What is your name and what city do you rep?
Hey I go by the name is Roc’a Wrld aka Roc’a Veli I’m from the West End of The Greater Toronto Area. I rep my heritage in Nova Scotia for the escaped freedom fighters who made it to Canada from the underground rail roads, I refuse to call my ancestors slaves but ya that’s the reason for my 902 chain and I rep my kingdom in Nigeria where half my family reside in Benin city where I got the name for my record label from. So in reality I rep my mob my family my people and anyone from the struggle looking for a way out.
Tell us about your latest releases, what inspired you to create them?
My latest release is my Makaveli X ep and what inspired me to make this ep is the visions I received from my ancestors 9 years ago when I originally made these tracks. I never released all the songs because it was ahead of my own time and I didn’t feel people would appreciate it as much as feel they will now. The flow on most of the EP is influenced by one of my favourite artists of all time Tupac Shakur. The death of my cousin really pushed me to get this music out because the tracks on it is how we meet, I had coming from da west video on world star hip hop and when her brother saw it he msg me and we found out we was family from that conversation we had online. Also all the police brutality and weapons formed against us to destroy us as a people, really influenced me to create music to fight back.
What is unique about you and your music?
What’s unique about me and my music is the amount of flows and melodies I can create on many different types of songs and genres from conscious to trap, club tracks to Afro beats that is coming soon. Also my journey in the music I believe is a lot different from other artist that are currently at the top.
What shaped your music?
What shaped my music is the trips back to the Mother Land, listening to Malcom X speeches growing up on west coast music like NWA Tupac Shakur, E40, too short and many more. of course the east coast legends such as Rakim, LL cool j, Jay z and biggie have a big influence on how I approach a track. But I gotta give it to 2pac & Fela kuti on being political in my music.
When did you realize you were going to make music professionally?
When I seen how much independent artist are getting paid, I said why not create another stream of income on what I love to do.
What type of music do you listen to?
80’s 90’so hip hop and R&B, dipset and the g unit era of music and some of the music that’s out right now like Tory Lanez, Drake Pop smoke, Meek Mill, Nipsey Hussle. I listen to Afro beats reggae and reggaeton music as well. I got big range of music I listen to and different genres
What inspires you to write music?
My life and the life of my friends and family around me. And most of all fighting oppression and systemic racism. I also want to bring good and positive vibes to people lives through music.
What do you do when you don’t do music (creative or otherwise) and that you are passionate about?
I’m passionate about health and fitness. My main hustle for some time after leaving the street life was selling health and fitness with corporate gyms then moved it to my own company named So Marvelous where I sell massagers and fitness bands and equipment. That y’all can find on Amazon.
Happiness to you is…
Doing what you love and getting paid for it while having time to spend with family
What do you wish you were told when you first started making music that you think would help artists just starting out?
Invest invest and invest, make sure you sound good and never give up
Tell us about your upcoming projects…
I’m Currently working on a project with Dj YaBoy Earl a big mentor for me in understanding the music business as an owner of a label and as an independent artist who has previously work with Kevin Gates. The Project Titled is “Win Before I Start” because that’s the mind set I feel you have to have in anything you want to win in and be successful at. I Have three singles already released from the project “1017”, “awards” and “splash” is already doing numbers three up coming Bangers to look out for. I will be doing a music video for my next single I release before the whole tape comes out so look out for that!
Where do we find you music / music projects?
My music is currently on all streaming platforms all you have to do is type in
Roc’a Wrld and I will pop up.
Any last words for the readers?
Keep supporting the real and don’t let my cousin Regis Korchinski-Paquet untimely death go in vain together we can end racism and police brutality against our people so let’s keep up the good fight and bring justice for all our people.
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