{"id":11750,"date":"2012-10-15T10:18:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T10:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=11750"},"modified":"2017-03-01T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:46:08","slug":"new-noise-mykki-blanco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/10\/15\/new-noise-mykki-blanco\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW NOISE: Mykki Blanco"},"content":{"rendered":"

“DJ, DJ, prime club minister. Play my track cause the beat is sinister,” spits Mykki Blanco, the crossdressing, weave-flipping hip-hop sensation who describes himself as the “rap game terrorist”.<\/p>\n

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\"Mykki<\/a><\/p>\n

In his latest video for Haze.Boogie.Life, Mykki Blanco struts down the deserted streets of Ridley Road market, waving around a baseball bat like a hallucinatory spectre from your worst K-hole. Transgressive, subversive, and possessing quite the eye for sick, bass-thumpingly heavy beats, Wonderland<\/em> thinks that Mykki Blanco might just be the future of rap. <\/p>\n

Who is Mykki Blanco and where did his story begin?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mykki Blanco is Michael David Quattlebaum Jr. She is my stage name but I also cross dress, so I am Mykki.<\/p>\n

You’ve got a video<\/a> where you go up to taunting schoolkids and rap at them. Is it important to you to be confrontational and meet criticism head-on? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I like the role of a provocateur but I try not to give heterosexuals too much credit.<\/p>\n

You’ve collaborated with an insanely talented roster of people – Teengirl Fantasy, Le1f, Nguzunguzu… How did you meet with them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the creative global underground of the 21st century. Most of these people I’ve known for years. Driven, talented people find each other.<\/p>\n