Good evening to you, my readers. Hope you are having an awesome Palm Sunday, for those who are Christians? Today we’ll be having an exclusive interview with a rap demi-god, CHIMZY.
Good afternoon, how are you doing today?
Well, good afternoon to you too. I’m cool and you?
Very awesome bro, I am very awesome. Anyway can you please tell us your name and a little about your background?
Well, I am Nnaemeka Ifeanyi Chimnazam, born on the 21st of August, 1993. Now, where I was born is the confusing part because my birth certificate reads Abuja but I was born in a hospital in Enugu state. I am from Umunze in Anambra state and the 5th child of 6 children.
So when it comes to where you were born you are lost.
Lol… hopefully one day I will find the root but until then…
Okay, so you are a musician, right?
Yes, I am a hip hop artiste.
Hmm… hip hop! Cool, so what is your stage name?
My stage name is Chimzy or you can call me Chimzypob.
Chimzy! What brought about the choice of such a name?
I got it from a name my mom used to call me to shorten my name.
Nice. Creative, I like that, so when did your music thing kick off?
Well I started music kinda late, I think I was 12, 13 or there about… It was nothing serious back then, just fooling around with rhymes, you know nah… all those boys that used to hit locker and make noise. It was all for fun back then; freestyles and stuff. When I was in primary school I loved drums sha…
Anyway, later on I began writing. I had three rap books. I was listening to TI’s interview one day when he said he writes and rewrites and rewrites, that’s when I wrote my first rap, I never got to voice it though… It is still at the back of my maths note… Lol. And that’s how I started my art.
Please tell us, why rap? There are other genres of music but you chose hip hop, so why?
Rap! Well, I’m a hip hop head so I just towed the line of my mentors. Plus it’s easier to tell stories through rap music… It is way deeper than the regular RnB stuff we hear. There’s always a deeper meaning.
What are your achievements so far in the music world?
So far I’ve done few tracks and have had a couple of nominations (Anambra Youth Awards). I have also shot a video.
Do you do music alone or are you involved with any label?
For now no label but my friends and I have this crew we call ‘POB’. We do shows together but most times I go solo.
What do you see music as?
As I a-fore mentioned, music is an art… I intend to paint pictures with rhymes and rhythm. There are songs that are there to make people happy, but my aim is to paint pictures of hope or pain, to let them see what’s really going on through the words I record… I need to tell stories so the world will see things from my eyes.
In the next five years, where will Chimzy be?
In 5 years I’d be better than I am now, that’s for sure. By the grace of God I’d have penetrated enough hearts, plus I have dreams of working with my favorite man, J.Cole… lol.
Long and short is I’d have made my idols a competition.
You just said J. Cole is your favourite man, does that mean he is your role model?
Ah! My role model… I’m a big J. Cole fan but my early stages were inspired by Lil Wayne and Drake, the whole punch-line aspect of my rap life. There’s a little bit of Kendrick in me and Slaughterhouse, then Logic. Also, I get inspired by ‘The Weeknd’ (weird I know), and there’s MI, Yung6, Eva.
Funny enough I’m one of those few people that never really listened to Tu Pac but to Biggy though and Jay Z.
Which Nigerian music label do you aspire to get signed under?
If I was ever to get signed in Nigeria I’d say KKTBM but my ultimate goal is Roc Nation.
Final bus stop, I’d probably get a label of my own to groom young acts. Shikena.
Lol… thank you very much Chimzy. It has been a great pleasure talking with you. I hope you achieve your dreams and fly higher than your role models because man, you got quite the bunch and they are mostly legends.
You can check out one of his tracks titled ‘Calm down’ here;
I am very sure we all had fun today. We were with a cute, upcoming Hip Hop guru, CHIMZY (wait a sec., hope that didn’t sound gay?) who sees himself attaining greater heights in the coming years and I pray he gets there. We out!
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