Meet LA artist Rockie Written by D’Andre Head
Get to know the upcoming artist, details behind some songs, and his upcoming project.
“I’m subtle with a powerful presence in terms of an outspoken personality, and the typical Cali native with a southern twist,” says Rockie. Since childhood, he has been into music, making music and burning songs on CDs. “I loved singing as a kid running around with karaoke, and when I got older, my voice started to change, and it got harder during middle school to harmonize tones, and it led me towards rapping and putting emotions into it,” said Rockie. Rockie also had inspiration from artists such as Biggie, Tupac, Beyoncé, and Nicki Minaj. “I love watching their execution, their work and how they hold the audience’s attention, and I became infatuated with it.”
Before he fully went into making music, he started doing viral challenges such as the Megatron Challenge in which artists perform a freestyle over Nicki Minaj’s “Megatron” instrumental. Over time, it amazed a few people and his career was formed.
He debuted his first song, “Hating Hoes,” in 2022, but had a lot of influence dating back to the start of the
pandemic. The fundamental aspect for the song comes from social media during that time frame. “People would have nothing better on social media and say sly things to start arguments on Twitter and it formed the song.” Rockie explains, “The song did better than expected and gave that California beat alongside rapping.” In that song, he sampled a voicemail from Durell from Bad Boy’s Club on the outro.
With the success of his first song, he dropped his next song, BABY, followed by MTS Freestyle which was a warm-up for BABY. His most recent song, Throw a Bag, was dedicated to the masculine boys in the LGBTQ community. “I wanted to make it for those who don’t get talked about.” Rockie said,” I wanted it to give masculine vibes.”
In his current plans, he wants to drop a project that will come out around 2023. This project will include many features and notes that try to break the way people perceive artists from the LGBTQ community. “I want to drop an Ep with five or six songs and get it out soon. I also want to get members of the LGBTQ community and peers to join in and break bonds from how people see us as aggressive and sexual and show how great we are.”
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