gpdareapa Perspective on GTA

We are excited to share gpdareapa's new track "GTA"! 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 gpdareapa to learn all about the inspiration, concepts, and creative energy that it took to create and produce "GTA". We hope you enjoy and please feel free to ask gpdareapa anything!

Who are you and what do you do?

Answer:

i am carl manning aka gpdareapa and i'm an artist

How does your background play into this song?

Answer:

since a kid it's always been my passion, but coming up nobody really took it serious but my mom so it was up to me and my mom to start my own career

What is your earliest memory of listening to music?

Answer:

i wanted to rap after i heard the 95 south freestyle on youtube

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

Answer:

i was in the living room on the gaming console and got bored so i went to watch youtube and found j cole's 95 south freestyle

What genres does this release play into?

Answer:

more hip hop and new age, sound called atl drill

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

Answer:

i progressed from more of an underground ambient kinda sound to more atl drill and more violent lyrics

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