Flex The Don Perspective on #freevic

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

Who are you and what do you do?

Answer:

I'm flex the don call me flex tho.

I rap on beats I make instrumentals I record and produce and engineer and promote rap hip hop and RNB MUSIC

How does your background play into this song?

Answer:

So a few years back my PRIMO VICTOR MENDOZA. HAD A SITUATION ON THE ONEEAY IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL IT IDK I WAS OUT WEST IN SEATTLE AT THE TIME. OF THE SITUATION SO WORD GOT OUT HE TRIED KILLING TWO. MFS SLEEPING ON HIS COUCH HE PUTS ONE IN A COMA BRO A RAT. AND STILL TRYS HITING MY SOCIAL UP ABOUT HOW VIC THIS VIC THAT DUDE IN THE WRING SO THE STATE OF MICHIGAN GOT MY PRIMO ON LIKE 7 TO 14 FOR WHAT EVER HAPPENED

YEAH ANOTHER DAY TRAPPING ON THE ONE WAY

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

Answer:

I want people to turn up feel it from the wild side DRIAN Boy lean with it dance fr I love y'all fr

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

Answer:

Sada baby 50 cent 2 pac

When did you being using social media from an artist perspective?

Answer:

Around high school remember we had Myspace with the music page around 2005 2006

Which social media platform helps you the most as an artist to reach new listeners?

Answer:

My favorite ones that I have real engagement on is AUDIOMACK YOUTUBE AND SPOTIFY..

I MET SOME RAPPERS IN NIGERIA THAT WAS REUPONG MY SONGS ON THEY ACOUNT 22ZIZILANCE OR SOMETHING WE CHOPPED IT UP AND SHIT. THRY SHOWED ALOT IF LOVE WITH THE MOVEMENT

How have you seen platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Youtube etc. influence the music industry today?

Answer:

It's just crazy how fast it made the game change and now anyone can run up a bag of music it's just a Althogmy strategy

If you could choose one of your songs to go viral, which one would it be and why?

Answer:

My new hit single LATLEY

What is your favorite song you have discovered on social media?

Answer:

Grindhard2osha on a Facebook ad.

Shout out to him cuz that's where I thought about marketing. Cuz he had his music on a fb sponsorrd ad

Do you believe social media is helping or hurting the role of the artist and their authenticity?

Answer:

It's fucking the game up. Everyone wanna sound like future or a doe boy noone has they one original style or swagg no more it's sad

Would you prefer being an artist and releasing music in the age before social media existed? If so, why?

Answer:

Definitely cuz you had to grind hard and go outside and make it happen then. Now it's all social and it's honestly wack af

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