Where did you grow up and what was it like?
Just click on literally any song he has ever released and strap in. Within a week of completing our interview he had released two more tapes, “ Slitherman 4 President” and “ I Forgot What I Was Thinking.” Normally in an intro to an interview I’d mention which tracks or tapes I think are a good introduction to the artist, but for Rx Nephew this formality would be a waste of words. On top of all that back end work, his musical output is as rapid and obsessive as Young Thug’s in his early days, making his releases almost impossible to keep up with.
I engineer myself, do the artwork, distribution, Google ads, website, EPK bio, Travel dolo, struggle dolo, I even make my own funny memes!” “From videos, to promo, to media marketing, to beats, to finding new producers. Later on his Instagram story, he explained just how much work he alone puts in: In the middle of our interview, he casually mentioned that he had been awake for three days straight and had just finished recording three songs and editing one of his videos. He is as independent as an artist can be and works as hard as a man can work. However, the pain of his reality is something that he is completely aware of, and something that he is working diligently to change. But Rx Nephew is so removed from any sort of rapper culture or ego that he doesn’t even bother to mention that he’s real-he just is, so much so that it hurts. Like if I don’t know what to say I would just look at my phone and say in the mic ‘I’m checking my phone.’”Ī lot of rappers love claiming that they’re real, in fact, a lot pride themselves in it. I’m not creative enough to write a whole story. “If I was to make some imaginary story up it would be hard for me to make a song. His writing process couldn’t be imaginary if he tried: He says it because to him, there isn’t anything else to say. He doesn’t just say stuff like this because he’s in the booth. He’ll say that he treats his elders with respect, then say that if your grandma messes with him he will kill her, then wrap up his verse by saying something about how his baby’s beautiful smile brightens his day. He resurrects the struggle and brutality of 90s crack rappers like Clipse and Jay-Z but somehow adds a comical spin to topics like back-alley murders and paper-skinned junkies through his infectiously sadistic sense of humor. That’s as close to a comparison to Rx Nephew as I can make.
and some ancient Vatican gargoyle had a child. But most people who are hip to him whole-heartedly agree that he is the rawest man in rap right now.
He is part of no scene and is biting no sound. Rx Nephew, aka the Slitherman, aka the New Breed Trapper, is the first rapper I’ve ever worked with who has no contemporaries.
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