We're huge fans of your new song "Buta Man", which appears on your EP "Tipsy Rover"; Describe for us your creative process for this song, and the EP overall.

“Buta Man” was about me telling my story about my spring semester in college where I had just lost my grandma to cancer and I wasn’t handling it well but I chose to stay in college and act like it didn’t phase me. So instead of saying how I felt I just partied and had so much fun to avoid my feelings. I was like that mac daddy on campus. I was hanging and chilling with every girl that let me. Then a lovely girl came into my life and I had to make a choice of continuing down that path or let myself be seen and actually fall in love and be with one girl instead of several.

I chose the girl of my dreams and the last few verses are about how I chose her metaphorically and that I didn’t have to hide from her I could just be myself so I basically didn’t have to hide my soul in order to be with her.

How did you and the producer Zurtha connect, and generally, what do you look for in the production that you decide to write to?

Zurtha and I connected in person. I was on my lunch break and he just happened to be working playing his beats in the market that I stopped in to grab my lunch. We had a brief conversation and exchanged contact information and we tested out the beat over a simple freestyle verse and that is how “Buta Man” became a thing.

Especially as a songwriter, what are things/people/places that inspire you to create new music?

Everyday life and the ups and downs inspire every song. Right now with me being in college as a full time and working full time inspires my songs a lot because the time that I do have outside of that I strive to make memories and create unique experiences in my life.

I get the most powerful ideas when I’m getting off work and taking a scenic drive through back roads and just letting my mind be free.

Can we expect a music video for "Buta Man", or any other song off the "Tipsy Rover" EP?

I have already released a music video for the song “Believe” and I just recently released the music video for “Buta Man”.

Later in the 2022 year there is a planned release for the music video for the song “Sorry Not Sober” that is a part of the EP “Tipsy Rover”.

With "Buta Man" now unveiled to the DCWS audience, what can we expect next from you musically?

February 2nd I will be releasing another album “Body Gral” and for everyone that loves “Tipsy Rover” there will be a part 2 released September 14th.

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