rexington91: Ok bro, let’s start with something easy. Tell me a little bit more about you.
black_powr: Aight, well I’m 18 years old, I’m in my first year of university. I love music and art. There’s not much to me, to be honest. What else you wanna know? I’m black, if that wasn’t already obvious from my name. I grew up all around the world but I’m technically Canadian. I’m a Christian, have been since I was super young
rexington91: That’s awesome bro! I have some friends from canada. Bro, how did you get started on Lyrxo?
black_powr: Oh that’s sick dude. well I’ve been using genius for a long one now, since it was still just called rap genius but I only made an account and started contributing like 2 years ago. it was perfect cause I love learning the lyrics and meaning to songs but there were quite a few songs that I listened to that weren’t up or were just wrong so I decided why not transcribe them myself y'know?
rexington91: I totally get that bro. I have loved the work you have especially done on Aha Gazelle’s albums. That’s how I first discovered you. Also, funny cause that is when I started to do stuff on Lyrxo. Can you tell me is there anything special about your username?
black_powr: Haha yea, I made that username first for my Instagram (shameless plug) back in 2014 cause I wanted something that sounded cool and I was also really getting into Black history at that time and black_power was already taken so I took out the ‘e’ and now I use it for everything
rexington91: Noice dude! Okay, what are the top 10 albums or artists that have influenced you the most?
black_powr: Damn, top ten. I think top ten artists would have to be Chance the rapper, Lecrae, Kendrick, J. Cole, John Givez, Childish Gambino, Tommy Revenge, KB, Kanye, and maybe Aha. For albums I’d have to say To Pimp a Butterfly, Good kid maad city, All things Work Together, 4 your eyes only, revenge forever, Because the Internet, Acid Rap, Colouring Book, Life of Pablo and Soul Rebel
rexington91: Oooh I love some of the older John Givez as well! All those artists are legends to be sure. What are your thoughts on Streaming vs. buying of music?
black_powr: I think streaming is definitely the way things seem to be going. it’s easier for people to use cause they have more access to music but for artists it doesn’t seem like an incredibly viable source of income unless you are bringing in large numbers of streams. as far as I know, the payment scheme for artists from places like Spotify isn’t very lucrative for smaller artists but I think it’s currently better than buying music because most people I know don’t even buy music anymore.
rexington91: I feel you. Personally, I feel that, especially for smaller, it’s good to start buying their music so that they can get more attention. Now, I assume you are into Christian Hip Hop, correct? If so, what is your opinion on Christian Rapper and a Rapper who is Christian?
black_powr: Yea I personally think whatever you want to identify as is fine. to me, a “Christian rapper” is usually someone who raps mainly for church or for Christians, they are very explicit in their music and it’s kind of preaching. whereas a rapper who is Christian is just a rapper and I feel like they’re more able to rap about anything. there are less limitations on them and obviously because they are Christian, it’ll come up in the music but, they aren’t catering to Christians and don’t need to mention scripture in every song. A rapper who is Christian is led more by their life and emotions and experiences in their music
and Christian rappers have an agenda to preach the Gospel. As long as you’re making good music though, I don’t care what you call yourself
black_powr: Aight, well I’m 18 years old, I’m in my first year of university. I love music and art. There’s not much to me, to be honest. What else you wanna know? I’m black, if that wasn’t already obvious from my name. I grew up all around the world but I’m technically Canadian. I’m a Christian, have been since I was super young
rexington91: That’s awesome bro! I have some friends from canada. Bro, how did you get started on Lyrxo?
black_powr: Oh that’s sick dude. well I’ve been using genius for a long one now, since it was still just called rap genius but I only made an account and started contributing like 2 years ago. it was perfect cause I love learning the lyrics and meaning to songs but there were quite a few songs that I listened to that weren’t up or were just wrong so I decided why not transcribe them myself y'know?
rexington91: I totally get that bro. I have loved the work you have especially done on Aha Gazelle’s albums. That’s how I first discovered you. Also, funny cause that is when I started to do stuff on Lyrxo. Can you tell me is there anything special about your username?
black_powr: Haha yea, I made that username first for my Instagram (shameless plug) back in 2014 cause I wanted something that sounded cool and I was also really getting into Black history at that time and black_power was already taken so I took out the ‘e’ and now I use it for everything
rexington91: Noice dude! Okay, what are the top 10 albums or artists that have influenced you the most?
black_powr: Damn, top ten. I think top ten artists would have to be Chance the rapper, Lecrae, Kendrick, J. Cole, John Givez, Childish Gambino, Tommy Revenge, KB, Kanye, and maybe Aha. For albums I’d have to say To Pimp a Butterfly, Good kid maad city, All things Work Together, 4 your eyes only, revenge forever, Because the Internet, Acid Rap, Colouring Book, Life of Pablo and Soul Rebel
rexington91: Oooh I love some of the older John Givez as well! All those artists are legends to be sure. What are your thoughts on Streaming vs. buying of music?
black_powr: I think streaming is definitely the way things seem to be going. it’s easier for people to use cause they have more access to music but for artists it doesn’t seem like an incredibly viable source of income unless you are bringing in large numbers of streams. as far as I know, the payment scheme for artists from places like Spotify isn’t very lucrative for smaller artists but I think it’s currently better than buying music because most people I know don’t even buy music anymore.
rexington91: I feel you. Personally, I feel that, especially for smaller, it’s good to start buying their music so that they can get more attention. Now, I assume you are into Christian Hip Hop, correct? If so, what is your opinion on Christian Rapper and a Rapper who is Christian?
black_powr: Yea I personally think whatever you want to identify as is fine. to me, a “Christian rapper” is usually someone who raps mainly for church or for Christians, they are very explicit in their music and it’s kind of preaching. whereas a rapper who is Christian is just a rapper and I feel like they’re more able to rap about anything. there are less limitations on them and obviously because they are Christian, it’ll come up in the music but, they aren’t catering to Christians and don’t need to mention scripture in every song. A rapper who is Christian is led more by their life and emotions and experiences in their music
and Christian rappers have an agenda to preach the Gospel. As long as you’re making good music though, I don’t care what you call yourself
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