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hat’s the difference between you and other female rappers? I’m just trying to do me. I don’t wanna knock nobody and say I’m better than anybody else, but I don’t rap about what most female rappers rap about. I rap about situations I’ve seen and been through. The things I’ve been through in my life have definitely made me the person that I am today. Where are you from? I’m from Orlando, Florida. Tangelo Park. How would you describe your rap style? I represent the struggle; all the women in the struggle. You have a unique skin tone. What’s your racial background? My father is black and my mom’s white. How did you hook up with R&R Records? My friend’s father brought me over to the studio and I rapped for Clark J. He was feeling me, and I signed a deal a few days later. Clark J is my manager and producer. Are you planning to put out your album independently or looking for a major deal? Well, we’re looking for an investor. I don’t think I’m ready to leave R&R Records. I ain’t going nowhere. What’s your ultimate goal in the industry? I’m the only female rapper that’s not coming from behind a male figure in the industry. What I plan on bringing is a little bit of light, a little bit of truth to what women go through. I’m gonna be real with it, and speak about what women see through our eyes. A lot of female rappers have ghostwriters. Do you? No. I wrote everything on my album, Skyy’s Tha Limit. If you could be anyone else for a day, who would you be and why? I don’t know if I could be anybody but me. That’s my answer. I’d be me. Orlando’s not really a major market for rap. Do you plan to change that? Man, I’ll do whatever’s necessary. If things blow up and I’m the first one to make it out,
I’m coming back to collaborate with a lot of different Orlando artists. I wanna eventually get my own label out here. After you put out this album, what’s your plan? I’m trying to get a tour together right now, opening up for people and trying to get some exposure. It is hard to get out of Orlando, but I’ve been getting a lot of love from different counties and cities. I’m just gonna keep pushing. Wherever the spirit leads me to go, that’s where I’ll go. Anything else you’d like to say? Yeah, there’s a lot of people I’d like to shout out, but I’ve gotta definitely make sure I mention Clark J Productions, Treal, Young Dirty, and Mala T, my ace boom koon. She’s putting her album together right now so look out for that. Check out www.skyyhighmusic.com, you can download and buy my music on the website. What do you want the industry to know about Skyy High? I’m gonna do a lot of things in the future; I have a lot of big plans. I plan to rebuild schools, buy a whole bunch of land and build some houses, do some things for homeless people. I plan on doing a lot of good things for the community. I don’t wanna say too much right now. I’ll show and prove. Your music is pretty thugged out. You rap about hustling and a lot of gangsta stuff. It’s from the heart. I saw it, I’ve done it. Everything that’s on my album is real. Sometimes you go through certain situations and live certain ways, and it’s all a part of growth right now. I’m growing and there’s certain things you have to turn loose. I’m pretty sure that the things I’ve lived and talked about, there’s other women that have been through the same things. If you had to collaborate with either Trina or Jacki-O, which one would you choose? Both of them. I’m trying to collab with everybody. But if I had to choose one, I’d probably say Trina, just because she’s been out there for a longer span of time. I could probably really learn a lot from her experiences. I’d like to rap with her and get to know her a little bit. - Malik Abdul (Photo: Julia Beverly) OZONE
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