It is the classic puzzle of the artist: Is it better to strive for popularity and be a commercial success, or are you better as an artist, or someone who has won critical but may not lead Billboard or selling stadiums?
For rapper and South Los Angeles, he is not a decision for him. Critics and those familiar with the industry loved his album for the year 2023 “Generational Curse”, and the use of what he learned from his years in the field of music, and hopes that he will have a larger audience to go with him soon.
For the first time
On the first track of the “Curse of Generations”, the bishop explains that “my whole life was ascended, all I had at all was the leftovers.”
While this statement is the details of a poetic biography, it can also apply to the profession of this rapper with a special voice.
A large part of the materials that became the “curse of generations” have been created in late 2010, only for Covid-19 Pain and its effects on the music industry to delay the release for about five years.
Meanwhile, the bishop knew that he had a private album, as artists and executives in the music industry praised the project for those who knew. This positive mouth word led to the album for Kendrick Lamar, which creates a similar uproar to Text programs in the black Hollywood list.
While this momentum bears critical – Ports like pitchfork vibrate When the album is released – the fans are not fully followed, which leads to Sections of comments full of jobs Question, “How is this dresser not greater?” (Editor’s note: The links in this story may contain topics or topics for adults.)
When talking to KTLA, Bishop explained that the album that played a big role, with other artists on his previous sticker, Epic Records, got a greater promotional boost because their contracts were more useful for the company.
He knows that he could have taken these types of deals, which would have given him quick fortunes but he left him “not a queen” for his art. The decision came in the end to “What do we do for it?”
“Do we just want to earn money now, or do we want to be comfortable forever?” He asked.
Choose the last bishop.
He is now outside one album deal, and Self -described rapper “underground” described What worked with some of the most pens and producers in the industry has a plan for his next project, as well as musicians and creativity who are looking to show their art and reach new fans.
Team building
In a principle that dates back to the days of the bishop as a 5 -foot and 9 feet -feet -footing goalkeeper, collective work is the key to his success and the victory of other artists in a similar position.
“Instead of searching for others to help us, we were somewhat raising each other,” he said. “And I think that in this new era of music, if we all will continue to rise, and one day, we are drivers or go to seek to achieve this, I think the unit at this level is important, because we are growing, we can continue to search for each other.”
In a notorious industry like music, the presence of reliable people around you to care for your interests is necessary. The bishop said that despite the end of a single standard deal, he saw what a major album album appeared, in addition to what is the driver Success of smashing like “water” in Tyila Similar.
“She had a lot of great people around her heart, young and hungry, and many people around her who were young and hungry were black women … they are fighting more than others for artists, and it appears in my experience, in these buildings, because there is no ego with them.” “It resembles the older sister, aunt, the maternal energy of” I just want to see you, comrades, they succeed. “
After seeing what happened correctly and a mistake in launching the “curse of generations”, the bishop saw an opportunity. He can deal with a lot of work himself or through his trusted colleagues and creators, ensuring that he and his colleagues get the full attention and effort necessary for success.
“So with this knowledge, if the situation is not profitable for me, it is not useful to think about returning to this position,” he said. “I have a lot of knowledge, man.”
From the western coast to the world
For bishops, the participation of this knowledge is more than just a way to build his career and help those around him; It is a way to add to the hip -hop long western coast ratios.
While southern California or the details of the Western race in his words, his music is undoubtedly affected by those who came before him, and he is aware of what is expected when he is described as a California rapper.
While the prior concept of many is likely to be a wearable path in the context of Dr. Dre and Snooop Dogg’s “Nuthin” but A ‘G’ Thang, “ Bishop shows that his words are important as rhythms.
“I think there is a wrong belief that La produces only a handful of lyric,” he said. “And I think we have strikers, possessing number 1 and being on the plans is not a foreign thing.”
He puts his money in his place and was not afraid to go to the soles of the feet with a respectable lyrical like Denzel Carey from Florida and Make Jenkins from Chicago To show that he is more than another G-Funk artist.
“I am in great contact with artists everywhere, so I can’t say it is just a Los Angeles scene, but … I feel that we all need each other to reach the next level, because we all do different things,” he said. “And I think that when you are from the West Coast, they expect different things. So if we support each other and the things we may want to do, they are not very traditional, you may notice.”
What next
Bishop is already putting his plan into effect. It has dropped a series of individuals and the features of the feature so far in 2025, including the West Coast defense “Thumbtacks,” Which was released on Tuesday in partnership with producer Danfworth, who I received recently For his work in Beyonce, “Copui Carter”.
He also recently jumped on songs with artists such as A citizen from Maryland McKinley Dixon And others completely out of hip hop. All of this is part of his plan to keep his fans satisfied and positive for momentum before the 2026 version expected for his next full project.
“I am just someone. I want to see everyone wins … I think there is beauty in people who have dreams and aspirations,” he said. “I would like to see people happy because they have something happy.”
For the bishop, happiness is not the best -selling rapper in the world. It is a feeling that comes from doing your best work and helping others overcome their obstacles to doing the same.
“If I raised people, perhaps when I have slipped, I can also raise it. I do not do it in order to offer me something in return, but I am also a person. You know? I am sometimes.”
With the rise and landing that comes with life, it is easy to be discouraged, but some of the greatest artists today have not been identified on their own schedule.
As examples, bishop Fiola Davis, who is now considered one of the best actors in the world but did not become a familiar name until forty and fifties, and the classic Nas album “Illmatic”, which was initially considered fluctuating before recognizing later.
The age of this album in particular is one of the bishops who hopes the “curse of generations” one day simulating one day, but he is currently focusing on the trip, taking into account that “what is for me is for me.”
“Nothing you can do can prevent me from getting what is for me,” I explained. “So why is hate on a tuner – when I feel it?”