Blacki¢e, hailing from Boston Massachusetts, drops his highly anticipated ep “Blizzard Boy.“ Blacki¢e is a very unique artist because of his style, flow and cadence patterns. Within this article we will gain a deeper insight into who Blacki¢e is, his motivation for making music and much more.
Blacki¢e, age 19, began making music at age 16. However Blacki¢e has always been musically inclined. It also turns out music is in his blood. Blacki¢e’s father was in a R&B band and his mother sung in a church choir. Blacki¢e obtained his artist name in high school. While in high school, he played football but it wasn’t until one day during practice his friend on his team found out he made music. Afterwards word traveled to all of his teammates. There, they began thinking of different names and “Blacki¢e“ was the one that stuck. When we touch on what made Blacki¢e pursue music he says the art of music itself made him pursue it. He enjoys listening to music, making music and watching others make music. Blacki¢e states: “the process of it [ music ] just in general is all amazing. The lives we live in and the people who are gifted with the ability to pursue it are lucky nowadays. Everyone wants to be a rapper or an artist but not everyone can.”
The “Blizzard Boy” ep signifies the start of a new era for Blacki¢e. A lot of Blacki¢e’s old music wasn’t mixed or mastered properly. Over time Blacki¢e worked on his craft developing his flow and cadence. He feels as if this EP shows that not only is he a talented up and coming artist but he also has the ability to captivate others and get their attention. He also believes he possess a personality that others will fall love in with in the music industry. Blacki¢e’s creative process is in his words is “honestly all over the place.” Blacki¢e has been diagnosed with ADHD so his mind is constantly running and thinking of random things. However instead of this hindering his creative process he jots down all his thoughts and this aides him in his creative process. Blacki¢e believes all the random thoughts at different times comes to together to build an incredible work of art. With his ep “Blizzard Boy” Blacki¢e is hoping to get people’s attention to start off his new era. Blacki¢e believes all eight tracks of this EP captivates his sound. He hopes to gain people’s attention with not only just his music, but with the life he is trying to leave as well.
When we reach Blacki¢e’s inspirations some of those are Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi, Carti, Lil Yachty, Young Thug, Trippie Redd, young Nudy, K Suave, Lil mosey Lil Skies XXXTENTACION and ski mask the slump God. Blacki¢e listened to a lot of these artists growing up and surrounds myself around music. However before that it was mostly gospel, R&B, old school 80s and 70s disco music because of his mom and dad. When describing Blacki¢e’s sound it can be seen as punk, emo, goth mixed with Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Tecca, plug and hyper pop beats. Blacki¢e also gets a lot of his influence from the underground, plug and pluggnb.
When we reach the conclusion of this article, one of the things Blacki¢e wishes he could change in the industry is the scams, the sliminess and the amount of people getting taken advantage of. Many are often swindled because of their lack of knowledge in the music industry. Blacki¢e believes people who love music often get taken advantage of because they are so willing to take steps to show their craft off regardless of the well being of others around them. All in all we have gained a deeper insight of who Blacki¢e is, his motivation for music, his influences and much more. If you haven’t heard the “Blizzard Boy” ep do yourself a favor and check out it out now.
