Exposed Vocals Interviews ‘Younginn’
Younginn Started Rapping At A Very Young Age. Born And Raised In Shreveport Louisiana and (Currently Unsigned) He Remains To Rap. He Was Taught By Some Of His Closest Friends And He Stands Out From The Rest Of The Artist In His surrounding Area . Incarcerated Several Times Growing Up As A Kid Catching Charges From Misdemeanors To Assault And Battery To Even Marijuana Charges. He Choose To Live The life That Everyone In His Family & Friends Was Living.
Younginn Started Rapping At A Age So Young, You Will Know While He Flows The Way He Does. He Came From Poverty In Northern Louisiana To The Mother Of Tilonie Davidson And Farther Of Kenaz Hines. His Farther Didn’t Play A Big Role In His Life Coming Up. So He Choose The Streets To Play The Role Of His Dad, And It wasnt Long Before He Was Following Into His Brother Footsteps. Younginn Began To Look Up To Baton Rouge Native Lil Boosie When He Was 7. Since Then He’s Been His Role Model/ Farther Figure. ” If I Ever Run Across This Man , We Gone Sit Down.” Said Younginn During An Interview With StreetHeat. “I Mean I Relate To Him So Well Its As If He’s Putting My Life In His Music. With A String Of mix-tapes released under His Own Label (Young Niggas Up Next ) He continues To Work And Strive For Greatness . Be Looking Forward To His New Project “Welcome Back “
Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?
Younginn: I Grew Up In Shreveport Louisiana In The Most Notorious Neighborhood Known As The CooperRoad. I Always Wanted The Flashy Life Style Because Growing Up It Was Hard But The Music Didn’t Play A Roll In My Life Since Middle School. Even Though It Runs Through My Family From My Uncle Larry (CEO Of Platinum Records) Down To Me .
Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?
Younginn: I Got My Name From Always Being The Youngest Person Outside With The O.Gs On My Block . And One Day They Just Start Calling Me That
Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?
Younginn: Online Music Sharing Is OK If You Have A Well Sizable Audience To Present It To . I Post My Music Online Also But Not Everything I Record . So You Could Say I Give My Music Away For Free . And I Do That Because Sometimes You Have To Try It Before You Buy It.
Exposed Vocals: Since everyone was a start-up once, can you give any smaller or local bands or artists looking to get gigs and airplay some tips?
Younginn:. For Me It Was Harder To Do What I Wanted To Do Because Alot Of People Didn’t Want To See Me Doing My Thang . But When Looking For Gigs And Trynna Get Airplay Just Socialize . It’s All About Your image and how bad you want it.
Exposed Vocals: Do you ever make mistakes during performances? How do you handle that?
Younginn: Sometimes I Might Forget A Line Out Of My Song But Its Easy To Play It Off I Just Let The Music Keep Going And When I Jump Back In It I Turn Up The Whole Crowd.
Exposed Vocals: Do you tour? Anything interesting happen on tour that you think our readers would enjoy hearing about?
Younginn: I Would Be On Tour With DJ Brandon Moss . This Is My First Time So I Really Have No Experience In It.
Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?
Younginn: I Write My Songs Based On What Happened Today Or What I Want In Life . I Always Start Off With My Verse 12 Or 16 Bars Then I Base The Hook Off The Verse . From Working With Other Artist I Was Told They Do It The Other Way Around
Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?
Younginn: Yea My Website Is http://www.Younginnmusic.webs.com I Gave Music On YouTube , SoundCloud, And Reverbnation Under The Account Name Younginn YNUN
Exposed Vocals: What are some really embarrassing songs that we might find on your mp3 player?
Younginn: Lol I Really Don’t Think I Have Any That’s Embarrassing
Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?
Younginn: I Would Spend A Couple Thousand Of It Getting My Mixtapes Copied on CDs And Looking Professional. Then I Would Invest In A Recording Studio And I Would Work The Rest Of The Time I Have Off
Exposed Vocals: Any planned studio upgrades? What are you working with now?
Younginn: I Record At An Music Producers House. He Has An In Home Recording Studio
Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?
Younginn: Going Out To A Store And Passing Out CDs Tends To Work Better Then Social Media For Me.
Exposed Vocals: If you could perform anywhere and with any artists (Dead or Alive) where and who would it be with? Why?
Younginn: To Perform With Lil SNUPE And Lil Boosie In Any City In Louisiana Would Be Amazing For me.
Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?
Younginn: I Plan On Realising My Mixtape Titled Welcome Back / YNUN4EVA .Also Realising A Project With A Fellow Artist Named Young Shug (Real Violent) Titled After A Song We Did The Spreaded Across Our City So Fast.
Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?
Younginn: If I Wasn’t Making Music ….. IDK Cus Now Music Is All I Got And I Caint See Me Doing Nothing Else
Exposed Vocals: Do you remember buying your first album? Who was it? What was going through your head?
Younginn: Yea I Do It Was A Lil Boosie And LavaHouse Way Back In 2000 Some . I Was Ready To Go Home And Play It On My Radio .
Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?
Younginn: Everyday Is A Challenge For Me But I Work On My Music While I’m Doing Day To Day Things Like If Something Comes To My Head I Pull Out My Phone And Put It In
Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2016?
Younginn: Stay Tuned !!
