Raptology: What is your legal name and age?
V2T: My legal name is Javon Everett and I’m 30years old. My birthday is November 11, 1989. Scorpio of course.
Raptology: How did you come up with a stage name?
V2T: I had many names growing up some stuck until this day others where based off where I lived and who knew me. My name Visionz I got way back in Henderson Nc when I started my actual career to pursuing music and it stuck to me when I did a lot of work in the streets because it fit what I was good at along side painting pictures with the words in my songs. I Started my own label 2 turnt ent which was because I stay live and hype, but when I found a fb with the similar name I just put the two together with my name Visionz and came up with Visionz2turnt or V2T for short.
Raptology: Where are you from?
V2T: I am from Kenilworth, that’s in Washington, Dc born and raised until I moved to capital heights, Md. My family and I moved a lot growing up.
Raptology: Where are you now?
V2T: I am currently residing in Clarksville, TN. Its 40 minutes from Nashville, TN. Cost of living is good which is why I stayed after I got out of the service. But I represent Henderson, NC/ Washington, Dc for life.
Raptology: Why did you first start making music?
V2T: I started making music because its soothing and calmed me down as a kid’s because it gave me a gateway away from the violence and the crimes I seen everyday growing up in Washington, Dc. I started off writing poetry and then freestyling before I was able to write a full song.
Raptology: Talk me through your creative process.
V2T: I don’t have a creative process like most artists do. I write my lyrics but it’s a new process called freestyle write. It sounds crazy but I freestyle and write it down as I freestyle so I don’t forget it. When I hear a beat I immediately write a verse in less than 5 minutes full 16 bars. I let the music resignate with my crowd so they no there’s no kap in my rap and everything I say is either from experience while in the streets or from family or friends.
Raptology: Have you heard the theory that some musicians write their best music while they’re depressed or going through a bad time?
V2T: Yes, this is a theory that was proven time after time in my lifestyle because of all the mental issues and things I deal with on a daily basis. Some of my best songs were made while depressed and even happy as well. I wrote a whole Ep named M.O.M(mind over matter) before I deployed to Afghanistan and that was a rough time for me and my family because you never know the outcome.
Raptology: What’s the best advice you ever received?
V2T: The best advice I would say that I ever received was to keep grinding hard no matter what life throws at you. Those are words I can never forget.
Raptology: What were your grades like at school?
V2T: In school my grades were passable. I started off good and then after you age some people stay focused and others change paths. I paid more attention to hanging with friends and my music was getting more noticed.
Raptology: What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received about your music?
V2T: Best compliment I was ever told was to keep the sound I have because I do not sound like anyone else. Another was when a female was listening to my music and said I have a style like Weezy because its creative and you never know what comes out next. Main compliment that stuck was the fact that I can jump on any artist track and blend in as if we are one team while still standing out on the song so you can distinguish the two voices.
Raptology: What’s your latest release?
V2T: My latest big release was my EP called “DRIP GLITCH” but currently I have another Ep that I will be dropping soon with my homie Bigmoshawty and that’s going to take the streets by force because the song line up is what I call straight thru motion. This means you can play the whole ep back to back without skipping songs.
Raptology: Who do people say you sound like?
V2T: When a female I know was listening to my music and said I have a style like Weezy made me feel good because he was one of my ideal rappers growing up because of his creativity you never know going to be said next. I also heard that I have a rhyme scheme of many artist because I can take a crunk beat and make a slow song of it or a fast beat and make something emotional.
Raptology: What are you focusing your time on now?
V2T: my time has been focused primarily on promotion and creating a bigger audience and increasing my fanbase. I’m in a distribution deal with Bentley Records in which I signed January 23rd 2020 and fulfilled it by April due to all the content I had ready and on deck. The plan was to tour end of this year but due to the pandemic I will have to move it til beginning of next year which gives me more time to acquire the fan base needed and crowd attention to realize I am in the rap game to stay.
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.
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