We were lucky to catch up with Spicy lil bitch recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Spicy lil bitch , thanks for joining us today. What was the most important lesson/experience you had in a job that has helped you in your creative career?

At my previous job I was a corporate attorney in Mergers & Acquisitions (“M&A”) practicing in California (I am licensed in both CA & GA). The job was very detail oriented, and the partners wanted nothing less than perfection on any document that we drafted or reviewed from the opposing counsel. I used to create templates, checklists, etc to help me keep everything organized.

Working with big corporations and learning their backstories and seeing how people were able to capitalize off of something that came to them with ease. I really enjoyed working as a corporate attorney because I felt like I was a fly on the wall, taking it all in.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I’m a first generation college and law school graduate. I was always a hustler, fixing computers, iPhones, and gadgets to resell on craigslist so I chose to practice corporate law because I knew I wanted to own my own business one day. I practiced law for four years, and passed two bar exams (GA & CA) then I had a bad motorcycle accident on my BMW s1000rr (sports bike). I incurred a number of injuries, one being a traumatic brain injury. The TBI impacted some of my cognitive abilities such as attention, focus, higher level thinking, memory, many of which are important to being a successful attorney. Since the accident I have been on long term disability, never to practice law again.

I decided I wanted to do things that I couldn’t do while practicing law. First, I spent time with my younger cousins. I asked the twelve year old, what do you want to be when you grow up? He told me he wanted to be a rapper. From there I began encouraging him to learn to produce music and maybe even be a sound engineer. I had a podcast studio setup in my home, I showed him how to work it so he could record a rap song, my only rule was “no cursing.” I come back two hours later and not only was he cursing, he had killed multiple people on the song. I began lecturing him about what rap really is because I do understand that things have changed, now rap is all about money, jewelry and violence but it used to have more substance.

This exchange continued with my cousin and for fun I decided to become a rapper to show him, it’s way easier when you actually have things you can talk about! My song “Constitutional Rights” was inspired by me highlighting my profession and making the point that you can rap without anyone dying on the track, because there are so many things to talk about.

I am most proud of my ability to be flexible and work hard at whatever it is that I do it to the best of my ability. Having a near death experience made it more difficult for me to find music to listen to during my recovery. Ironically, I didn’t want to hear about anyone dying. I am definitely inspired to make music that is fun, witty, comical, political and thought provoking.

For instance, I discuss my legal background, social issues that matter to me, and in my most recent release “Det Ass” I discuss the phenomenon of the booty/BBL craze. Essentially, I’m trying to bring back the old rap vibes, where artists rapped about their likes, dislikes, social issues and politics.

I’m really hoping to show people that you don’t have to limit yourself. I also think people with different backgrounds should get into rap and share their stories because over the last twenty years the trend has been “I was bad in school, I sold drugs and now I’m really rich.” I did a lot of writing from college through law school and practicing law. I have really enjoyed having a reason to write again! I am enjoying being a musician because the law touches everything we do. I am handling my trademark(s), making sure I abide by regulations such as the FCC, etc.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

After being thrown 20ft from my motorcycle and incurring a number of injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, I didn’t have a choice but to pivot because I am unable to continue practicing law. After college, three years of law school, passed two bar exams and practiced for four years my legal career was over, but I still felt like there had to be something that I can do.

I have always been creative and I had a few creative projects going on at the time of my accident so I decided to continue those projects. My home is a transitioning art piece, a place where I can store all of my artwork. I do a lot of DIY, woodworking, building projects in my home. I plan to showcase my art piece in a short movie when I finish.

I also wanted to finish writing/recording a rap song so the project grew into creating music so that I can use it as background music for my art showcase.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

I believe in being multifaceted and trying different creative hobbies and not limiting yourself. I’m on a mission to learn more about myself as an artist, because for years I was doing the corporate thing and now I have a chance to draw, paint, build, design, songwriting, music production, etc. Music is one of my hobbies that allows me to do a number of things that I find interesting, register a trademark, write, illustrate, & recording/editing music and videos.

Contact Info:

• Website: spicylilbitch.com
• Instagram: @spicylilbitch
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJGWsXCkifANaTTtNb6jZFw

Image Credits
Yellowhite photography