What is your name and what city do you rep?
8BitJ, The Bay Area
Tell us about your latest releases, what inspired you to create them?
My latest project is Tokyo 8 and what inspired me to grade that was whatever was going on in my life at the time along with probably what I was listening to
What is unique about you and your music?
What makes my music unique is that I make music solely about myself but within that I feel that there’s relatability between me and so many people in the world that it’s hard not to see it as something raw and unique
What shaped your music?
A whole lot of influences such as 2Pac Kanye West a tribe called Quest Mac Miller Jay Z and others
When did you realize you were going to make music professionally?
I think I realized I was going to make music professionally was when I realized nothing was as fulfilling as making a song that people genuinely fuck with after that I think it became an obsession
What type of music do you listen to?
I try to keep my ears open to anything but I like to dive into Old soul a lot or jazz, Gil Scott heron Bobby Womack Parliament funkadelic of course you have your legends like Michael Jackson and then of course there’s my rap influences that I already mentioned but even newer people like Tyler, The Creator earl sweatshirt Freddie Gibbs
What inspires you to write music?
Being obsessed with trying to create something better than I created before
What do you do when you don’t do music (creative or otherwise) and that you are passionate about?
Even though it kind of ties in with music I love the idea of films whether be directing music videos or coming up with concepts I just love making cinematic projects I feel like I’m always a student of the game in my first love in this world I believe was visual media so I do believe that at some point I’m really going to start dabbling in that scene weather it be acting or creating
Happiness to you is…
Sushi dinner overlooking The Tokyo skyline
What do you wish you were told when you first started making music that you think would help artists just starting out?
Get your stuff mixed and mastered
Tell us about your upcoming projects…
As of now I just dropped Tokyo 8 it’s out now, album of the year baby
Where do we find you music / music projects?
Anywhere you find and stream music, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, your girlfriends playlist and more
