R
eflecting
back to the
interview
with Sway
in the
Morning in
2014.
MADE:
In an interview from 2014, you
said, “People felt that it was okay
to ignore me because of the type of
music that I make.” Fast forward
to now, do you feel like that has
changed at all?
O’S
GOT NEXT
Dee1: No, I don’t think that
anything has changed. That
interview was a turning point in
my whole life. That was a turning
point for my career. I know the
exact interview you’re talking
about. We did it on October 14,
2014 and it came out October 16,
2014. So for me, ever since then
it’s been my mission to make it to
where I know I can be. Although
others will try to ignore what I’m
doing or put it in a little box they
can just push off to the side, my
goal is to make my presence felt
to where you can’t ignore me,
you can’t ignore the impact of my
music, you can’t ignore how catchy
this song is or how much visibility
I’m getting. That’s really been
my personal mission since that
interview. So I do still feel like that
with what I do, people will love
to just say “Alright, that’s nice…
it’s good to have a positive person
in the rap game” and then kind of
push it to the side for the "regularly
scheduled programming". You
know I think that’s what people
would like.
MADE: Your approach to
everything is refreshing and your
songs and message seem very
organic. With the viral success that
you’ve had with your student loan
payback anthem “Sallie Mae Back”,
the amount of visibility that you’ve