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Jev Explores Global Musical Journey, Blending Boom Bap & Alternative Hip-Hop, Influences from Burna Boy to Drake, & Future Aspirations!

July 15, 2024 Nyla Symone
Jev Explores Global Musical Journey, Blending Boom Bap & Alternative Hip-Hop, Influences from Burna Boy to Drake, & Future Aspirations!
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WNTTLK (We Need To Talk)
Jev Explores Global Musical Journey, Blending Boom Bap & Alternative Hip-Hop, Influences from Burna Boy to Drake, & Future Aspirations!
Jul 15, 2024
Nyla Symone

What shapes an artist into a musical chameleon? We sit down with Jev, whose journey from Canada to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa has molded his eclectic sound. Jev recounts the pivotal moment at nine years old that ignited his passion for music and how his diverse upbringing has led him to blend genres like boom bap and alternative hip-hop seamlessly. From discussing the dynamic music scenes of South Africa and Canada to the profound influences of artists like Burna Boy and Drake, Jeb offers a rich tapestry of insights that will leave you pondering the evolution of hip-hop itself.

Jev also opens up about the transformative power of a change in environment and the unexpected inspiration drawn from the pandemic, reigniting his passion for music. We delve into his admiration for legends like J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and Wu-Tang Clan, and explore his broad creative aspirations that span film and tech. Whether reminiscing about managing a girl group in seventh grade or sharing his dreams of collaborating with Solange, Jeb's entrepreneurial spirit and profound respect for hip-hop history shine through. Don't miss the chance to connect with Jeb and be inspired by his journey, entrepreneurial spirit, and musical genius.

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What shapes an artist into a musical chameleon? We sit down with Jev, whose journey from Canada to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa has molded his eclectic sound. Jev recounts the pivotal moment at nine years old that ignited his passion for music and how his diverse upbringing has led him to blend genres like boom bap and alternative hip-hop seamlessly. From discussing the dynamic music scenes of South Africa and Canada to the profound influences of artists like Burna Boy and Drake, Jeb offers a rich tapestry of insights that will leave you pondering the evolution of hip-hop itself.

Jev also opens up about the transformative power of a change in environment and the unexpected inspiration drawn from the pandemic, reigniting his passion for music. We delve into his admiration for legends like J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and Wu-Tang Clan, and explore his broad creative aspirations that span film and tech. Whether reminiscing about managing a girl group in seventh grade or sharing his dreams of collaborating with Solange, Jeb's entrepreneurial spirit and profound respect for hip-hop history shine through. Don't miss the chance to connect with Jeb and be inspired by his journey, entrepreneurial spirit, and musical genius.

Talk Soon! ✌🏾

Stay connected! Follow @wnttlk on all platforms.

Speaker 1:

At what age did you start taking your interest into music?

Speaker 2:

At nine there was this talent show that I had to do. I was listening to like Soulja Boy and like Ah Wow, mariana.

Speaker 1:

You did not crank that on stage.

Speaker 2:

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Not like that. I was like was that the talent? No, no, not like that.

Speaker 1:

What's up guys? It's Jeb, my new project episode of we Need to Talk, and today I got a very special guest in the building. All the way from Canada, I got Jeb in the building. How are you?

Speaker 2:

I'm doing good. How are you doing?

Speaker 1:

I'm good too, you put that shit on today.

Speaker 2:

We love her all black. I had to, I had to.

Speaker 1:

But it's the brand that's calling me. The Prada what you. Nothing crazy, nothing crazy, nothing crazy, I'm not mad at it. How have you been enjoying New York?

Speaker 2:

New York is fire. Every time I come here I try and kind of like be outside as much as possible. It's like you never know who you're going to meet. But yeah, I'm always in like sessions and just like. The creative energy in New York is always like crazy.

Speaker 1:

So, yeah, it's been dope, yeah, yeah, I seen you outside, I caught you outside. That's how I had to pull you on this podcast, yeah, um, so talk to me. I know um you do r&b, but you're kind of like a blend of both.

Speaker 2:

I would say it's like rap, like boom bap, ish. I do like a mix of different styles, like right now I'm sticking to like the boom bap more than day I'm. What did day take on? Boom bap stuff okay um like really alternative hip-hop the r&b stuff is like super, super little I do.

Speaker 2:

I kind of do like uh, r&b features instead, instead of like sticking my own stuff okay but yeah, um, that's kind of what it is right now, just some boom bap stuff and playing around with like different beat selections, not too like grimy but not too happy, just kind of like that perfect sweet spot yeah, because when I was listening to some of your music it definitely gave melodic and I was thinking like where, where is he from?

Speaker 1:

like if I didn't know prior to doing the research, yeah, I couldn't really tell. So just talk to me, like as far as like your background. Well, talk to me about your background one and then two. Talk to me like as far as like your background. Well, talk to me about your background one and then two. Talk to me about how your background kind of shaped your sound.

Speaker 2:

Oh, okay, so my background I was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I lived there for, like, I want to say, like five years. Then I moved to South Africa. That's basically where I grew up and then moved to Canada after I finished high school. The way after I finished high school, the way it kind of shaped my sound, is like I was exposed to a lot of different music, like early on. So like Afro beats, I heard it like 2010. I was outside.

Speaker 1:

The road is so late yeah.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I wouldn't say all that, but you know so, Afro beats, even like right now I'm up here and I was like going crazy. So I was exposed to that like really, really early on and how it shaped my sound. It was like I knew, coming into hip hop, I knew I had a different ear. So, in terms of beat selections, I was like yo, I need to pick something that makes the beat has to stand alone. So when it comes to making music, I always pick beats that are crazy, crazy, crazy, and then the lyrics follow after that.

Speaker 1:

Fire yeah. So beat over lyrics in my opinion, yeah, yeah, yeah, no, the beat is like the first thing that draws you in and then, that's when everything else carries you to fall in love with the record.

Speaker 1:

So, no, that makes sense. So South Africa to Canada. You lived in such very different places. It's like completely different worlds. I want to kind of highlight, I guess you living in South Africa up until high school just because South Africa is also starting to have a resurgence I mean, canada is too. The places you've hit are now both having renaissances. How does that feel? Did you see that coming?

Speaker 2:

I did. I did Honestly because hip-hop renaissance happened in South Africa around 2012. Like South Africa was very like house music based.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

There's a genre in South Africa called kwaito, so it's kind of like a hip-hop version of like what South Africa does for like hip-hop, okay, but it switched up in like 2012, 2011, around the blog era. It just became crazy because now we were trying to compete with what's happening in America, in New York.

Speaker 1:

Kendrick and Drake yeah.

Speaker 2:

So we had our own different artists. We had Casper, aka and all these other rappers, and then it had a renaissance up until I'm, a Piano started really popping off, yeah, but yeah, so I saw that early, I knew it was gonna take over. I'm like Burnin' Boy was there like 2012, with a fade and everything.

Speaker 1:

Not with a fade. Yeah, he had a fade.

Speaker 2:

He had a fade, bro. I was there, he had a fade and he was there making music with a bunch of our hip hop artists. So I saw that early and Canada, you know. Obviously Drake is like the guy, but right now I feel like it's so diverse, just like the artists that are coming out. Chav, you feel me. Yeah, there's an artist by the name of Sad Boy that's going to be crazy.

Speaker 1:

Sad Boy's going crazy, crazy yeah.

Speaker 2:

Roy Hoods.

Speaker 1:

Even.

Speaker 2:

Majid Jordan, obviously.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

But just like a bunch Bangz from Ottawa, toby, yeah, different artists like that. We just kind of like trying our own stuff and you know.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

It goes crazy.

Speaker 1:

I will say, canada kind of reminds me of like a baby London, because I feel like, like even the people you just named, you guys all have very different sounds. Yeah, like all of you guys show the diversity within Canada. Yeah, so yeah, that's, that's funny. I want to go to Canada. I haven't been.

Speaker 2:

You got to, I'll say, hit Toronto or Montreal in my opinion. But yeah, speaking to the London thing, it's like the main, like the similarities is like in Canada. It's very multicultural. So, like for me, I'm not Canada, canada.

Speaker 1:

You know I was.

Speaker 2:

You get a lot of artists that are from Jamaica that move there, and artists from Nigeria, ghana, and then we all grow up there and just kind of bring our own sound and our own styles and it just goes from there.

Speaker 1:

Love that Melting Pot.

Speaker 2:

Melting Pot basically.

Speaker 1:

So, jev, where did your name come from? Is it just a shorter version of your real name? Yeah, come from. Is it just a shorter?

Speaker 2:

version of your real name, or like yeah, yeah, so like. My real name is jeff day and the way it spells like j-e-p-h-t-e, with the accent at the the last g but like a lot of people don't know how to pronounce it and I was like yo, I need to make something super like, simple and like I actually really like your real name, though that's fire, yeah I might just change it. I don't know.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, Wait say it one more time it's Jefte. Jefte.

Speaker 2:

Yeah.

Speaker 1:

That's tough.

Speaker 2:

I'm like yo, okay, that's tough. You're hyping me now, okay yeah.

Speaker 1:

You gotta force these niggas. I'm saying Show some respect. You got the talent, it'll follow.

Speaker 2:

People will follow and I was like oh snap, this might be, but I was like yo, I'm too you got to start somewhere.

Speaker 1:

There's no. Probably the first two years people are going to fuck it up, but eventually it's going to be Beyonce.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that, I like that.

Speaker 1:

But okay, and then. So at what age? Like I hear all the sounds you were listening to growing up, but at what age did you start taking your interest into music?

Speaker 2:

Ooh, so I have different phases. Okay, at nine I was like there was this talent show that I had to do and I had to pick a talent. I was listening to Soulja Boy and Bow Wow.

Speaker 1:

You did not crank that on stage.

Speaker 2:

No, no, no, no, no, no, no no.

Speaker 1:

Not like that. Was that the talent? No not like that.

Speaker 2:

Not like that. But I was like I was very into, like the Soulja Boy, okay, the how-wows, and I was like I need to pick something. So I did Kiss Me Through the Phone.

Speaker 1:

Okay, yeah, I did the Lil Verz. Hey, that's a classic. I love it, I love it.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, lil Verz, lil Hook and soldier, I had to.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, I did it with my brother, but, you know, for some reason I just took over, okay, yeah let me just, for some reason, yeah, yeah, but I did that and uh, it was dope.

Speaker 2:

I just kind of like I started writing music from after that. And then, um, after that, I I I kind of like rapped a little bit in church, okay, because I was like very, very early on. I was like I grew up in church, so I used to kind of like rap in the choir, like doing like christian rap a little bit. And then after that, in high school, is where it kind of went crazy, because, like I started meeting people that would rap into, start recording myself, uh, playing around with different beats. I had like a youtube channel, you know, and just like doing freestyles, covers and stuff like that. And then 2016, I kind of quit, then 2019 I kind of came back, that's like when I moved to canada and started taking seriously after that why did you quit in 2016?

Speaker 2:

because I was like yo. This is not working okay because, like I was 16 and it was like, um, I was living in south africa and like that, that time i'ma be on. It was like going crazy. I was like yo, I don't see'm a piano was like going crazy. I was like yo, I don't see myself like in the space right now. Let me just like hit this books.

Speaker 1:

See what's happening over here.

Speaker 2:

And then, um, when I moved, it was like just I don't know, I just felt refreshed. And then I just started going back into it and just kind of like making music, and the pandemic happened too. So it kind of gave me time to kind of like chill record again and then something happened and I was like oh, people actually really like this and I'm like yeah, let's do it.

Speaker 1:

Newfound inspiration. Sometimes, a little change of environment is all you need.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1:

But I like to hear your journey with the music. Yeah, and the Soulja Boy era is hilarious, but that's cool and that, yeah, and all the Soulja Boy era is hilarious, but that's cool and that's real like sometimes feeling like, hey, I don't see me in this, but I will say a lot of times when you don't see you in that, that's why you have to do it yeah, that's kind of like looking back on it now.

Speaker 2:

I feel like if I went, uh back then and also things happen for a reason. But like uh, if I did it back then, I feel like I probably would have done some. I don't know afro beats. I'm gonna be on that, and I didn't want to go that route because I didn't feel like it was authentic to me, so I was like I've rapped I'm like yo I you know I gotta do something with hip-hop and um so what is drawing you to hip-hop?

Speaker 1:

who are some of your? Because obviously I feel like boom bap is not the most popular style to go to when it comes to rap. Who are some of your favorites in that realm and why do you think you're so drawn to it?

Speaker 2:

I don't even think it's boom bap, to be honest. I feel, like it's just like the culture around. It is very lyrical and just very conscious. That's kind of my vibe a little bit.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it was more backpack instead of conscious.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so I'm trying to do like a modern take on it, so I'm including different sounds, maybe like a different balance instead of like the typical 90 bpm yeah stuff like that. But some inspirations like cole, that's my guy. Uh, kendrick, yeah, uh, who else? Wu-tang I like a lot really yeah, I really do. I like the because they were just so different. They were kind of like outsiders in a way. Raw, yeah, and it was just like yo, they are crazy, crazy, crazy um.

Speaker 2:

Biggie's also one of my favorites. I just like how he his cadence is like I don't know man best flow in the game till today till today. But yeah, those are just like jay-z. How can I forget?

Speaker 1:

yeah, that's my guy, oh, but yeah, those are like the, the inspirations that I have right now I love that and, yeah, out of the people that you named, they all are also moguls. So for yourself, I guess you know you're. You're still catching wind and people are still getting to know you. But in the long run, outside of music, do you have any other ventures that you want to tap into?

Speaker 2:

um, like on my instagram, I call myself like part-time rapper, full-time creative and I'm trying to be as like creative as possible because I feel like, um, some things that are some creative ideas I have are not suited for like rap and music, right. So I'm trying to do like this film thing on the side and trying to see like what where that goes. Like I have a production company and fire. Yeah, I'm trying. I'm trying stuff like coming up with, uh, different movie ideas, pitching ideas, and I'm trying to learn how to write scripts and stuff and I have that. But I also want to do something in tech because, like I did like a, a computer science degree thingy in college. So I kind of want to use it in a way, because I don't want student loans to go to waste.

Speaker 1:

What school did you go to?

Speaker 2:

I went to Ottawa College and University.

Speaker 1:

Fire yeah For tech.

Speaker 2:

So the way it went, it was like I did computer engineering Did it for a year, hated it, Switched it to computer science Okay too, yep then I was like yo, maybe I should do like journalism and kind of like be like a hip-hop media type of you know. So I started watching a lot of like interviews. I was like I don't have the personality, uh yeah no, for real, okay. And then I was like um, let me see what else I can do. And then I got into marketing and I was like okay, let me, let me do marketing.

Speaker 2:

Maybe I could use that for, like music stuff fire.

Speaker 1:

Funny parallel journeys. I went into school with no major, then did computer science hated it then I was doing college radio just for fun, like as an outlet. I didn't. I was like yo, it makes no money. I'm not going to college to get a comm degree like there's no money in that. So I ended up getting that comm degree, you know, and, uh, you know, we're here now it worked out, though it worked out it's a process, but something else I saw uh speaking of your Instagram bio is main account at cat williams.

Speaker 1:

That's just the why, Kat? Because Kat Williams opened up this portal earlier this year and we have not been able to escape it. So I'm like what's up with this in your bio?

Speaker 2:

It's just the energy that we're on this this year. Like everything just needs to be right, correct, that everybody has to. You know, be in line. You know good people have to win this year, so I'm just kind of like in that vibe that energy surrounding myself with good energy and just kind of like going at it, you know.

Speaker 1:

No, no disrespect to anyone, obviously, but like just it's just the energy that we on this year. It's definitely. I don't think we have a choice. I gotta be honest.

Speaker 2:

I like it, bro. Everything just needs to be exposed, you know yeah let's go with that hey, I understand.

Speaker 1:

Now talk to me more about um, your production company, because something I think I'm learning from you in this conversation is you just like storytelling that explains why you? Lean more to to rap and then visual stories yeah um, talk to me more about, like, I guess, how you're doing that, who's helping you with your creative process, and stuff like that um, yeah, so the production company I have is called loner and that's basically what.

Speaker 2:

Whatever I do creatively goes through like that. The music, um, if I have a visual music, videos and stuff like that, it all goes through like loner. Uh, that's like the umbrella for it yeah um, but the idea for it came because I was like I didn't want to be restricted to like just a rapper yeah, I feel like rap is, so they put you in a box sometimes.

Speaker 2:

So I wanted to kind of be like this fool, like this artist, just kind of do it all, yeah, and so I wanted to do that early because I've seen like a lot of like my favorites kind of like stick to this rap, rap, rap and then when they want to venture out, people are like yo, like under 3000 try to do like a whole flute album. People are like yo come on, I know so if you did that early.

Speaker 1:

I like the flute album though, yo time and a place time and a place.

Speaker 2:

Time and a place, yeah, but, um, I wanted to do that early. Like, just let people know early, like, hey, I'm gonna do this, but I'm also gonna do that. Um, but yeah, who comes up with the creative ideas? I mainly come up with them. Nice, um, I want everything to come from me and like, uh, I don't know if it's like a spiritual thing or something, but I just want to like, my main goal is to kind of like empty myself.

Speaker 1:

Pause, see new york you've been here one week now.

Speaker 2:

You can't escape it but like just to like drain myself creatively and just kind of like like every creative idea I have, every like um artist I want to work with, just kind of like drain myself creatively and just come up with like all the ideas and just like do them, execute them love that, yeah, all right.

Speaker 1:

Um, all right.

Speaker 2:

So talk to me about when angels cry yes, that's my, uh, that's my new project is. I've been working on it for like a couple of months. Right now it's out. Right, it should be out right now. Um, when angels cry is called. It's a concept project. The angels represent the inner child, the cry represents the trauma so it's kind of like a commentary on just like how society corrupts our inner child as we grow up and we just kind of put like mask and become like villains or what or whatnot as we like grow up.

Speaker 1:

Love that concept.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, so the project tackles that and it also kind of like um, the way I looked at it was kind of like through like a visual lens. I was trying to like a picture like a movie or something like that, with like a villain origin story type of situation. But yeah, that's not the project. I have like 13 songs on it, uh, three features. It's kind of like my friends, we just kind of going crazy worked with like a bunch of producers well there's one producer from morocco, one producer from leeds tough one producer from china, wow, yeah.

Speaker 2:

So just like I want to work with people that have like similar stories to me, like different backgrounds and all that, and just kind of come together and create, that's dope.

Speaker 1:

Now my question what is your villain origin story?

Speaker 2:

Villain, or I mean for me it's. It comes like it comes down to just like I feel, like as I grow up, the less of myself, like I want to show to society. Just kind of like protecting that inner child a little bit. I feel like early on, especially with like being creative as a child, you get like I wouldn't say hated, hated on, but it's kind of you kind of get like you know just that's not serious. Yeah, it's not serious like oh, like yo, that's weird stuff like that.

Speaker 2:

So you kind of, uh, your confidence kind of, you know, starts like getting low and stuff like that so it's just creating this, um, it's kind of like a reclaiming my moment type of situation, but yeah, that's kind of like where the villain origin story comes from and like over time I feel like I'll share more and just kind of like be more open about it. But right now it's just kind of like to me let me put this out there and then, as time goes, you know, the story's gonna evolve good for you, I'm glad you're tapping back into your inner artiste, that's yeah, that's like where the best music comes from, in my opinion have your freedom, man

Speaker 1:

yeah this is a shameless plug. You know charlotte means like my uncle, but in his book he was talking about he has a chapter that pretty much says, like stop telling your kids no. But what he meant by it is, like you know, if they're excited about their art project, like be excited about their art project too and I mean, my parents never chitted on my art projects but like it is important. You kind of need that positive reinforcement about your ideas, like facts.

Speaker 2:

I feel like if I had that early on yo, I don't know like if, for example, but it also comes down to like your parents. Like your parents see life in like a different way they want you to be like secured and like income and stuff like that.

Speaker 1:

They're thinking survival. Yeah, and you're thinking create.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I'm just like yo do you see what I'm coming up with. Let me go crazy. Yeah, Stuff like that, but yeah.

Speaker 1:

Ah, makes sense. Okay, so on, we Need to Talk. We play this game. It's called Questions questions that need answers and all you have to do is fill in the blank.

Speaker 2:

Okay, all right, okay first one is the older I get, the less I I want to say care. The older I get, the less I care, but like I also care a lot too, to be honest what's your sign? Cancer it's taurus taurus yeah and you care a lot no, I care about things that I care about, like okay, okay stuff like um, I don't know, I just care, but not in a way where it affects me.

Speaker 2:

Okay, good, but in a way where it's kind of like, hmm, I see your point now, Like I see you know, just kind of like consideration and kind of like an empathy way.

Speaker 1:

That's good. You gained that growing up.

Speaker 2:

Yeah. That's actually great. Yeah, I feel like from my observation of people they're losing it the older they get.

Speaker 1:

So that's why I'm like that's cool. Yeah, love that. All right. Um, you would never believe me if I told you.

Speaker 2:

I used to. I used to manage a girl group. What, yeah, yeah, yeah that is so random yeah, like in seventh grade, I managed a girl group. We're all in the the same grade. First of all, oh, okay. It was around that time when I was kind of like hip-hop was blowing up. It was 2013, actually, yeah. So hip-hop was blowing up and R&B was also blowing up. This is in South Africa right now. So I was like yo.

Speaker 1:

Who, r&b-wise, is blowing up in South Africa? Was it like Miguel?

Speaker 2:

In South Africa, like the American artist Mm-hmm Miguel was crazy at the time he had like that little high top.

Speaker 1:

I also had a high top that was an Arab right, yeah, yeah, yeah, I had a high top.

Speaker 2:

I'm not lying, Miguel was blowing up Higher than this. Way higher. Really, this is the shortest ever Ever. What, actually? The older I get, the shorter my head goes. But yeah, miguel was blowing up crazy.

Speaker 1:

Fire. Yeah, so you always had the entrepreneur spirit. Yeah, managing a girl group in seventh grade is crazy yeah.

Speaker 2:

I don't know why I did it, but it was just kind of like, I don't know. I just felt like Jay-Z or something, because I was watching a lot of documentaries, like the black documentary about the black album. I was like yo, this guy has it, let me tap into that. Yeah, but yeah, it didn't last long.

Speaker 1:

Start somewhere, man. Trial and error, yeah, all right. Sometimes I look back at my life and I'm grateful.

Speaker 2:

I'm grateful because a lot of my experiences just like even going back to the background stuff, I didn't know why I was like moving so much, but now looking back, I'm like yo, that's like my superpower right now because I'm able to see things. I'm like yo, you guys weren't on that like I knew I know about that stuff like that. But yeah, I'm, I'm just like grateful, you know you have a different understanding of culture, because you yeah, like, yeah, yeah, yeah um, sometimes it's good to do sleep.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I think like sleep gets overhated sometimes. Like sometimes it's just like good to sleep in, just chill yeah word retweet.

Speaker 2:

Um, I made a complete fool of myself when I so I used to perform in like church and stuff and then one time I I forgot like the lyrics and stuff. So I just kind of like hit like it was full. At that time it was like an event or something I think it was a wedding or something. So it was like me and the choir and the choir is just like us sunday school kids, so it was just like me performing. Then I forgot the lyrics, hit behind the speaker and then like the whole church just kind of like stopped for some reason and I was like I was like 11 and I was like yo, I don't know I just freaked out.

Speaker 2:

You panicked bro, I just looked at my sunday school teacher and I just kind of like said something and then everything just went on after that that's funny.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, hey, the show must go on bro it's crazy all right, my personality trait is observing.

Speaker 2:

I just like people watching, just like, uh, observing, even like how the game, and just like the industry, I'm just like observing, like seeing what's moving, who's doing what stuff, like that yep makes sense yeah I'm a little embarrassed by the fact that I know so little about hip-hop history.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, I feel like I know a lot seems like you know a lot, yeah, I know a lot. But like I want to know everything you know. But it's like we're doing the hip-hop, the 50-year celebration. I was like yo, some of these guys I don't know, I don't know who they are, but like, yeah, I just want to know more. So I'm trying to, as like as I grow, I'm still trying to like learn and stuff and like, yeah, that's kind kind of what I'm trying to know.

Speaker 1:

I love that. Yeah, that's actually great. A lot of people don't even care, they just join in, but I can tell you're really passionate about music.

Speaker 2:

So that's really cool. I'm trying.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, you have any dream collabs that you want to work with in the future?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, Solange. Oh my god, you came out with a heavy hitter. That's a sneaky heavy hitter too. Yeah, she inspired a lot on the new project. But yeah, I just like how she builds worlds around her music. It's not just music, it's like you can connect it to so much, and I'm trying to do that for my music. So Solange, I'll say Solange for now. I don't want to go too. J Cole, j Cole too. Yeah, that's it.

Speaker 1:

Two great ones, two of my favorites, fire. I love that. All right, well, thank you for stopping by.

Speaker 2:

Thank you for having me.

Speaker 1:

Of course. Shout out to Graham. Let everybody know where they can follow you and tap in.

Speaker 2:

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