MIster V 23
What about Mister V, who's considered a little legend in France? This 26-year-old man from Grenoble in the South-East of France, who was discovered for the first time on YouTube in 2010, and who has conquered a large audience, has now become a fully-fledged rapper. Many have wondered how one can make humorous and self-deprecating sketches on Youtube and Rap in a serious and structured environment at the same time. If we don't yet know the magic recipe to finding the perfect balance between humor and musical punchline, Mister V seems to have understood how to find the compromise between these two universes. Yvick – by his real name – talk to A Rap & A Cup Of Tea with great sincerity, modesty and, of course, humour. He has always excelled through humour, and has even recently found himself making a video alongside Will Smith - on the latter’s own channel. Always on the move, working on his various projects, Yvick took the time to find the right words to describe his incredible journey. He told us everything about his dazzling return with his last album MVP released on January 31. Indeed, he wasn't afraid to highlight his fragility and how it allows him to give the best of himself to his art. Mister V is, first and foremost, one of the only French who managed, with a masterful hand, to conquer the USA . Indeed Yvick is the only French or European celebrity modeled in NBA 2K20; same for his music, which is available on the B.O of the NBA 2k20. He has accumulated more than 15 million followers through his various networks, Yvick returned to his career and his evolution in the French Rap game.
I wanted to congratulate you on this new album, which is very lit, and we see that you left nothing to chance. Were you not fairly worried about coming back with a second album? Of course, I was. It’s something you think about every day in the sense that you’re in the studio, you’re working crazy hard, and you sometimes wonder, "Wait, I’m doing what?” Especially as most people know me from another domain [e.d: his YouTube channel]. When I met people on the street, they ask me:"When are you going to release a new video?" And I knew I was working on a new album. As people aren’t in your head and don’t know what kind of mindset you’re in, you can become a little schizophrenic. Because you come back with a Rap album, where you’re serious, and you’ve really worked on it, etc., and people are still waiting for your new humorous videos. Do you ever worry about people locking you in the “Youtuber” box again, without being taking seriously in Rap, or do you feel like things have changed? As far as I’m concerned, I see that it changed because people really felt my sincerity. They understood that I had worked, and that I wanted to give them a nice project. I think opinions can really change when people feel your sincerity and your desire to
