Tap'N With Rapper HeyImAtlass
Tell us about your story and how you got to where you are?
Well for those whom will be getting know me I’m 21 years of age , I was born in Pomona ca .. but moved to the bottomz & watts at 7months I grew up in the bottoms of Inglewood 102nd Yukon st , early on I had a ruff life mom single mother of 4 .. my dad was sentenced to 10 years when I was 1 years old we stayed in hotels , garages our car shit you name it I’ve slept there i’ve been through everything and anything you could imagine being shot at Robbed beat up and I’ve beat up people robbed shot people I’ve been all around the board so really if you coming out of LA California area you guys know what type of lifestyle I’m living ain’t gotta express the extras I got put onto my hood I say round 2014 I was 14 at the time I took my 4 man like a champ and from there niggas know if you know you know if you don’t you don’t .. I don’t like to dwell on the lil shit like that cause for the most part we always kept it together but I’m a product of the struggle but the reason I started this rap shit was for my genuine love of music .. my goal was to be better than drake better than young money at the time when I started they was the hottest out this like 2011 to me they was everything but besides all the struggling , I’ve been thru a lot musically put out my first song ever 2017 called pole which later in 2020 I dropped a visual for . I started out writing songs at first being signed too start up labels and recording with fresh new artist which some blew up I won’t say names … I went from writting for fun to being paid to make songs for friends and family I knew
What has been your biggest obstacle in your journey as an artist?
Realizing that’s everyone’s pace and growth is different. The amount of time and dedication doesn’t determine their success a lot of us artist see people doing things in a certain amount of time in a certain way and think that’s how it’s gonna go for me I remember when I first started making music years ago thinking to myself “ this shit easy” now here I am years later still grinding at it you have to have a love for this music shit you gotta desire it cause this industry will chew you and spit you back out on bloods especially in the generation we in right now music is coming out so quickly it’s hard to gain peoples attention to the real Music they’re so focused on whats next trending song so when real music comes around they don’t even appreciate not because it’s not good but because it’s not trendy or a song made for tiktok
What lessons have you learned?
I’ve learned don’t trust no one blood
Never put anything above anyone , only got can judge you ! Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream and closed mouths don’t get fed , never switch on you brother , family don’t mean nothing when it’s money involved, it be the ones closet to you that’s will do you dirty first , and if you really love a bitch love her no matter what anybody say you miss out like that
Tell us about your music; how would you describe your sound?
My music just real .. humble shit talk .. smoove player shit .. when I rap it’s about being the hardest or the flyest my rap about being real nothing less than it .. pain is real .. struggle is real .. loosing homies is real .. happiness is real .. making money to support a better way for your people is real so when real niggas hear the real shit im saying they already know da west brackin wit it .. really if you sleep on me you really don’t know anything bout real music i let my songs speak for themself
What other artists would you compare yourself to?
Ion care myself to no one every artist has something that makes em unique ,but who I say I favor and look up too is bigsad1900 , babyface ray , mozzy & azchike afnpeso baby smoove shit like that I fw and feel like I sound similar too
If you could work with any artists, who would you choose?
If I could choose any artist to work with right now have to be Azchike bro dope got his own sound I remember hearing my first chike song like “ dammmn who is blood ? On mafia blood really go” I forgot what I heard from him first onna gang I think it was that licked up but yea bro the hardest out rn in my opinion ay Azchike if you see this holla at me gang let’s lock in
What sets you apart from other artists?
my whole swag different my whole style different .. niggas can copy all these other artist flow I’m just a person who stays changing and progressing their sound I will never sound the same as I did before which sets me apart I’m always ahead of the curve with that I feel that’s my biggest strength is they can steal my flow my whole style and I’d still be able to come back wit some hot shit that’s different , my flow my style the way I can grab you and make you feel everything I’m saying is what’s different they just gotta check me out and see .. every song I can bring a emotion out of you Either make you happy so nostalgic or just downright Turnt up
What should we know about your work?
I do all this myself no one writes for me mange’s me nun of that .. I really do this shit from the heart when you listen to my music I’m giving you bits of my emotion bits of my Life I let struggle and pain show thru my music a lil more then I gloat bout the fancy cars and females it’s a balance to my music give me a listen hear me out .. This latest project I dropped gives you a little bit of everything … it make you wanna get money , it makes you feel the grind of tryna come from the underdog to big dawg .. this last project really for motivational purposes I make music for people who in they grind and gotta point to prove to themself
What are your plans for the future?
Answer : Motivate the youth give back to my community .. I wanna be in music for the long run put all my bruddas on .. move my family out of state get my brothers outta jail .. get up out the streets dat story bout how niggas go from rags to richess that’s gon be me most definitely see myself owning businesses buying property’s investing I gotta big plan for the future fasholly
What motivates you, or keeps you going?
Answer : my mom and lil brothers still staying in the street I wanna get them out of here .. that shit keeps me up at night thinking my mom might pass before she can truly be happy what keeps me going , everyone who ever doubted me or stabbed me in the back why I keep going , the love for my fans & my bruddas who told me stay on this shit why I keep going I came to far in this rap shit to turn back now .. like nipsey said you gotta be all In to win
Tell us something that might surprise people about you
Answer : before I was rapping I used to skateboard & dance I was sponsor by kore skateshop & used to dance for my church and dance at family parties I used to just have fun enjoy myself…even tho I rap my favorite shit to listen to is pop & rnb my favorite singer is HER wit her sexy ass she can sing like a mf ong
How do you define success?
Success to me is a spiritual & mentally thing only you can say who’s more successful then you or even validate what is successful if you get what I mean in other words my success is defined by me I feel like I’m already successful by pursing my dreams N tryna get my family out this mf beautiful struggle but to some success is defined by material shit like chains whips n shit like that tbh success to me is moving forward wit progression and positivity cause every step you take towards your main goal is success when you get to your goal now you’ve reached being successful cause you have succeeded in every milestone you had now you reached your goal ain’t no more succeeding to do you already won
Tell us about any projects or music you have coming out.
check out my new project “ISSA WESTSIDE BABY” out now on all platforms this is my first project 10 songs long all produced by 614ASE mixed by me off my phone I have another project in the works “ VIRGINIA BLACKS” an EP coming sooner than you guys think music videos coming stay tuned
What do you want people to know about you? Anything else you want mentioned?
I used to stay in Virginia for two years write music out there , I wanna give a mention to my brothers that’s been locked down for more than 4 years due to some shit man free Jugg and tgbox… my brother youngroccet just dropped a tape wit me on there go check it out .. recently I lost my close friend / lil brother jeezy actually one of the tough test losses I took in 2021 so now I’m back on my grind in the name of him LLJROC , Im black white and Puerto Rican a lot people don’t know that , I’m from Crenshaw mafia gangster bloods grew up in Inglewood I went to morning side hs … rn I’m facing 10 years in jail on 211/215 felony charges… I’ve been at this music shit for a long time I’ve been live wit bigsad1900 ,5much from baby stone gorrilas , remble reposted my song we was supposed to do a remix but he never got back to me , I’m 6’3 in height , ima westside baby just so if niggas ain’t know they know now and yea check my new project out niggas know J2 that’s my brother forever touch him y’all gon die bout it
How can people find you and contact you?
If you wanna contact me hit me
Instagram: @westsidebanditk
Twitter : @westsidebanditk
Email : issawestsidebaby@icloud.cok
Business number : 4242978399
Soundcloud : heyimatlass
