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Hip-Hop Wired: Ha, I hear you. I believe you.

You were a crowd favorite at the BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher. What was that like? Did you feel the pressure to prove yourself?

Snow: Yea, I absolutely did. I’d been waiting for something like that for a long time. A lot of people have gotten that earlier in their careers. I’ve toured, I’m signed, I’ve done a lot and I’ve seen others do less and get the cypher in earlier. So, at that point it was like “I’ve waited this long, I have something to say.” That’s where the Spanish came in and all that. It was this pressure to show people who I am and why they’re seeing my name.

I heard about the reactions and I’m glad I got to be a part that. I was like “Whoa.”

Hip-Hop Wired: Is it easier to rap in Spanish or English?

Snow: It’s easier to rap in English, but I think in Spanish a lot of the times. That’s why my sentences are backwards sometimes. But the reason why it’s not easier to rap in Spanish is because Mexicans don’t have cool slang. Like we do, but we don’t, you feel me? [Laughs] We speak really proper.

I hang out with a lot of Puerto Ricans. I’m so envious of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, they all have this dope slang and the way that they can say certain things in Spanish. And as a Mexican, I have to find ways to say slang to where I don’t sound like a drug dealer, pretty much.

Hip-Hop Wired: That’s hilarious.

Do you come from a musical background? What was it like growing up in your household?

Snow: Yes. My dad was a singer and songwriter. My grandfather was a Mariachi player for as long as I can remember. Music was always around.

My grandfather played in Mariachi for years and never really made any money off of it. Plus, he drank and did a lot of stuff–but I knew, going into music, that I wasn’t going to make that much money. When I got in this, I looked at my dad, my grandpa and realized that obviously this wasn’t going to be a very smart, financial decision. At this point, I can only count my blessings.

Essentials

“Holy Shi!”

“Cookie Cutter B*tches”

“Doing Fine

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