Q. Good day, Spliff! We appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. The first thing we want to know is how would you describe your sound to someone who’s never heard your music before?
A. I would describe my sound to someone who’s never heard my music before as, different—different in a way because it’s pain music, not just music. There’s a lot of key factors in which one can relate to. Listen, and I’ll have you second-guessing who you put yourself around. You are who you hang with, so I talk how I dress—expressive and clean. I might bend the truth to make it sound good, but when you cook, you need seasoning to make it taste good. Same goes for my songs: add a little more imagination, and boom—Spliff was created. I’m saying Spliff because Spliff isn’t just a name. It’s his own category: Pain Music, Real Music. It just makes sense.
Q. Is there a specific song in your catalog that you feel defines who you are as an artist? Why that one?
A. I have many songs in my catalog that I feel defines who I am as an artist. It’s not just one; but many. As for the top three, ‘Jazabel’, ‘M.P.R’, and ‘For You’. This is where I showcase my real sound.
Q. If you could collaborate with any artist, living or dead, who would it be and why?
A. If I could collaborate with any artist, living or dead, I could see myself collaborating with names like 2Pac, Meek Mill, Millyz, and Drake. Tupac because he was a poet before anything, and that’s how I started—poetry; Meek Mill because he writes straight pain music, the type of music that makes you wanna yell out “FACTS”; Millyz because he just raps different and is a lyrical genius; and Drake because he just makes hit songs—he is different when it comes to music. They’re all great artists.
Q. What's the biggest risk you've taken in your career so far, and what did you learn from it?
A. The biggest risk I have taken in my career so far was starting it. My whole life, I’ve been quiet—had a lot to say but never spoke up. I never wanted to come out of my comfort zone because I was afraid of failing. But I’m not anymore—I’m coming, and everything life has put me through is going to get a beating. Music is therapy, and I know my fans, and soon-to-be fans, will appreciate every word spoken out of my mouth. I’ve learned not to be afraid, to take risks. Scared money makes no money, and honestly, I have no plan B. This music is my plan A, and learning how to get paid through my words is the reason why I’m coming out of the shadows: Get Rich Off Music.
Q. If this interview was the last thing someone read before listening to your music, what would you want them to know?
A. If this interview was the last thing someone read before listening to my music, I want them to know—and even tattoo it in their mind, if possible—that I will be BIG in this music industry; that I’m a God-fearing man above everything else, and now, at the age of 27, I’ve decided to speak up through music—it’s never too late. I want y’all to know that I’m very ambitious, and what I want, I will have one way or another, and that’s taking over the music industry at lightning speed. I’ve been playing the role of the good guy my whole life; I don’t mind being the villain in somebody’s story if it means putting myself first this time around.
