I’m guessing your week has been pretty insane.
DeJ’s catalog leans toward one-off singles, mixtapes, and EPs instead of traditional albums, but no matter the format, you know exactly who’s on the mic the second you hear her voice. We spoke to Dej about the crazy trajectory of Try Me, life after a Drake co-sign, and the footwear choices that lead to her name. Despite this, it should be known that rappers from Flint are NOT Detroit rappers.
I didn't want it to promote violence or negativity, but it was something I felt. It was playful,' she explained, 'like, 'Why do you keep looking at me like you want to kill me'. 'I was walking around shopping and I saw people staring at me and recorded the chorus on a voice memo. Rio made a name for himself in the rap game due to his raucous lyrics that embedded jokes and puns, often rhyming words with the same word. Dej Loaf told the song was inspired by a trip to the mall. Though she is quiet and reserved in person, her lyrics can be raunchy (as heard on Jacquees’ “Want Your Sex”), disarmingly aggressive (“Problem”), or achingly tender (“No Fear”), while her sound incorporates influences like hip-hop stylist E-40 and R&B singer Anita Baker, two of her childhood favorites. Flint Mi RappersOn June 14, 2020, he released a song with Sada Baby that went viral called. The song exploded on social media, thanks in part to a Drake shout-out, and suddenly DeJ Loaf became an in-demand feature contributor, jumping on tracks by Lil Durk, The Game, and Tinashe. Few artists emerge as fully formed on a debut single as DeJ Loaf did with 2014’s “Try Me.” From the jump, the Detroit rapper, born Deja Trimble in 1991, sounded utterly distinct, with a melodic rap cadence that wrapped her threats against all comers in a sparkling musical package.
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