We were lucky to catch up with Cloudy The Weatherman recently and have shared our conversation below.
Cloudy The Weatherman , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?
I’ve loved music from the first second I heard it. Of course I have my favorite genre but I have an appreciation for all different types of musicality. From the point I started making music to the point I started pursuing it professionally was about 7 years… I didn’t believe in myself or my potential to make a career out of music for 6 years and 11 months. It wasn’t my belief in my craft that changed my mind, but rather my belief in myself as a man. I realized I had the potential to do and be literally anything and everything I ever dreamed of. Once that clicked being the most influential artist to ever live seemed easy.
Cloudy The Weatherman , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I believe it’s my purpose on this planet to access as much of my potential as possible and help as many people as I can do the same. I began making music because it made me feel cool. I felt big as a kid rapping about all the stuff I wish I had and people I wanted admiration from. Before I ever took rap seriously as a career it was a part of my identity as a person. I was a musician, I was a creative, I was cool and I didn’t need validation from anyone else to feel that way. That was the beginning of me realizing what I was truly capable of. Even if I didn’t think I could do something, the rapper version of me could do it with ease. As I started trying stuff I realized how achievable all of the things I wanted really were once I believed I could do them… That’s why I make music. That’s what I can offer to my listeners. That’s what sets me apart. I’m not here to outshine anybody or demean anyone, i’m here to inspire anyone listening to me to try to be the most badass version of themselves possible. I already do that in my day to day life. I have people that look up to me as their influence to be their best selves. As a byproduct of me holding myself to the highest standard and living an above average life I provide a symbol of hope and a beacon of possibility to those who observe. I’m most proud of the fact that I make the unachievable seem easy, and I am to make it feel that way for everyone who listens to my music or interacts with my brand.
Have you ever had to pivot?
Pivoting in anything is one of the hardest things to do once you’re heavily invested. It can feel gut wrenching, you may even feel like you’re letting people down. Before I starting pursuing rap as a full time career I was building a business. That business had to do with the music industry and it kept me close to what I loved. I worked on it for almost 2 years and even got infront of a board of investors to pitch it.. and impressed them! Once stuff finally began to take off for the business I sat down and reassessed why I began creating it in the first place. I didn’t believe in myself or love myself enough to think I had a chance creating my dream career in music, so I built a business around it. When I really broke it down, the root of all my success with this business had been out of a place of fear, fear that I couldn’t make it doing what I actually loved. Once I realized that I reached out to all my partners, investors, and associates letting them know I’d be putting the business down for the time being to pursue what my heart was telling me was right. I haven’t looked back since… My advice: You can do ANYTHING as long as you believe 150% that it’s possible… Don’t let doubt be the basis of your life.
What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?
This is a great question. I’m actually in the process of unlearning a lot of unhealthy preconceived notions I had about change, growth and forgiveness. These lessons transcend music, but they definitely influence my creative process and the way my brain things about and perceives the circumstances I talk about in my music. People change, people grow, and people become better versions of themselves. It wasn’t until I realized how truly different I was and how much I grown from my old self that I began to accept others could change in similar ways.
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