Meet J.I., the melodic romantic who believes in real love
If you ever heard J.I.'s music, you would think he's had his heart broken one too many times.
Last week, ahead of J.I.'s release of his new single"Proud of Me," Drake paid homage to the rising star by playing his songs"Used To" and"On Me" during an Instagram Live session with OVO Mark. The lofty co-sign was a confidence booster for J.I., who admitted to feeling nervous before the single's upcoming release. Five days after dropping"Proud of Me," the video sits at over 800,000 views on YouTube with plenty of room to grow.spoke to J.I.
You said both Pac and DMX are two of your favorites. What song or album from either rapper's career best describes your life right now? You come from a Puerto Rican background. Based on your shows and fan base, you have the Hispanic community really backing you up heavy right now in New York. How does it feel having that responsibility of carrying an entire community on the rap front?
Yeah, I get the comparisons and stuff like that, but it's like I don't really care for that. I understand it. I get love from everybody. I got people showing me love. Other artists respect the craft, especially people that they mention sometimes. The fans, they enjoy a lot of controversy, but I don't get in the booth trying to sound like somebody. This is really how I talk.
I wanna connect with everybody. I feel like that's how you win when you're able to connect. My thing is with a lot of the artists coming is that you got the drill music, you got the gang stuff, I came from that. I grew up from that, but I never really embraced it or broadcasted it. I never really went out of my way to diss the next man. I get love from everybody.With samples, I've always loved the challenge. I love flipping things.
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