{"id":16075,"date":"2013-03-21T11:07:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T11:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=16075"},"modified":"2017-03-01T13:35:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:35:16","slug":"new-noise-rejjie-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2013\/03\/21\/new-noise-rejjie-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW NOISE: Rejjie Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rejjie Snow<\/a>‘s often compared to the likes of Tyler the Creator<\/a> and Earl Sweatshirt, but the 19-year-old affirms his originality with blazing songs touching on everything from albinism to the Cartoon Network – plus, it’s not every day you get an Irish emcee signing to Elton John’s Rocket Management<\/a> label.<\/p>\n

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\"Rejjie<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

You\u2019re from Ireland \u2013 a pretty difficult place to attract attention as a hip-hop artist. What you think you did differently?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I treated the fact that I was Irish and whatever else to my own advantage. I don\u2019t think the same as everyone else; I\u2019m just in my own little world. I\u2019d say my lyrical content is different; when I was growing up I was exposed to a lot of poetry \u2013 things not everyone was exposed to. That definitely had an influence on what I do. I write poetry all the time; I carry a journal with me and I just write down words and shit I see. I love words.<\/p>\n

So is lyrical content something that\u2019s very important to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, but not important in the sense of portraying a message\u2026 It\u2019s more the emotional side and how you feel when you listen to it. It\u2019s not supposed to guide people on how to live or tell people what to do, it\u2019s just like \u2018listen to this shit and feel something from it\u2019, you know?<\/p>\n

Your lyrics tend to be pretty hard-hitting, where do you draw inspiration for your tracks?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t talk about my personal life because no one would really care. What\u2019s the point of that? It\u2019s more about fantasies and giving yourself the persona of something else\u2026 Just creating a world; making everything imaginary. I used to be quite shy but rapping gives me confidence, it makes me appreciate myself more. <\/p>\n