Hot dizzy is making his fans groove to his music and songs. To witness more music from him, listen to all his songs available on Soundcloud and other music platforms.
Q: How long have you been making music?
Ans: I’ve been making music since at least freshmen year of high school, but I just started taking it seriously, where I wanted to do something with it last year around March of 2017.
Q: Do you remember the very first song you composed?
Ans: The very 1st song I composed by myself was hoodlow when I was about 22, which would have been 10yrs ago from today.
Q: How did music making happen?
Ans: U know what I really don’t know, between music just being important in everyday life to the crowd of friends I came up with where all we did was freestyle when we got fade up and coming from a family that’s musically inclined I guess it just happened.
Q: What came first in the process on making the songs – lyrics, concept, melody or the creative ideas?
Ans: Melody always comes 1st when I write a song because most of my songs if not all of them have some type of harmonizing or singing involved in them, then that’s when the creativity lyrics start happening.
Q: How was it in the growing up years?
Ans: Music coming up was a lot of crunk/whoop and a$$/str8 forward music that majority of the artist were spitting from the heart.
Q: Did Naptown have any influence on the music you create?
Ans: In a way Naptown had something to do with or influence me because like I said earlier all my friends freestyle and wrote lyrics but coming up watching snoop dogg, t.i Ja rule fifty, lil Jon bone thugs etc… everybody had their own swag or way to deliver a message that it got my undivided attention that told me I like that That’s cool, I want to be like that n next thing u know here I am.
Q: What is the major difference in your music than others?
Ans: The major diff between my music n others, I really couldn’t tell u because I wasn’t the 1st to start my style of rapping u got bone thugs, gorilla, Zoë ja rule just 2 name a few they rap/sing But I guess I’m bringing that hot dizzy had uh-huh style so I guess that is the difference.
Q: What was your biggest inspiration that urged you to start making music?
Ans: A close friend of mine died last yr at the age of 27 from a heart attack and he was always telling me I need to get back Rapping Just making things happen for myself. So, I guess when he died it hit me hard. It also made me do a lot of thinking u only get one life, I don’t know about u but I like to know I gave it a shot before it’s 2 late or I just throw in the towel. If U got to dream u got to chase after it.
Q: What inspired your name “Hot Dizzy”?
Ans: I hung around a lot of older dudes og’s n one of them Nick named hot dog because I was on some hot dumb or just plain bull shit coming up. Over the yrs it evolved to hot dizzy then me battling myself n people saying I got 2 personalities became hd100. I had 2 give him a name.
Q: Which is your favourite music genre?
Ans: I always had been a fan of hip-hop. So, hip hop would be my favorite genre.
Q: Who is your music idol?
Ans: I like a lot of artist out there n a lot them hit me a diff way. So I dunno that’s a tough.
Q: Which are your most favourite songs? How has been the response so far?
Ans: I like all my songs because half of them I wrote 10yrs ago and the other half i wrote between now and last year. So my way of thinking and style is diff but if I had to choose my top 3 would be hoodlow, my Hitta and tick tock/feedback. Diiizzaam I like all my songs.
Q: How important is live music to you?
Ans: Live music is very important. It shows that artist way of engaging with the audience but also that artist personality.
Q: Do you have any plans for touring in the upcoming months?
Ans: I was doing a few shows last year and I was in two coasts 2 coast live performance but as of right now I’m just focused on stacking up n coming out with new material. So I guess I’m a play it by ear.
Q: Which is that one song you wish you had written and why?
Ans: That one song I wish I had written hmm…. I guess any song that’s been or is hot that made that artist a celebrity, th3n my situation would b better, not that it’s bad now but I want more for myself.
Q: Do you have a music group/band?
Ans: I always like Bone thugs, lil Jon east side boyz nelly and the lunatics’ boys 2 men.
Q: What advice would you like to give to the aspiring musicians for an increased fan following?
Ans: I would say a lot of promoting yourself whether it is in the streets of social media. Try to keep your name buzzing n people’s ear so the next person b like I keep hearing bout so n so lemme check them out. Always let your fans/supporters know that u appreciate them n u would appreciate for them to tell somebody spread the word n of course come out wit good shit to make them like u.
Q: What are your plans for the coming year – 2018?
Ans: My plans to step all the way n better myself all the way around. I wanna b better then I was yesterday. I wanna financially str8 instead of getting ahead then getting set back. I wanna b one of them people walk in down the street with a smile on my face just cause. They know y because they eating GOOD.
Q: Would you like to give any message to all your fans?
Ans: I’d like to say thank u for supporting my music n I got nothing but love 4 y’all n imma keep on trying to drop 4 u. Stay blessed.