7th Ward Shorty, a product of the city that brought one of hip-hop’s goats, Mr. “Fire Man” Lil Wayne, is on the come up to becoming a goat himself. His young years in New Orleans, Louisiana was always around music. In fact, his art and creativity were as a result of his passion and enthusiasm for music. In his earlier years, Shorty was already a problem on the mic as a gospel rapper. His talent and gift of rhyming and melody was certain. All that was left, was for time to grow it into what he is today, and sure enough he’s on his way to fulling the shoes of a legend in the music industry.
Today we had an exclusive chance to interview the artist:
Raptology: What is your legal name and age?
7th Ward Shorty: Euell Davall Sylvester, I am 34.
Raptology: How did you come up with a stage name?
7th Ward Shorty: Basically I’ve always wanted to remain authentic, real, down to earth. So, I felt it to be necessary to keep the name everyone has also referred to me by.
Raptology: Where are you now?
7th Ward Shorty: can’t disclose the city where I currently live.
Raptology: Why did you first start making music?
7th Ward Shorty: I started making music as a result of various inspirations such as Tupac, J Cole, Kendrick Lamar etc.
Raptology: Talk me through your creative process.
7th Ward Shorty: When i write music it’s a gradual process. I approach music in a gradual way because music has its own language already. I let the beat determine my attitude on the track and I listen to what the track is saying.
Raptology: What’s the best advice you ever received?
7th Ward Shorty: The best advice I’ve ever received is you can’t please everyone.
Raptology:What is still your biggest challenge?
7th Ward Shorty: Having a feeling of not being accomplished enough for my family and friends.
Raptology: What do you want your legacy to be? How do you want to be remembered?
7th Ward Shorty: I want to be remembered as the guy who never took no for an answer never folded never stab anyone in the back a hard worker loyal friend and devouted husband and father.
Hulda Hicks was born in Brooklyn, NY in the late ’70s, at the time when Hip-Hop music was just emerging as an art form. Her entire life was influenced by the culture, having grown up in the epicenter of the creative movement.
As a trained musician and vocalist, Hulda got exposed to the industry in her twenties and has worked on projects with iconic figures such as the Chiffons, the Last Poets, and Montell Jordan, to name a few. Her passion for music extended past the stage on to the page when she began to write ad copy and articles as a freelancer for several underground publications.
A written review from “Jubilee Huldafire” is as authentic as it gets, hailing from one creative mind that has a unique voice, on paper and in person.
