Hip-Hop Wired: A lot people in the game are focussed on instant gratification, it’s nice to hear a different perspective.
Key Wane: When I first started when I was like 19, I didn’t want instant gratification. I never wanted to rush the process because I feel like if it came to you easy it can be taken away from you easy.
Hip-Hop Wired: Why was it important for you to finish college?
Key Wane: My mom , she was big about education and I used to tell her my dreams of doing music all the time, even [about] wanting to drop out of college. It wasn’t even more so what she said she wanted, I understood where she was coming from because it was like who knows where I will end up in the music industry. I’m going to be doing this [music] forever regardless. Something bad could happen or I could have a slump for like two years… I always wanted to stay productive through music through producing or education. This degree could be [a] backup plan if there ever was a rainy day. Even though music will always be my “plan a, “you never know with the twists and turns that life gives you, so I just wanted to have some education behind what I’m doing. Some knowledge.
Going to school helped out a lot with my music career now from how I talk to people, interacting with people, even my knowledge in music itself. Even survival skills, living on campus…it was needed. If I didn’t graduate a lot of things would probably be different right now.
Hip-Hop Wired: What are you working on next?
Key Wane: Me and Sean are working again, working with Jazmine Sullivan, me and Drake still bouncing ideas, I just talked to him the other day about some songs…I kinda don’t want to let any surprises out of the bag. I like when people hear some stuff and they’ll be like “oh sh*t!”
Hip-Hop Wired: What else do you want to do in the future?
Key Wane: I want to score films, I tried that years ago… I really want to score and I like teaching. I always said to myself after I feel like I’ve done enough in music –probably when I’m like 40 or something –I will go back to even to the school I graduated from [Tennessee State University] and teach a course, or go to any other HBCU and teach. It’s crazy because after I graduated and a lot of my [music] accolades started combing out I went back up to my school to talk with my teacher –I’m probably gonna work on getting my Master’s [Degree] soon –and he was basically giving me the green light [to] teach now, so I just know that that’s another positive route in my future that I would love to take.
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