in and asked the Cinematic Music Group artist a few questions about the new project and her as a new artist on the come up.
DBG: What was the most challenging song to make on the album and why?
Abby: The most challenging so to make for me …. umm I guess Coneheads because honestly, I put a lot of pressure on myself very early on to like .. write this song. Like when I was showing people, like when I was making the project I was showing people the songs, Coneheads was the only one that wasn’t completely finished. So I was showing it to people when it wasn’t completely finished and everyone was like “you this is fire” “this is gonna be one of the hardest songs on the project” and that kinda put pressure on me as a writer, damn I have to make this fire as possible. I got stuck with writer’s block for a couple and I couldn’t write this song. I think it was just the hook I was having trouble with we reached out to this writer his name is Nick, he wrote the hook, and as soon as he wrote the hook for the song after that I was like I can write the rest.
DBG: What’s your favorite track on the project creative wise?
Abby: Ummm It switches all the time, I listen to so many songs and be like ” ehh, did I do the best I could do?” and then I’ll go back six months from now and be like “wow this is really fire!” So right now I’ve been listening to On God. That’s like one of my favorite tracks I just love being to talk ish on track, I feel like there’s not enough tracks where I can talk my shit, I will probably be talking my shit until I’m 80.
DBG: If you could change one thing about the industry, what would it be and why?
Abby: Mmmm .. ugh shoot can we take the men out [laughs] sike Nah I’m just playing. Nah I think my biggest thing, from what I’ve seen so far, and correct me if I’m wrong, a lot of the women we see get co-signed by guys. I want it to be those powerful women, women, in general, we just co-sign each other and those are the co-signs that stick. I really don’t see women giving other women co-signs, like we have to build this shit together you know? Instead of letting the men decide “she’s dope” like nah, Nicki Minaj said “you cool you dope” people be waiting for Drake to co-sign them! You know? Nah, we got to stick together.
Abby Jasmine’s latest project Who Cares? Is available on all platforms. Tell us what you think of it so far!
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