Today we’d like to introduce you to Destry Carter
Hi Destry, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
My music career starts out with four friends sitting in the park and randomly coming up with an idea to form a music group. Most odd combination of friends you’ll see. LOL. An idea turned into us seeing if we could actually rap, to becoming some hacky ass producers (still don’t know how we were doing that), to making songs, to performing in the neighborhood, to having young kid rap beefs with other kids around the neighborhood that were seemingly doing the same thing. Shit sounds crazy and hilarious now that I think about it. Fast forward to today, a driven solo act that’s going for the whole thing. A lot of hardships got me here. A lot of naivety. But I went through it and now I am who I am. And what I am is on the verge of greatness.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Absolutely fuckin not. This shit was hard. This shit was painful. This shit was esteem breaking. This was self doubt causing. Not having a good mentor in the beginning played a key role. I was making a lot of dumb decisions. Hadn’t had much growth in experiences. I didn’t have enough street smarts, so to speak. Young minded. Strong, but still impressionable in some ways. I’ve always had a good heart, the best intentions for people, morally, well compassed, always optimistic about people, in general. So when you’re that person, and you start going through shit, it forces you to find a more protective way to be that same individual. So you toughen up in some areas. It’s a balance. But it’s the realization of what the experiences really meant is what made it tough.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
If you had to put me in a category, you’d describe me as a hip hop artist. But that’s where you’d be wrong, I’m much more. I do NEW BOP. A phrase I coined for myself just because I feel like I have a different sound than other artists. Like a rapper’s rapper meshed with every other form of music you came name. I approach different, deliver different, talk different, move different. Everything about my style stands out. And those aren’t even my words. But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel the exact same way about myself.
Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers?
Freshmen solo project “PANOPTIC” available on all streaming platforms.
Go take a listen and tell me I wasn’t being truthful.
Pricing:
- https://music.apple.com/us/album/pray-for-me-feat-hollowgang-bug/1660632587?i=1660632588
- https://music.apple.com/us/album/pleasures-always-mine-feat-xavier2x/1732163600?i=1732163601
- https://music.apple.com/us/album/cant-quite-connect-feat-amanda-burrell/1683909264?i=1683909265
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/itstroche
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/itstroche
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ItsTroche
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@ItsTroche
- Other: https://untd.io/troche4846
