Interview: Dee-1 Like You've Never Heard Him Before

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Dee-1 has been the quintessential independent artist for the past decade. Hailing from New Orleans, he’s released several classic mixtapes and EP’s and had videos go viral in seemingly 2 different music era’s. On the heels of his first major label release, we sit down with him to discuss his new album, Sling Shot David The Album, nearly getting killed a gun point and the unforeseen challenges he has faced in the music industry. This is Dee-1 like you have never heard him before.

Timestamps

2:22 - Connecting with the Biblical David
3:50 - The Feeling of Releasing His Major Label Debut & The Pressure that Comes with that
8:00 - Getting Baptized as an adult
9:45 - The Concept of Slingshot David The Album
14:29 - Recalling one of the darkest times in his life and its spiritual effect on him
21:00 - Nearly getting killed at gun point
26:36 - The Devil’s Playground: Navigating the Evil things in the Music Industry
33:16 - The Genesis for writing “I’m Not Perfect, I’m a Christian”
35:39 - Christian Rappers competing for “the Crown”
43:43 - Why do Christian Rapper have a competitive spirit with each other
50:50 - The Genesis of the Christian Rapper/ Rapper that’s Christian debate
54:30 - The Benefits/ Challenge of signing with a record label as a successful indie artist
1:02:00 - Why he is passionate about people hearing his new album
1:05:00 - The announcement of his 25 city Dee-1 Tour
1:07:00 - Encouragement for Dee-1

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