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Wynne Takes Over Sway In The Morning with New Single "Jaw Morant" & Freestyles | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Jun 13, 2023
Hip-Hop has been marked by greats over the years, and it's always refreshing to see new talent emerging in the industry. Wynne, a rising star in Hip-Hop, has recently been making waves and promoting her new single and music video, "Jaw Morant". With her dedication to her craft and passion for the art of rapping, it's no surprise that she's been making waves in the Hip-Hop world. Recently, she stopped by Sway In The Morning to promote her new single and freestyle, leaving fans in awe of her skills.
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0:00
Clap it up for this emcee
0:02
Came a long way, Heather B, to be with us today. I love it
0:06
Came a long way to be with us today. Young lady by way of Portland, Oregon citizens
0:13
Give her a big round of applause. She's been planting her seeds
0:18
Yes, sir. Spitting these bars on multiple freestyles. I had to do the research myself to make sure she was consistent with it
0:25
If I may. Then you might. If I may. One of her projects that came out that I rewound, and I rewound it
0:34
I wasn't streaming it. I rewound it over and over again because a good friend of mine told me she had bars
0:42
And so I went down that twisty, windy, dark hole of freestyles and listening to songs and really getting into our next artist because I wanted to hear it for myself
0:55
And it's something about Oregon Being from the west coast You know, I used to go up to Portland, Oregon
1:03
Eugene, Oregon, actually, to run track Let's go Ducks Yeah, yes, exactly
1:07
So I used to run track up there a lot And then as I got older and got into hip-hop
1:11
Got into the music scene We used to visit Oregon a lot King Tech and I
1:15
We used to visit Seattle as well I believe there was an artist by the name of Immaculate
1:20
Oh, yes Immaculate from that region of the area That's my boy
1:25
That's your boy? You know Immaculate? Yeah, I'm Mac. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, he's on the thesis record
1:30
He's on the thesis record. That's right. Okay. Did you know him prior to that? Yeah, yeah
1:34
No, he's a legend. He's a legend? Battle legend. Yeah, in Portland, he's Princess Diana
1:41
Princess Diana. The thing is about that scene, you have a lot of organic music that comes out
1:47
People usually know the history. They study the legacies. And so when you hear artists from there, they're rhyming for different reasons
1:56
And when I listen to you, I hear you rhyming for reasons
2:01
You know, you sound like someone who studied the craft. You didn't seem like somebody who just jumped behind a pen and said, I want to rap for the sake of rapping
2:10
You couldn't be that with all of those intricate, complex patterns that you have in between those in between those bars
2:17
So I want to say welcome to the show. She's here. She got a new single and new music video called Ja Morant
2:23
You can ask her what that means. It's pretty funny. It's pretty damn funny
2:30
It clicked to me later, too. That's the ironic thing about it. Oh, Ja Morant
2:35
But she's done a lot, man. And I'm glad to have her here. That was a roll call we just played
2:40
And when I heard that song, I heard her catch a nice flow. And I said, yeah, this is the one I want to start off this conversation with
2:47
please welcome the one and only win to the show. Win, win, win
2:53
Welcome. It's an honor. It's an honor, for real. Yeah? Yeah. You grew up watching us
2:59
Oh, yeah, I did. Yeah? Oh, yeah. Well, you used to watch us. I would watch, well, I watched all the YouTube freestyles
3:04
So, like, first one that comes to my mind is King Lowe's. Like, I mean, just, you're such a legend
3:10
And growing up as, like, someone who really takes the craft seriously, as, like, an emcee, Sway is, like, the holy grail
3:16
I told my mom, I'm going to the Olympic trials. Like, I'm out here
3:20
I like your metaphors. Very strong. Yeah, but I'm not a rapper
3:26
But, yeah, it's dope to be here. It's really an honor. Like, you're such a legend
3:31
And had to be yourself as well. Thank you. Tracy is growing to become a legend
3:35
Hey, you already know. I can feel it. Yeah, you feel it? And Mike Muse is a legend, too
3:39
Yes, let's go. And Torch is Torch. All right. The Olympic Torch
3:44
The Olympic Torch. Let them know. The Olympic torch. Well, it's good to have you here
3:51
And it's ironic that you're sitting here at Shade 4 or 5 because for so long, people thought you was Eminem's daughter
3:57
Right. I know. So what is it, Phil? Do you feel at home right now
4:01
Oh, yeah. It's my dad's radio station. Right? Right. Well, how did that get started, though
4:07
You know, so I had a line in there where I said, because in Portland, obviously, we get a lot of clouds
4:12
We get a lot of hail. We get a lot of rain. So I said, it's hailing in Portland. I guess I'm the daughter of Shady
4:17
I was doing a cypher out there. And somebody just was clever and took it, I guess, wanted to go viral
4:23
and was like, oh, this is Haley. This is Eminem's daughter. So that just blew up
4:28
It was all over Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, like anywhere you can imagine
4:34
I had some of my favorite rappers hitting people from my team who didn't know that I worked with them
4:38
Like, yo, you see this is Eminem's daughter? Like some legends. and I just had to be like, damn, my name's Wynn
4:46
I'm actually not related to Eminem. But that's cool. I mean, he's a legend, so it's a compliment for sure
4:52
Yo, Marshall, call us up real quick, man. Let's make sure she's not lying to us
4:55
Let's set it straight. Let's set it straight. You grew up studying who
5:00
It was a lot of Lupe Fiasco, a lot of Jay-Z, a lot of T.I., honestly
5:06
a lot of Eminem. I listened to a lot of Alicia Keys. There was Nas in there
5:12
Lil Wayne Some Jeezy 50 Cent It was a lot of early 2000s stuff for me
5:17
Were you memorizing the songs? Oh my gosh yeah I was laying in my bed
5:22
My brother used to We shared a wall So my brother used to like Bang on my wall
5:26
Because I would just be rapping I'd have my skullcandy headphones on I'd be laying in my bed
5:30
And I would just be like Top of my lungs Rapping all the lyrics
5:34
To all these things And that was like From when I was 9 to 12 And then when I was 12
5:38
That's when I really started to like write I actually started writing remixes before I was 12
5:41
but it was like to Soul Survivor. It was like the most random shit
5:46
So yeah. That's interesting. Obviously, we have so many conversations about representation
5:52
diversity, inclusion, and how important it is to see someone doing what you want to do that looks like you. Totally
6:00
And so I'm thinking about a young win, and I'm like, it never bothered you
6:04
that you didn't really see a white female rapper killing it? Because you're naming all of these black, you know
6:09
Yeah, well, I just, I knew that wasn't the lane, you know. Like, it was just clear to me that since the beginning, I've always taken this as, like, this is not my culture
6:17
I partake in this, and I'm a guest. And so I was never, yeah, I never expected to see a white woman doing it
6:23
I just, so. Yeah. But, yeah, having, I mean, most of my influences when I was growing up, as I listed, they were all mostly men
6:28
So it took me a while to kind of grow into my own voice because I was always trying to sound more aggressive and trying to sound more, like, you know, hard
6:35
but it's like at the end of the day my my voice is soft and so it did take a while to like really
6:41
embrace that you know and to build your confidence as well oh yeah totally totally yeah i'm curious
6:46
as to what your mama said because i remember coming home and saying i was gonna be a rapper
6:50
but yeah at least she's like okay there's people out there but i know you was like you told your
6:59
You was coming this way. I mean. Man, my family's mad supportive
7:06
That's dope. I grew up in a family where whatever I wanted to do, my parents wanted to support me
7:10
They wanted me to be who I was. And when I was 12 and I was like
7:14
I'm going to grow up and be a rapper, they were like, okay. So I definitely had the plan B conversations with my dad
7:21
but something about me, I'm a Taurus, I'm hard-headed, you're not going to convince me of shit
7:27
I've never had a plan B in my life. I was just like, I know this is going to work. I know I'm ill
7:31
And so eventually they came around. I remember talking to my dad my first year
7:35
I went to University of Oregon. And I remember talking to him. And at first, I didn't want to go to college because I was like, none of my idols really went except for J. Cole
7:42
And I was like, I just don't need to do that. And he was like, look, totally understand
7:47
You're going to make the decision you want to make. But just not think it would be good for you
7:51
Ultimately made the decision to go, which was one of the best decisions I made. I met a lot of great people there
7:55
I played in a band. people to this day still on my team. Shout out Ty over there
7:59
Oh dope. He hit me after things started to kind of move
8:03
I started to have these viral freestyles go and he hit me and was like yo I understand if you want to pull out of school and just do this shout out to my team They were mad patient as I was like no I want to finish and get my degree So that was 2019 I graduated and then the pandemic hit shortly after
8:18
Come on, man. We graduated. 2019. Shout out to supportive parents. Seriously
8:24
Yeah. Shout out to my parents. Right before the pandemic. Yeah. Yeah
8:28
And so the pandemic for all of us was just a useful tool to really ground ourselves and figure out what's next. Right. Absolutely
8:35
How did you utilize that time? That's a great question. You know, if I may, dropped in the end of 2019
8:41
I then went on a sold-out tour with Earthgang and Mick Jenkins. Mick Jenkins
8:45
Salute to Mick Jenkins and Earthgang. Man, it was a great tour. I can't speak highly enough about all those guys
8:51
They were perfect for my first tour. I definitely got spoiled. We got back three days before the pandemic hit
8:57
so we were lucky to finish it, but it was definitely like running 100 miles per hour into a brick wall
9:02
So I really kind of locked in. Me and Ty was like, you know, no one can go anywhere
9:08
So it's like you're you're in the room. You got a pair of speakers. You got a mic and you got a pair of headphones
9:12
And like before the pandemic hit, I was I knew I was going to be like to me, I'm trying to be like one of the goats of my generation
9:19
So I was I know I want to be like a rap star. I know I want to be up there
9:23
I want to be respected as a lyricist. But I don't feel that way yet. Like I know that I have room to grow
9:28
I was really young. I was 22. I'm 26 now. so we used those two or three years to just kind of throw paint at the wall
9:34
do a lot of like I said vocal production kind of like get the flows down learn how to write hooks
9:39
like learn how to do melodies because like I said I came up in the cypher world so
9:44
you know there's that running joke that people who battle rap or who can't write songs and that
9:50
was me so that's not a joke no I know I lived it like it took years for me to figure out how to
9:56
write a hook and it's still something that I'm trying to sharpen in my tool belt but that was
10:00
that was a new challenge for me I think people think it's really hard to write a mainstream
10:04
record or to write a or people think it's easy to write something like that and to me that was a
10:09
totally different skill that I had just never you know wanted to to work on so that was a it was a
10:15
lot of fun for me it was a challenge like I think I came a long way and also like I was going through
10:19
my early 20s it was my first year out of college so it was like I was getting out of a toxic
10:25
relationship and I was like just learning about myself like in the midst of kind of global
10:30
catastrophe so that was a hard time to be breaking up out of a relationship what was going on with
10:36
quarantine man you know you worried about your career you trying to find your voice did did you
10:42
find your thread what is it that when what does when want the world to know yeah I want I want
10:48
people to to first and foremost like respect me for my lyricism I think I spent a long time like
10:53
you know perfecting my pen and and really taking the craft seriously so that's something when people
10:58
look back on me in in 10 20 years that that's one of the first things I want them to say
11:02
and uh you know I want I want I feel like I can help kind of like bring some of that lyricism
11:08
back into the mainstream because I think that's you know that's just hasn't been a focus and it's
11:13
still out there but that's something for me that that makes now writing like more mainstream records
11:18
if you would say fun because I still have all that wordplay in there
11:23
like Ja Morant. That wordplay to me has always been one of my most favorites. That's why I reference Wayne specifically
11:30
Or even Jay-Z, being able to listen to records a year or two years
11:33
after I heard him and be like, oh, I just caught this line. Just caught that line, right. And that's how I want people to feel about my music
11:39
Okay, let's do this. Let's play that Ja Morant. Let's do it. Ja Morant
11:43
But you don't spell it like he spells his name. No, I don't. Can you talk about the way you spell it
11:48
Yeah, I spell it with a W. J-A-W Moran. J-A-W Moran. That's a little preview into the metaphor
11:58
Say it again for the people in the back. I get it. J-A-W Moran
12:03
Yo, I'm going to tell you. I was baffled by that. Why did she call this shit J-A-W Moran
12:08
And it was one of the lines. It was a line. I can't think of the line you said. There's probably a couple of lines
12:14
There's something about, yo, that shit can't be cracking up the whole time. I almost called you Rob
12:18
Rob Markman's here too, by the way. Rob Markman. Shout out to Rob. From Geniuses here
12:22
You know when Rob used to, he's still a member of the show. He just never came back once he got his job at Geniuses
12:28
You know what, Rob? You know what? Used to do the Rob Report
12:32
You ever hear that? Yeah. Yeah, that's where it all started, man. You can't even get lunch from this guy no more
12:38
Did he tell you about our history at all? Not totally, but I'm familiar for sure
12:43
You're familiar with it? Okay, that's my brother right there, man. He helped me look good for years
12:48
Yeah, some MTV shit. Yeah, absolutely, man. I helped him with nothing
12:53
I'm just a bully to Rob Markman, so now I'm joking. John Morant, this is it, man
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Wynn is here. Get to know a real MC. Okay, citizens, 888-742-3345
13:05
Sway the Morning Shade, 4-5, Heather B, Tracy G, Mike Muses in the building
13:10
Torch, DB, Mike, you want to say anything to Wynn? Yeah, I'm just wondering
13:15
like what is like i'm always interested in a writer's pov right and so since you were a battle
13:22
rapper you weren't writing i'm just curious like what are you drawing upon um what's your point of
13:27
view definitely just life experience i mean i've always been writing songs so like even when i
13:31
wasn't like writing for cyphers i was still writing hooks they just weren't good so it's always been
13:37
you know from a from a place of emotion things i'm experiencing like and and experience in the
13:42
sense of like my POV and experience in the sense of like things that I want to feel when I'm
13:46
experiencing those things so like a lot of the the inspiration for John Morant was like you know
13:52
I'm getting ready to go out with my girls with my friends and I don't have a record in my catalog
13:56
that I can like really like turn up to so that was a big motivation for me something that was a
14:01
honestly a challenge for me to to check off my list yeah what does a practice session look like
14:06
for you when you're trying to tighten up your hooks you said that's something in your toolkit
14:11
you really want to sharpen and polish. Definitely. Take us through that a bit. Yeah, I mean, it's honestly just throwing a bunch of darts at the wall
14:18
trying to hit the bullseye. It's like I'm writing more songs, and I work a lot with Ty Mai
14:23
who's my engineer, but also just like my right-hand man. We do everything together, and he's really good about
14:28
I don't trust anyone else to record my vocals. He gives me a lot of feedback, and I can tell when he doesn't feel
14:35
like something's right because he won't freak out. Right, right. He's a really excitable guy, so if he's sitting there
14:40
And he's just like, that was cool. I'll be like, okay, that wasn't it. Like, I got to come with something harder
14:45
So, yeah, I mean, I had three years to just kind of sit there. And, like, if I have a hook that I'm intentional with my words to not, like, you know, I don't want to make the hooks too wordy
14:56
I want to keep them kind of simple. I don't want to throw, like, I don't want to have a super high unique word percentage in my hook because it's got to be graspable for the listener
15:03
So, yeah, it's just a feeling. Like, does it rock? Can you play it out of the speakers
15:08
Like, does Ty fight with it? I can see why the lyricist, like, your word choice is really interesting
15:13
You talk about ratios. She put a formula next to it, right
15:18
She's got a whole theory, right? I think that's it. Yeah. I was going to say, do you feel like school came in handy in terms of, like, being a wordsmith
15:27
I think so, but I'm one of those people who, like, I'm a word brain
15:31
I'm not a math brain. I can count a 16, and that's about it. Like, I've always leaned towards words in English class
15:37
And I was lucky to have English teachers who, like, really embraced that part of me and allowed me to, like, like, once I was in seventh grade, actually, my English teacher, shout out to Mrs. Shank, she was the only person who I told that I rapped
15:50
Because I was, like, embarrassed, you know, like, I'm living in the suburbs, like, you know, my Beats headphones on and my Air Force Ones, like, man, like, this is crazy
15:59
So I told her and she would let me, like, turn in raps instead of, like, essays for things
16:04
Wow. Miss Shank? Yeah, Miss Shank. Shout out, Miss Shank. Shout out to Miss Shank, yeah
16:09
And yeah, just teachers in general, we have poetry lessons, and they would always just kind of let me do my thing
16:14
so I was super lucky yeah You know so it really interesting when we had a previous guest Samuel L Jackson was talking about Tupac right And so when you think about a lot of the great people that we call lyricists today like Tupac he was extremely well right Was a poet knew how to write
16:26
You think about Nas, he's one of the great lyricists of the time. Nas was really well-read, right
16:30
Well-studied, right? And so I think that we underestimate in hip-hop the value of English and reading and writing
16:36
and how it can do, and actually when translate to media training, because you're actually
16:42
conducting a really good interview. This is my first time meeting you. Yeah. Because I know Rob
16:46
And so anybody Rob brings in, I'm like, well, she must be talented. Yeah. But you're selling yourself, right
16:52
Thank you. And even your word choice, your phrasing. Like, you understand, like, sizable bites in terms of, like, how to talk in bite-sized sounds
16:59
Like, it's insane. I just hope everybody who's listening. We haven't been ready. Yeah
17:03
She's been ready for a minute. Everybody who's listening is paying attention. If you are aspiring to be a rapper, like, especially thinking about getting our game artist
17:09
Yeah. Like, this is how you should be a good example. That's how you present yourself. Yeah. Absolutely
17:13
To piggyback off of what Mike said, because we also had Keith Perrin here, one of the founders of FUBU, who said they did not have media training when he first started
17:23
So you see, to Mike's point, what the difference was. As an artist, I know you hit those writer block days
17:31
It's days where no matter what, you're throwing 50 things at the wall and you can't get anything to stick
17:37
I always tell people who say they want to get in the game
17:41
and a blank piece of paper could be the scariest thing in the world
17:45
Oh, totally. Yeah. How do you write through it, fight through it
17:49
As much as you're willing to share. No, yeah. You know what I mean? I know Ty's over there laughing because, like I said, I'm a��
17:56
That's a real artist question. Yeah, I'm a bull. Like, I'm a—something about me, like, I'm determined
18:02
So if I have writer's block, I'm not getting out of the room until I come up with something I like
18:07
so I will just sit it's maybe something I need to work on because I'll sit there staring at my
18:13
computer just pissed like just like I'll try I'll try to write for an hour and then once once I once
18:18
I haven't come up with anything in the hour maybe I've written four bars that I don't even really like I'm at this point I'm sitting there and I'm like damn like why is it not sticking today and at
18:27
the end of the day it's like it's not something you can force yeah but boy do I try to force it
18:30
like I'm I'm because I hate leaving the studio feeling defeated I hate leaving feeling like I
18:35
I didn't come with what I needed to leave with. So I'm going to leave with it no matter what it takes for me to get there
18:43
If I've got to climb over a mountain, I'm going to leave with it. But then we leave, and I'm like, okay, I did it
18:48
That was good. I'm impressed with your focus. Thank you. Because when it comes to a lot of millennials and Gen Z
18:55
when we speak about our relationship with social media and us wanting instant gratification
19:00
and not being able to sit still for a while and get certain tasks done
19:05
But it sounds like that's something you've been able to evade. Yeah, I think, I mean, I obviously struggle with social media, as I think everybody does
19:13
But, like, this is really what I love to do. So when I'm sitting in front of my computer, like, I'm invested in what I'm doing
19:19
I'm trying to crack codes. Like, it's really, it's as much a, I was saying this earlier this week, like, it's as much a competitive sport to me as it is an art form
19:28
So when you put those things together, it's like a, you know, there's a lot of energy there
19:33
I'm totally engulfed in the process. Wynn is here, man. She got the new single in-music video, John Morant
19:39
You spell it W-Y-N-N-E. How did you gain the Dreamville affiliation? That's a great question
19:48
Back when I was in college at U of O, my manager, Cor, is from Atlanta
19:54
I know it's Barry and Zeke pretty well, Jid's team. And Jid was coming on tour through Eugene
19:59
He was playing Wild Hall. It was like a year after the Never story, I believe
20:04
And they were just like, yo, like, y'all need to link. Like, you guys just need to get together
20:08
I had Ego Check at the time, the record, and I had an open verse on it
20:12
and knew I wanted him to. Okay, so you already had that Ego Check
20:16
I had the record, yeah, and this was actually around the time that Eminem's daughter thing was going viral
20:21
And some people were like, yo, we should drop this record. And I was like, no, I really feel like I need a feature on it
20:26
And we'd played around with it for a while, and I was just like, man, And like Jid would gas it
20:30
He would bring a different perspective. He would bring a different energy to it. I don't think people hear him on that kind of a beat very often
20:35
I think it'd be interesting. So I was lucky enough to link up with him when he was in Eugene
20:41
And I played him a couple records off the project. And there was another one on there he was interested in hopping on as well
20:47
It's called Ken Mastro Giovanni, which is actually the name of my college drummer, my band, because he's a freak with it
20:54
but ultimately we talked about it and Ego Check was the one
20:59
and he hopped on it and killed it and it was a huge moment for me for sure
21:04
I'm a big JIT fan. I would imagine too because being an artist
21:09
you do want a validation. It feels good when someone recognizes you
21:15
Yeah, totally. Unless you know you're walking up the right path. If they don't recognize you
21:20
you still got to have enough confidence in yourself. You still got to do it
21:24
Who are some of those names? I know some big names that have recognized you
21:27
acknowledged some of the freestyles and stuff. Who are some of them? Yeah, I mean, Snoop Dogg
21:32
Come on. Timbo. Come on. You know, Bia, Bia Stays, Super Taptain
21:37
Come on. Meek Mill. Come on. Benny the Butcher. Man. I think the biggest one
21:44
That's off the top of my head, yeah. Missy Elliott. Missy Elliott, yeah. See, that's the one
21:48
Yeah, man. You know what's crazy is I actually predicted that. Yeah. I had dropped Buzzer, and it started to kind of go up on Twitter
21:55
and I saw someone retweeted it, and I clicked on their page, and they were followed by Missy Elliott
21:59
At the time, I was like, I got to go take a nap. Like, I'm overwhelmed. And I was like, I bet Missy Elliott's going to see it
22:04
And I went and took a nap, and Ty was out in the living room. We were crashing in the courts apartment. And I run out, and I'm like crying, like, bro, Missy Elliott just retweeted my video
22:13
She told me to keep going. Like, this is the craziest day of my life. Yeah, that was a while
22:17
That's dope. That's amazing. So whenever you get any critique, which I'm sure you're going to get too
22:22
I'm sure you get critiques, especially being a rapper, a white woman who's rapping
22:26
remember those who boosted you. For every person that critiqued you, for every million people that critiqued you
22:34
10 million people, it takes 10 million critiques to equate to a Missy Elliott validation
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So remember that. Okay? All right. Have you met some of the stars of today
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some of the female stars like Glorilla or... You know, I haven't yet
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It's interesting. Lotto, none of those folks? No, I've never met with them yet. I stay out in Portland
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I don't travel very much. So, you know, I'm hopeful that over the coming year
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that some of those doors start to open for me, for sure. You would love to rock with them? I would love to rock with them
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I'm a big, big Glow fan. I'm a big Lotto fan. I'm a big Flo Millie fan
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I'm a big Bia fan. I think there's so many of them that I would make really dope music with
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Not that it would seem an issue for you, but be open. You know, I think what happens is, especially, you know, with female artists, you know, a lot of times, oh, she seemed like she had an attitude
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Oh, we're competing. It's none of that. Be open. Go over to sometimes
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It may have to take you to go over to someone in someone's camp and say, hi, I'm an artist
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I would like to say hello. I would like to meet, give a hug, make that exchange
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Even if it starts with you, that's okay. I think a lot of artists in the past have made that mistake by not being open first and thinking that it's making this because we do compete
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It's a sport, right? But you put this thing in your head where you can't introduce yourself to folk
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You can't do this. You can't do that. And I think me personally, a lot more collaborations would have been done, especially in the 90s, if the mindset was different
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So I would like to just share that with you. Yeah, thank you. Stay open. I needed that from you
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That was dope. Stay open. Not if I'm Heather B, you know. Yeah. Woo
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No, a lot of mistakes was made. I'm just being honest. And it's okay to walk over to somebody and say, hi
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And I'm a pretty shy person, so that's something I do struggle with. I get it. Just do it. Yeah
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Somebody might remember that five years from now You like you know what I remember her She was cool She was nice And it can you know just keep the bond Absolutely Thank you Wynn you independent
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I am, yeah. What's the affiliation to Rob Markman? Man, I got a genius deal
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I partnered with Genius on a distro tip. Okay. Congratulations. Yeah, thank you
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Wynn partnered up with Genius. Rob Markman doing a lot for Genius. They owe you more, Rob
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Yeah, he's an absolute legendary guy. They owe you. Who they? Genius
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They owe Rob Markman. Yeah. Genius owes Rob Markman. That's who I'm saying
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Say it again. Genius owes Rob Markman. Speak in truth. Come on, man
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No more honesty. Truth. If anybody from Genius wants to debate me on it, come on up
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Word. Y'all know I know. And they know what I know. So Genius owes Rob Barkman more
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Pay Rob more. Give him more equity, more proprietorship into Genius. Period
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Come on, man. When you talked to Rob, where did y'all first meet
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We first met in 2017 or 2018, I think. And I think it was 2018 we were playing him some music from the project
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And we went through the Genius office when it was still in New York. and just kind of, you know, we hung out for about an hour, hour and a half
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and just had a conversation about music, inspiration. We played him through the mixtape, and he was really rocking with it
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And since then, he was supporting me. Genius had put me on the platform back when they were doing Cosign
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They put me on the Twista episode, and Twista rocked with it. So Twista's another one. And so they've always been super supportive
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And Rob first reached out to me about a year ago and was like, yo, just want to put this on your radar
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Like, I think we're going to start doing some distro stuff. and you're definitely one of the artists I would want to work with
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So it couldn't have been more perfect timing for me. I mean, I grew up on Rap Genius
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When it was all highlighted in red, I was annotating Lupe lyrics in my bedroom
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So it's a dream for sure. It's a dream come true. Where's Genius at? She said when they was in New York
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Where you at, Rob? I'm still in New York, but the company's in LA now
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Oh, okay. Yeah, they went to move to Hollywood. Give them more
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I see what you're saying now, Swede. Yeah, man. Well, that's why I ain't moved to LA
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Okay. Okay. Well, Wynn, it's a real pleasure to have you on this show
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Yeah. We're really big fans of yours, Wynn. Congratulations, because you did the work, too
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You've been doing your work, man. Thank you. And I know that last night was hard for you
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I know it was probably hard to really settle your mind down and relax it
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Yeah. I know it was hard. All kind of thoughts was running through your head because you're here in New York City
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That's a long way from Portland, Oregon. That's a long way. Oh, that's a lot of redwood trees where you're from
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A lot of clean air, right? Clean. Clean air, man. Dirty air
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It was important that you got your rest. It was important that you got your rest because you had to get up this morning
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Where were you coming? Where did you know you was going this morning? I know. I was coming to sway in the morning
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To the Valley of the Hyena! Drop that beat on her. Let's go
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Portland, stand up. We got wind up in here. Sway in the morning, turn that beat up, Torch
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Come on. Yeah, crank that beat a little bit. Yeah. Crazy beat, man
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Shout out to this place. Hyenas only, Portland. It's time we up. Most of y'all couldn't touch this beat with a 10-foot pole
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I went in cold. No stretching. I just said into crescendo flows. It's people who bet against me about to end up broke
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The standards and the bars. Ten years, I've been benching them both. Mental and coke, tension just bubbling at the surface
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They're showing their friends my shit like, how the you haven't heard this? Cocky men think they can me, just know you're wrong
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The insecure men say I'm selling my body to sell these songs Y'all should lose your virginity, dissatisfied tendencies
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Stay out my business, let's you put in money towards my entities ed up at the party, they don't know I heard them mention me
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Hoping I blow up first, cause they secretly all depend on me Healthy competition on my beat, free range
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You're not for the culture, Petrie, you just retweet things But you don't mean those things
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You just dying for interaction You scared to look in the mirror like, damn, what happened
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Windex, I'm on a streak Can't rest, I'm on my feet Won't catch me slipping through the cracks
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Like keys between the Honda seats Met with a couple labels who act like I was average
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Like it's fourth and one I just wonder how you could pass this I'm like Victor Wimpy-Nyama
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Please don't switch, cause I'll pick up on you The triple threat kinesthetics
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Put them on the ice like Arnold Palmer They yell over their vocals, I'm not talking
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DJ Drama proofreading the checks They write me like, hmm, this needs some commas
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They thought all they needed was a Spotify playlist Jogging by the competition, singing Marvin Gay hits
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Like, what's going on? I thought y'all were so confident Here I am up in the gym at 6 a.m. back on my mamba shit
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Cosmo and Wanda, they keep wishing that they were topping this Like Obi, I'm the one, like Kenobi, I've found my confidence
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Keep my IG sexy, cause I know your boyfriend's stocking it They're studying my sound, meh my haters, meteorologists
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Elbows on their knees, I watch them bury their face Every single rapper should be very afraid
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I really got your favorite artists out here sharing my page. Here to up the throne like Harry and Meghan's engaged
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I'm in an esoteric state. This shit's never been a joke. I was nine, staying up till 2 a.m. studying hoes
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Lord knows, while y'all were outside just doing the most. I was dirty and every beat that they give me is getting gross
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Don't envy industry circles, they're really jerking off. I'm here showing the sheep where to go like a herding dog
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Snakes in the grass, I hear rodents scurrying off. I'm mowing the lawn, walking with cleats to make sure they're gone
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I've been that , how I do it is magic Foolish to try to prove it, so screw all the acrobatics
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Got close to the gold and I noticed that it was plastic So I don't do it for that shit, the truth is this shit my passion
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Just know when you say my name you don't pronounce the E Count up all my clones and they still don't amount to me
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I'm the quietest in the room and still no one as loud as me Still in Portland if you need me, I'm just down the street
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Count the beat, one, two, three, four By the time you hear this I have my old bullies at my door
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Like, damn, I knew you could do it. They're trying to build rapport. I'm in their head, not paying rent and rearranging the decor
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them. them. Yeah. them. them. Damn. them
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You make me want to say . Oh, man. Thank you. Damn
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Woo. them. Wow. You know that she gave a reference to who the Spurs got
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Man, I thought we were going to get him in Portland I thought we were this close
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You heard it, Sway You heard it Keep the applause going, Torch
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Keep the applause going Keep them going Keep them going It takes work
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It's just, it's work You might luck up one or two Freestyles, little viral moments
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But it takes a lot of work To get to this point into B. It's showmanship
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It's delivery. It's breath control. It's bars. It's all of the things. And she exemplified
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it. Man, you got to give credit where credit is due. Like Missy said
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keep going, sis. You got it. Keep flowing, Wynn. Don't pronounce the E
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Don't pronounce the E. Them bullies showing up trying to gain a rapport
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The bullies trying to gain a rapport. They're already showing up. Wow. Already showing up
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Last night. On my FaceTime. That just happened, brother. What? People who used to bully you
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The audacity. I'm telling you. I have sitting there with them on the phone practicing my verse
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And I'm like, look at this. I just manifested this before it's even out. People who used to bully you are now calling you
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Oh, yeah. Forgive them. Wow. Show them grace. Forgive them. I got to
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Yeah, forgive them. Welcome them in. Forgive them, let go. Forgive them, let go, and move forward
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Okay? Absolutely. Give it up for Wynn, y'all. She's a star. you
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