His brand of Southern rap often sounds like doomsday, though the way he’s battled these personal demons has also proven to be cathartic, with how he’s gained fans in Billie Eilish and Jay Z. Throughout his discography from the Sunshine State, Curry sees death, whether by former schoolmate Trayvon Martin, a brother he lost to police brutality or the controversial XXXtentacion. At the early stages of his career, Curry related more to scrappy Maybach Music Group signee Gunplay than Gunplay’s own label boss Rick Ross: “I couldn’t relate to being a bawse because I wasn’t a bawse, my n-,” he says.
But, as reverent as Curry can be toward his rap lineage, their music couldn’t sound more different. That would be 2 Live Crew ringleader Luther Campbell, before filmmaker George Lucas sued him for trademark infringement. In the pursuit of rap infamy, he says, “Over time, I got to see who I was as a person, flaws and everything, as I was continuing my path.”Ĭurry isn’t even the first Miami rap luminary to compare his journey to Luke Skywalker’s. Denzel Curry compares his discography to a “hero’s journey.” You’d recognize the popular storytelling arc in Star Wars: Our lonely protagonist embarks on an adventure, overcomes a hard-won battle with the newfound wisdom he learns along the way, and returns home transformed.
0 kommentar(er)
