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So Davante
Fresh, tell us a little about yourself, where your from?
First Of
All Thank You & Dope Future For Having Me! Wassup ! I'm Just A Fly Ass Dude
From The 6, Toronto, I love Fasion Like Helmut Lang Maison Kitsune, Palladium,
Calvin Klein, Puma And Others. I Love Beautiful Women Like For Example Keri
Hilson Ayeeee! But Who Doesn't Right? LoL & Of Course Music That's My First
Love.
When did
you first become interested in music? When did you start rapping? What prompted
you to make a career out of rap?
I First
Became Interested In Music Id Say Back In In The Year 2000. Lowkey I Was A Fan
Of Backstreet Boys When They Released "I Want It That Way" Bruh I
Remember Singing That Song Religiously You Can Ask My Mom Dukes It Was Bad
Lmao, Ever Since Then I Just Loved All Sorts Of Music, A Plethora Of Music
Really LoL.
I Started
Rapping I'd Say Back In 07 I Really Didn't Even Know What A Bar Was I Just
Started Going In Jacking
For Beats And All That. I Remember One Of The First Beats I Got On Was A Missy
Elliot Beat Called "On&On". I Was On There Going Ham Saying
"This That Gutta Shit Uh Uh Uhhhh, This That Gutta Shit" Lmaoo What I
Was Talking About In That Hook I Don't Even Know Fam Lolll.
I Was
Inspired To Make A Career Out Of This When My Father Was Incarcerated.
Everything Was Bless Before He Went In You Know? Like It Wasn't Perfect Id Only
See Him Some Weekends But It Was Better Than Not Having Him Around. So When He
Went In I Was About 15-16 Years Old, That's When I Started Taking My Artistry
Serious In Hopes That He'd Never Have To Turn Back To The Streets Again.
Wow! From
backstreet boys to Missy Eliott! Who or what inspires your lyrics now?
Yeah lol,
Umm Honestly I'm Truly inspired By Kanye West His Aesthetic Is Just Uncanny He
Is Truly A Beautiful Human. Other Than That I Really Inspire Myself From Harsh
Conditions Of Living Half My Life Without A Father Figure To Taking Care Of My
Mom With Ailments.To My Grandmother Losing Her Husband & Mother In The Same
Week! Honestly Just Straight Up Darkness I Come From The Blackest Of The Black
Somehow These Turbulent Things Invigorate Me.
Growing Up
In Canada Sounds Nice But If You Were Middle Class Like Me Most Of PeopleGrew
Up Watching They're Parents Locked Up Or Working Multiple Jobs Living With
They're Parents Trying To Raise You As A Child, Not Nice At All.
Oh Yo Real
Talk I Can't Leave Out Jadakiss He Inspires Me To Sharpen My Pen Everyday &
Kid Cudi Inspires Me Because Of The Depressive Content He Brings Forth I Always
Found That Relatable.
Out of all those people who inspire you who would you like
to work with most? And why?
I'm Into Uncanny Sh*t So If I Could I'd Get Yeezy, Jada
& Cudder All On The Same Damn Song I Just Think Out The Box And That Collab
Would Be Out Of This WORLD LITERALLY !!! I Know I Gotta Choose One Tho lol So I
Would Have To Say Kanye West. Reason Being He Got That Soul I Still Think He's
That Kanye West From Hey Mama To Jesus Walks He's Just So Ahead Like 7000 Years
Ahead So His Audio Landscape Changes, That Is The Reason Why I Would Choose
Him. I Wanna Make Something They'll Understand 10 Years Later Like Ohhhh That's
What They Were Doing I Like That Kinda Sh*t #TimelessMusic
What about producers? What are you looking for when you
select beats?
I Like Pharrell He's Mad Dope He's Got Classics. For The New
School I Like 808 Mafia And Metro Boomin I Feel Like They Run Shit Right Now
Other Than That When It Comes To Me Looking For Beats It depends On My Mood
Really If I Had To Say Anything It Just Has To Be GOD LEVEL Nothing Less The
Beat Gotta Have A Mind Of Its Own Like Them God Particles Feel Me ?
Please tell us about your typical day. What other hobbies do
you have besides music?
A Typical Day For Davante Fresh Is Wake Up Brush My Teeth
With Dat Arm And Hammer Toothpaste Lol, Skip Breakfast I Hate Breakfast
Sometimes, Roll Up Some Loud Get High Write A Song Then Go Flip Some Burgers At
My 9-5 Lmao I'm Playing But I Was Really Working Grill At A Wendy's Before. Oh
Yeah Of Course I May Go To My Old Block Malton To Get A Line Up At Skillz-R-Us
A Popular Barber Shop In Da Hood Other Than That I Be Listening To Music Like
Friendly Fires, Coldplay Some Jay Or Some Duffle Bag Ransom And Make Music I'm
Pretty Boring Sometimes. If Not All Da Time lol!
What do you consider your biggest accomplishment?
My Biggest Accomplishment To Me Was When I Released My First
Ever Project On My Own! Called Gemini Mind Back In April Earlier This Year Of
2016. It Meant A Lot To Me Because I Put In The Endless Hours Of Writing
Myself, I Paid For The Studio Time Myself, My Car Broke Down On The Way To The
Studio Bymyself, I Put In The Couple Of Thousand Dollars In It To Campaign It
Myself So To Finally Put It Out Was A Milestone In Itself For Me! Oh Yeah And
Working With A Member Of 808 Mafia Who's Production Will Be On My Next Project.
Let's talk about your next project. What it will be like?
This project Is Definitely More Uptempo More Upbeat But
Still Has That Dark Component I Posess As I've Done Previous. You Can Expect
Real Lyrics Real Pain My Spirituality And Closeness To God & A Bit Of
What's Happining With Injustice Today. Most Importantly You Can Expect Even
Better Song Writing Than I've Ever Done Before As Well.
You drop a lot of dope songs but what about music videos?
Dope visual for dope material, right?
I Couldn't Agree More, Honestly I Take My Time When It Comes
To Videos I Just Don't Wanna Put Anything Out You Know? I like My Videos With
An Aspect, Artful Almost. The Video I've Released Before Like Gemini Mind Was A Missed Target I Didn't Capture It How I Really Wanted
I Wish I Can Go Back, With That Being Said I'm Working Actually On Something
Very Special It's A Surprise! I'll Tell You This First Though I Have Visuals
For "BLUFLAMESZN" Set To Drop Any Day Now I Think It's Something
Fresh.
Looking forward to the release of your surprise! Now where
do you see yourself 3 years down the road?
In Three Years Only God Knows Right? I Do See Myself In
Three Years Taking Care Of My Family & Friends, I See Myself With An Album
That's Topping The Charts A Song That Goes Gold. Me Working With One Of The
Most Influential People To Me Who Is Fabolous.I See Myself With My Own Lable
With A Joint Venture Accompanied By A Company Like Capitol Or Epic So I Can
Sign My Own Artists Put Them On As Well And Grow My Brand Of R&B, Hip Hop,
Edm & Pop Artists.
BLUFLAMESZN's Slogan Is Been Through The Fire, Rise From The
Ashes" It Signifies Where All People With a Burning Desire Come Together
As A Cohesive To Create A Timeless Piece Or Product. I Also See Myself In
Fashion I May Just Be A Model For Lanvin Or Filling Pieces, Some Of Favs, I
Actually Have Sketches Of My Own Line Of Clothing Which Will Be Called
BLUFLAMESZN The Name Of My Brand. Possibilities Are Endless With Me I Have Many
Interests.
Whats the best piece of advice that has been ever given to
you?
Be More Consistent & Most importantly Do This For Myself.
What are your thoughts on how things are going in the music
industry right now?
I Like The Direction It's Going In.I Feel There Is Some
Resistance With Certain Artists But That's Hip Hop It's Supposed To Be
Competitive.A Lot Of Cool Cats Coming Out Like Dave East I Feel He's Saving Hip
Hop For The New School Cats This Year. I Like What Isiah From TDE Doing Too.
Hip Hop Ain't Dead To Sum My Answer Up.
Do you know that our website is bassed in Russia? Do you
have plans to visit Russia?
Really ?! Damn I'm Definitely Tryna Fly Out To Russia Bruh
Bruh Y'all Make Some Sick Fur Coats Out There I Heard haha, But Yeah Man I'm
Tryna Come Over There Fam And We Gotta Link Up !! Seeing I'm On My Health Wave
Maybe You Can Show Me Where The Hottest Juice Bar In Russia Is At!
I certainly will bro! Thanks for the Interview! Anything
else you want to add?
Thank You
My G It Was A Pleasure F'real Yeah Of Course Last But Not Least I Got Three
Projects On The Way #B4DaBlvckOut #BlvckOut0.5 & #NightsB4BlvckOut All
Before 2017 We Closing Out 4th Quarter Strong And I'm One Of The Best Coming
Out The 6 & SAUGA Once Again Thank You For Having Me I Had Fun!!!
