New Freddie Gibbs interview courtesy of Spinner. Don’t sleep on Hiptics.com’s Freddie Gibbs’ exclusives; he’s the truth.
Describe your sound in your own words.
“Definitely gangster rap. It’s got that classic gangster rap sound to it. You can definitely hear the influences of the nineties in my music. It’s that sound, on a high level, and its also music that’s actually saying something.”
What are your musical influences?
“I grew up listening to Scarface. I’m coming down into Texas, hopefully he’s down there at South by Southwest, I’d love to get the opportunity to meet him. The music he constructed helped shape my life. He’s definitely my most vivid rap influence. Also, definitely the old school music; Stevie Wonder is one of my favorites, Marvin Gaye, everything from the Isley Brothers, you know, things of that nature. That and classic gangster rap — the whole Rap-A-Lot era, Tupac, of course. The real hard hitters, the Ice Cubes of the world, not these fly by night motherf—ers.”
How did you come up with your stage name?
“Freddie is my real first name. Gibbs is not my real last name. I just, you know, was giving that s— to cops, didn’t want to give them my real name, so my homies kept calling me Gibbs after a while.” (Full Interview)
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