Community Spotlight: Louie C Rhyme — The N.F.T rapper
Louie C Rhymes the NFT Rapper AKA N.F. Trapper is a hip-hop head IRL, turned metaverse MC. His music and art encompass a message of reflection and challenge the commonly held assumptions about personal accomplishment and many humanitarian issues. As a hip-hop head, Louie aims to do what hip hop has always done — break stereotypes and challenge norms for the betterment of people.
Hey Louie, tell us how long have you been taking your craft seriously? — Since January 2019.
What inspires you? — Powerful people empowering people.
How did you get started in music? — Freestyling at a college party.
Tell us about your latest project? — I just dropped the first-ever generative art music album on the ETH blockchain. Hip Hop Heads is my debut album digitally distributed via an NFT collection of 5000 hand-drawn, swagged out, 1 of 1 generative hip hop head style PFPS with a twist — each one contains part of the album as an audio component with its own rarity. Utility: Non-Exclusive Commercial Rights, Ticket to Live Performance, Physical Merch, Unlockable Content, Community Parties & Giveaways, Voting rights.
“No amount of likes, comments, views, or sales means you are a better or worse artist than anyone else.”
What are your musical goals? — Turn making music into a career so I can do what I love to survive. Pay artists using community wallet in my Hip Hop Heads project (16 percent of initial and secondary sales)
What do you wish you knew at the beginning that you know now? — No amount of likes, comments, views, or sales means you are a better or worse artist than anyone else.
What have you found to be the most frustrating part of your artist journey? — Everyone tells me that I’m really good at rapping and my energy is amazing. They tell me that I’m headed to the moon and that they know I have “What it takes to make it in the industry.” After all that, and millions of streams/views I haven’t been able to monetize my music successfully to turn it into a profitable career.
How did you find out about Emanate? — Kane Mayfield told me to hit DJ Lethal Skills and the rest was history.
“Delve into a community with similar interests and use your skill set to elevate their project.”
What would you say to an artist who is just getting started? — Make NFTs. Delve into a community with similar interests and use your skillset to elevate their project. Your biggest supporters start out as friends from a project which you both supported first.
To check out Louie’s tunes, go to emanate.live
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