Akins rapper posts on Spotify, Apple

Can his music move your ‘MYOCARDIUM’?

Marcelo Palacios Co-A&E editor

Akins senior Rei Rooks, who goes by the moniker toady is impressing listeners with his smooth vocal delivery and losound in his posts on social media and music streaming services.

Rooks has been making music on BandLab for four years. He uses his phone and computer to make beats and record his vocals. It’s not a fancy setup, but it serves his needs to record the type of music he loves.

Listeners can nd Rooks music on both Spotify and Apple Music under the name toady.

e Eagle’s Eye interviewed Rooks about his experience creating and sharing his music online.

EE: When did you start to make music?

RR: “Freshmen year of high school”

EE: What made you want to make music?

RR: “It was this guy my mom was talking to one time he got me into it.”

EE: Is this what you want to do for your career?

RR: “Yes, and a little bit more. But yeah, that’s the gist of it.”

EE: Do you have any plans to make your music “mainstream”?

RR: No, not exactly.

EE: If someone were to start listening to your music, like day one brand new, what song would you want them to listen to rst?

RR: “‘MYOCARDIUM’ I guess, because it is the only song I have out right now.”

EE: What motivates you to make your music?

RR: “People who don’t like my music? I love it. Like when they say it’s bad or something, or just just anything hateful. It just makes me want to make another song. I love support too but like the hate was just it’s just what we doin’ sometimes.”

EE: What are your biggest in uences when it comes to rap?

RR: I don’t know. I kind of just get a drive sometimes. Like when I hear a beat when I hear a beat a er like a hot minute of not doing nothing. en that’s what I decided to like get up and then just do just make music.

EE: I heard that you had an album release recently.

RR: I had a single release, an album is way too much work. I’ll probably do that in like a couple of months.