Today we’d like to introduce you to Vee Tha Rula.
Hi Vee, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
since the beginning of the time, you know, grandma cooking cleaning on Sunday, playing oldies like Frankie Beverly and maze, Sade, Luther,Toni Braxton whatever you know what I mean? uncle’s got you know Wu-Tang playing, outcast, Jay-Z, bad boy biggie, Tupac, Scarface, you know all these different types of artist you feel me so I really come from this shit just in me from a baby. I started making music when I was about 14 years old the Homie Doobie slid though he like yo my mom‘s got this equipment in my house I can record on. so I think the first beat I recorded on was 50 Cent. This is how we do 50 Cent and the game. so I just fell in love with it after that day. So I started recording everyday after school with doobie. I was selling drugs in school out of school hanging out with older people fake ID going to clubs and shit like that and you know what I mean just making my music when I can then I met this amazing guy PA who was like yo same thing I have equipment at my parents house, come through. so he started recording me and that’s really when I started making a name for myself in the city and then from there I just kept grinding and I kept going through different deals and yeah, I made it to this point. I’ve traveled the world. I’ve toured the world with major artists. Done things with major artists. Have a fan base and you know made it pretty far for a kid from Grand Rapids Michigan to phx az
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Definitely hasn’t been a smooth road. It’s been very hard very challenging every step of the way there’s something new. one of the major things that happened to me constantly was like wrong place wrong time type of thing like when I first started really making a name for myself or when I got one of my first more major deals is when streaming started you know and social media became bigger so it’s a whole new way of doing things and not so much selling CDs or pushing CDs now it’s like streams and so the game kind of changed and you know not only do I have to adjust to that but my team has to adjust to that so everybody has to be on the same page and it wasn’t really that all the time so just navigating through that, navigating through different labels or managers who wanna do things their way and not my vision, etc., so I would say that’s kind of the the biggest thing as well as the streets, just being outside doing what I do partying you know that also possibly could’ve gotten in the way of ensuring that I go further. just distractions. the streets, partying, women, etc. you know all those things can get in the way so yeah there was a lot of bumps in the road and you just keep going, so that’s exactly what I did, kept going.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
So yeah, I’m a serial entrepreneur, but I would say I’m most known for rap music as Vee Tha Rula and I’m most proud of taking a dream as a kid and getting as far as I can get with it. I made it further than 99% of the world who tries to do what I do and as I look and see different people from my cities or around the world who try to do it it’s like not many can do it and it’s not there failure or you know there yeah it’s their failure that makes me proud of what I did, obviously, but more so that like Man it’s just more confirmation that this thing is hard. It’s really freaking hard to be successful as an artist. so shout out to all artist out there because it’s really hard to do this and even if I didn’t make it to the point yet of selling out arenas etc I still made it further than 99% of the world who tries to do this and so I will say that’s what I’m most proud of. And what I think sets me apart would be just the authenticity. I really lived the life that I talk about I really done the things or seen the things that I talk about and I really am music. You know you can hear it when you hear my music. You can hear that it’s different than most up and coming artists as far as hip-hop goes and so yeah that’s what I think that’s.
Before we let you go, we’ve got to ask if you have any advice for those who are just starting out?
Yeah, my advice would be to do it every day. do it every day, forever. put yourself out there, make relationships and yeah just put your all into it. Don’t wait to release music, Don’t overthink it, do it all and do it all right now
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Veetharula.com
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