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Y.M. Da Kidd,Slimm Kutta Perspective on Brown Paper Bag

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We are excited to share Y.M. Da Kidd,Slimm Kutta's new track "Brown Paper Bag"! Our goal at SongBlog is to highlight outstanding new music and give you a peek at the artist’s world behind the music. In this blog we get a chance to sit down with Y.M. Da Kidd,Slimm Kutta to learn all about the inspiration, concepts, and creative energy that it took to create and produce "Brown Paper Bag". We hope you enjoy and please feel free to ask Y.M. Da Kidd,Slimm Kutta anything!
What is your overarching goal as an artist?
Answer:

Just to make music and be happy while doing it and hopefully it gives people hope and see there's positive things in life to look forward to

Do you have one main reason driving you to continue making music?
Answer:

I lost 3 good friends and brothers from our group OL FAMILY to being murders so we do this for them and our babies

What is the most significant lesson you've learned through being an artist?
Answer:

Don't believe everything you hear or trust everyone you meet in industry. 

Which mediums of art do you most identify with?
Answer:

I like drawing kind of like comic books

I like break dancing

I like djs who still spin vinyl 

Name three artists you’d like to be compared to.
Answer:

Y.M. Da Kidd

Smigg Dirtee

Big Cydwaiz 

What is your favorite work of art?
Answer:

Teejay3k - soul searchin

How would you define having an artistic outlook on life?
Answer:

Well I also draw since a kid so I used to draw what I seen in life and then write a song about it

Has being an artist made your life lonely? How do you counteract this?
Answer:

Not really the group I'm in OL Family is about 7 of us artist who have known each other so long we are like brothers and family 

How have your other passions reinforced your process of making music?
Answer:

My kids make this all worth it and make me work harder and take it more serious 

What jobs have you done other than being an artist?
Answer:

Worked for BAYSIDE DISTRIBUTION AND BLACK MARKET RECIRDS STREET TEAMS...... MCDONALD'S, BURGER KING 

If you could alter the music industry in any way, what would you change and why?
Answer:

More positive and less talk of drug use because our kids and youth are listening and they think it's cool and it's not

What has been your most embarassing moment while pursuing music?
Answer:

The first couple times in studio not knowing how to count bars or the format of a song

What has been your scariest experience while pursuing music?
Answer:

I've been to prison 4 times twice to federal prison and twice to state prison and most times I was selling drugs to pay for my music risking my life for music

Name a song that best represents success to you, and why?
Answer:

Mozzy - Not Afraid 

What role do you believe the artist has in our society?
Answer:

They are influencers and have a responsibility to lift up the youth and show them that a positive life and gangs and drugs aren't the way

How do you plan on being a game-changer within your genre?
Answer:

Being myself and not changing for or through the times because they are changing 

What is your definition of success as an artist? How do you measure this success?
Answer:

Success to me is just enjoying what you do not to focus on money so much but making music people can relate to and maybe make their day better..... Having other artist established asking to help you or doing verses and not charging you or producers giving you beats

What is the most memorable response you've had to your work?
Answer:

Fans who have told me please don't stop because some of my verses helped them through hard times and my music made them feel something special 

Do you practice? How has your practice changed over time?
Answer:

I take it way more serious , never hesitate to re record a verse or hook until I feel it's right

What is your favorite way of sharing your music?
Answer:

I like Spotify and tidal , but apple is good too

What three words would you want your fanbase to use to describe you?
Answer:

Relatable

Honest

Lovable 

What do you want people to feel when they listen to your music?
Answer:

Relatable and honesty 

What is the strangest place where you have discovered a new song?
Answer:

The bathroom of a McDonald's 

Who is your dream artist or musician to collaborate with?
Answer:

TEEJAY3K 

What does your dream performance look like?
Answer:

Just anywhere where everyone is singing the lyrics with us and know them all

If you could only listen to three artists for the rest of your life, who would you choose and why?
Answer:

OL Family

TEEJAY3K

SMIGG DIRTEE 

What is your favorite song you have made, and why?
Answer:

It's called -Savage - off of the OL FAM album with my group because it has my friend Dre on it and he don't really rap but he did better then. The rest of us and really surprised us

If you could attend a performance by any artist, dead or alive, who would you choose and why?
Answer:

The jacka or Mac are who are both dead and fatally murders

How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it before?
Answer:

Real life and something for someone going through hard times , going through real life problems that maybe they think they're alone but they arent

How would you describe your favorite artist's music to someone who has never heard them before?
Answer:

My favorite artist right now is a young kid named TEEJAY3K FROM FLORIDA he raps and sings about real life and makes you feel like he speaking about your life

If you could go on tour with any artist, who would it be and why?
Answer:

Well I like alot of more underground rap music so probably Mozzy or philthy rich

What themes do you explore throughout your music?
Answer:

Poverty, losing loved ones to natural causes and also a lot of frienda murders to gang violence, drug addiction, knowledge and importance of education 

How has your sound and style evolved in the last 3 years?
Answer:

I've been in prison for the last 3 years and had a lot of time to practice and also seen a lot of stuff to write about 

What genres does this release play into?
Answer:

This is a hip hop or rap release 

At what moment in your life did you decide to become an artist / performer?
Answer:

I did a position at a rap distribution company when I was young and also did street team work for black market records and met a lot of artist who were established, finally I started writing lyrics and practicing I was around 15 years old

What is your earliest memory of listening to music?
Answer:

Hearing my mom play Motown and classic rnb music on Sundays when we cleaned the house

How does your background play into this song?
Answer:

The song means a lot to me because this whole album was done with my childhood friend who was killed and murdered a few years back so I hold the project close to my heart

Who are you and what do you do?
Answer:

I am a rap artist by the name of SLIMM KUTTA FROM TUCSON ARIZONA. I HAVE A GROUP CALLED OL Family done songs with Smigg Dirtee , I-Rocc, Hollow TIP, A-Wax, T-Nutty, San Quinn, Napoleon of The Outlaws, First Degree the DE, Young Droop, Fabolous, 

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