threeeyedmouse - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? (feat. Fonlon)

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE" is the newest single from PG County, Maryland based rapper and producer, threeeyedmouse - his first release since the "Metropolis EP;" a 2019 collaborative project with fellow DKTM Collective member, Blk Lexx. The song was written, produced and recorded by Threeeyedmouse and features a verse from fellow PG County rapper, Fonlon. This track is the first of few releases by Threeyedmouse in anticipation of a Spring 2021 full length, but it will not be included on the project.

The intro to this track features dark, psychedelic vocals from Mouse on top of a punchy, bass driven instrumental inspired by DC Go-go and electronic music before building intensity and glitching into a bright, intergalactic sounding beat inspired by grimy underground hip-hop. Fonlon and Mouse rap verses over the second half of the track and address themes of identity, imposter syndrome,and abuse of character. With lyrics such as "You must've thought that you were psychic, the way you live your life in my head and play a better me than I can," Mouse gives a first person look at the internal dialogue of someone battling with their own insecurity over the way they are perceived.

“WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE" was mixed and mastered by fellow DKTM Collective member, Baatchoy and is availabile now for streaming and purchase on Threeyedmouse's Bandcamp, as well as on Soundcloud for a limited time. It will be released on all streaming platforms in the coming weeks.

threeeyedmouse. · WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE.404+ (ft. FONLON)

Baatchoy - I'm Alright

After a long hiatus, DKTM group member has blessed on Black Friday with the release of his latest single “I’m Alright”. Produced, written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Baatchoy himself the talented artist gives us a taste of his diverse range and sound when it comes to production as well as lyricism. One of the most unique releases we’ve featured on here to date “I’m Alright” should definitely be on your radar.

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DKTM Series: Episode 7: Reem

Welcome to the DKTM Series. The DKTM Collective, short for “DON’T. KILL. THE. MOVEMENT.”, is a collective of artists, producers, and overall creatives that have come together in order to pursue their artistic endeavors. They have bolstered an impressive fanbase within the DMV area and are reaching for even further heights with every project they release.

Every episode, we will focus on one of the collective’s artists, until we reach the end of the roster.

Below, we get into our sixth episode with member, Reem.

Enjoy 😈

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Alright, so first question is how will the group be different from other collectives that currently exist?

This is gonna sound like mad cliche but the way I see it is kinda like we’re on our own wavelength. Like the way, we operate as a group of friends but we move like a collective. So when I come here it's not like I feel like I have to go to work, I feel I coming here to hang out but also get some work done. Meeting with the group doesn’t feel forced everything feels natural and free-flowing. 

That’s awesome! So everything is like organic? 

Yeah exactly! 

So have you guys ever performed together as a group?

I honestly don’t perform live too often the only time I perform live is when there is a debut or something or like a project coming up. As far as a group  I think the first time we performed together was when I was just coming into the group. It was the first show we had in college park and the second was at 808 Vol20 at The Crown. And that shit was a movie it was like the fucking Voltron coming together and just fucking shit up!

So I saw on your Instagram that you have a lot of illustrations that you post there. Is that like an animated character that you feel best represents you as a person? Or if there isn’t what would be one?

I wouldn’t say I have like a specific character that encapsulates who I am as a person cause that’s all my characters foreal. So like the way I draw my eyes are really just really an exaggeration of like my eyes lowkey because there really small and slanted and shit so it seems natural. And plus my eyes are like my favorite feature of myself which is weird but.

Nah man brag on yourself!

Nah yeah, so I like my eyes so I just figured I would exaggerate a little bit and make it me so it wouldn't be like I was trying to bite off someone else’s style or somethin’. I kinda just like found my style by making the characters myself.

Ah, shit man, that’s cool though! So you see yourself through the art that’s a good way to look at it. So is there an artist that you feel like you can listen to nonstop?

Ummm I don’t even know because their artists that I fuck with heavy but I have to hear different shit throughout the way. So lately i’ve been listening to a lot of Mike. He’s this rapper from New York, as well as a bunch of different artists and genres. I also been listening to a  bunch of old school hip-hop to but even then it’s not like one artist I could just listen to I ain’t even gonna hold you bruh I might lose my fucking mind. 

Yeah same here, I was thinking that too when I don’t think I could just listen to just one person I start to get bored.

Yeah exactly like  I love Lil B you know shoutout Based God, Taskforce Lil B all day Nigga. But really I couldn't listen to Lil B all day bruh like Nah. 

So is there a current trend in music that you like to break?

I’m really tired of clout chasing its like annoying. Like I’m really shy and timid so I don’t really like to talk to people I don’t know so its like niggas will pull up to you and be on some extra shit like aye you should follow me on IG and yadda yadda yadda, and there was one incident where like I was at The Crown and I must’ve dubbed this one dude who was tryna say wassup or whatever and he had hit me up on twitter like DM’d me and everything and was like “Yo you’re a fucking asshole”. And I read it and I'm like what are you talking about and he’s like “first off you don’t follow me, and second, you acting like you all high and mighty and shit” and i’m like Nigga. I. Have. Anxiety. I’m scared of people bro leave me the fuck alone. Shout out to him though. He’s probably gonna read this and be like man ima kill this nigga. It’s whatever though still thuggin’ still shinin’ 

I mean absolutely and it's like a thing like you’re not entitled to talk to everybody. 

Yeah exactly like people feel entitled to your time and shit! But it’s like from a music standpoint its like. People make music cause they wanna get famous off that shit. Not even cause they wanna get famous off that shit. Like in high school there was Nigga’s making music cause they just wanted girls and money. And like Nah, why do you wanna be a rapper? Ghostie said it best; “Why do YOU want to be a rapper, why do people want to be rappers?”. CLOUT. And I can’t fuck with that bruh, like when people make music or get involved in fashion for just clout I can’t get involved with that cause like my agenda is different and it’s not gonna work. 

Yeah especially with social media and everything. 

Yeah exactly and with social media. Like I be on there I say some weird shit you know like I just like talking about weird shit. Like space or even the sun exploding or like the 5% movement or whatever but it’s like Niggas really be on twitter tryna like build a cult following. And it's just weird, if you’re genuine with this shit, it shouldb’t be hard for you. And it’s getting to a point where I’m starting to hate the internet like I don't even wanna be on it no more. Like Twitter is a war zone you see people getting fuck, killed, shot, all that shit all before noon. Like I wake up first thing I see on the TL is hardcore porn. 

Bro who are you telling it’s like 9:30, and this the first thing I’m seeing and ir’s like damn do yall sleep or take breaks?!?

Son, it was earlier than that and it’s the first thing i’m seeing like there’d kids getting ready for school and you’re retweeting hardcore porn!?

Man! So the next question. If you could get a cosign from any artist mainstream or underground who would you be most honored to hear it from?  

Damn, dead or alive? 

Yeah

Fuck, ummmm as far as visual artists i’m gonna get the most obvious one out the way Jean - Michel Basquiat he’s every Tumblr kid’s idol and I was one of those cause I was into art and jazz and fucking old school hip hop and shit. So Basquiat off top Ummm Tom Miller god rest his soul, he’s this really dope artist and he was a big inspiration on my visual style like if you grew up on the east side of Baltimore you would see all his shit on like walls and like sides of houses. Like there’s one on the North Avenue road. But um yeah one other visual artist Akira Toriyama from Dragon Ball Z. Yo if he cosigned me bro I would cry literal tears. 

Any musicians?

Yeah so as far as musicians, uhhhh I don’t know like there’s a lot of musicians I fuck with but at the same time it’s like I wouldn’t really be pressed. I guess Tyler The Creator would be one cause he was a big influence on me when I was in middle school. Ummm anybody in Awful records like father,  and ethereal. And lowkey local artists too like if they cosigned my art I would be happy as shit!. My niggas foreal like DKTM, Nasa8 Threeside all them niggas like if I were to get a cosign from anybody I would be honored cause that means you really fuck with it. To me, it doesn't matter who you are at the end of the day as long as you acknowledge the art that’s enough to keep me going and put a smile on my face.

That’s lowkey a really modest Anwer bro I fuck with that! So final question DKTM, Don’t Kill The Movement. What is the movement to you? 

The movement is just a bunch of creative individuals that want to create for the sake of creating. Not for monetary gain, or like fame I mean those are cool but those a disposable and they will come later. For now, we're living out here and we do what we do. You know what I mean, fuck all the fake and inorganic shit fuck all that GMO shit you know we just out here trying to bridge the gap between two different cultures, and just overall bring people together. Especially in a time where like everybody is divided and everything is divisive. Like we just out here vibing formal, like existing living. Not on like narcissistic shit but like we out here just letting people know that it’s okay to be yourself just have fun with your life you know?

Yeah, what you said had weight to it, and like as far as words go the message is clear!

Also, also, also I wanna give a shoutout to Bob Ross, I remember one time I was high as shit I be enjoying the shit laughing like this Nigga painting a fucking forest makes you wanna paint bro!

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If you enjoyed this interview and want to stay up to date with Reem you can find his Instagram here and be sure to check out his store to purchase some of his merch that he designed. Be on the lookout for DKTM episode 8 which is coming next Wednesday.

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DKTM Series Episode 6: Blklexx

Welcome to the DKTM Series. The DKTM Collective, short for “DON’T. KILL. THE. MOVEMENT.”, is a collective of artists, producers, and overall creatives that have come together in order to pursue their artistic endeavors. They have bolstered an impressive fanbase within the DMV area and are reaching for even further heights with every project they release.

Every episode, we will focus on one of the collective’s artists, until we reach the end of the roster.

Below, we get into our fifth member, Blklexx.

Enjoy 😈

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So what is the most difficult part of the music making process to you?

Oh wow, that’s a good question! So um most difficult part of the creative process honestly depends. So like sometimes if you’re working with a lot of people everybody works at different rates and every body has different schedules. So like for example if you’re working with beats you might get the beat at a certain time or even a little late. And then by the time you get the beat you might not have the time to write for it because your busy working on something else. So overall scheduling, and really giving yourself time to write, especially when working with other people is the hardest part. 

Yeah, I definitely get that people are so inconsistent, so next questions is kinda weird and might be kinda hard to answer but if you could name your fan base what would they be called. 

Oh wow, I honestly never gave thought to that! 

I thought of something like movers, but I don’t think that makes sense 

Movers??????????? (Looks at Morgan with Confusion) 

Yeah you know like, Don’t Kill The Movement. But i was like you know never mind. 

That name sounds like we sell drugs, or like we would probably endorse and solicit  drug use and sale if that makes sense? 

Haha, LMFAO Move That Fucking Weight! 

(baatchoy comes in and informs everyone’s he’s running to one of the best spots in the DMV Hip-Hop Chicken) 

Lex: Can you bring a half and half for me? 

Reem: (Slaps Keys out of Lex’s hands): NO, NAH NIGGA, FUCK THAT. (Picks them up right away), I got you bro. Also for five dollars a day you can also have a Reem Unknown. 

Lex: Aye bruh, yall gotta release the audio now, Reem always says some shit like that, one time he was completely calm and he told out friend Natalie. (As Reem): “Natalie can you stop making that noise it’s making me irate.”

Everybody's laughs,

Lex: Reem Is really funny as fuck, like one time. I had met Reem and knew him around but this is really around the time we started to hang out more and become cool. So one time this nigga came up to me, and with the deepest voice possible was like. ( As Reem): “I’m drunk enough to slap a nigga.

Waaaaaaaaiiiittttt. Okay so next question next question. So how do you make your self stand out in a group with so many people. 

Ummm so one thing I’m glad I did was go bald, cause people look at me and be like oh this nigga bald and that grabs a lot of attention. 

Right, that makes sense. So was that your choice or did someone go like aye you should shave your head? 

No actually, I was like lemme just go bald. Actually lowkey, before I even went bald we were working on a song called Blklexx Luther, and really that song ended up being the last song on Metropolis “Adult Swim To a Minor”. Like the  orginal song had a different verse and hook and all that but that's where the bald idea came from, so it was going to mini persona or character for me. 

So what were you called before that? 

I switched between different name honestly. Like at first my first rap name honestly was so dumb, it was one of those like Logic. Not to say logic is stupid or anything like that but that such a simple name, like his appeal is like he’s a rapper, rapper. And while there's nothing wrong with that I felt like I wanted to have a less generic name. And like his name works for him because he’s built a brand around all that but for me  I wanted something different. 

Yeah this can actually work for you bro, like you can build a brand around this.  

Yeah exactly, like my first rap name was like ILLIAD, and i coulda kept it, and i fuck with that style of artist and rap but I wanted to be me. So then i changed my name to Maverick because my name is Erick. But then people started shotetning to Mav, and people still call me Mav depending on who you talk to. Then Nav came out and Mav was way too close to Nav, and this nigga has more clout then me so that killed the name. Then i came out with Blklexx. Especially after we started talking about metropolis, cause last year around the summer is when we came out with the overall concept of Metropolis. Honestly we technically started it like when we did “Adult Swim”, but we didn’t fully conceptualize “Metropolis” was a project until last summer. Like was started making crazy synthetic beats, and then we did “City Lights”, “Chop”.

Honestly metropolis goes crazy I first heard City Lights, then I heard White Rice and I was like damn! 

Yeah man shout out to Dyyo for blessing with the first verse. Dyyo is so dope because he’s like super versatile, like he doesn't really focus on being like a rappity rap dude, but he can really rap. And he can give you all different types of verse and stuff. Bro like and then the way he came in on “White Rice” was crazy and i had to match his energy and live up to the name. 

So let me ask you really quickly is there a Sci-fi movie that you would really like your music to be apart of. I ask that because you have an interesting sound to you, so is there a particular show or eben movie were you would be like damn if i could get my music on that would be great.  

Twinks Peaks especially cause of the way they rebooted it. It’s an old show and it ended in ‘90, or ‘91. Twin Peaks is a really big influence on a lot of us in DKTM, like me, Tish Pope. Especially with references. Like Pope has bars about Twin Peaks. Like when he says; “That’s a message for the blind from a place between the pines.”  Like there's a ton more Twin Peaks references I;m just blanking on some of them. 

So in what ways do you inspire yourself when you are feeling apprehensive, or the inspiration isn't there.   

I literally do something else, if i feel like i have writer's block. Well for me it's less writers block and the more you know…. I’ll put it this way I feel like when i;m feeling absolutely stuck i'll start reading something else like poetry, ill listen to music that’s not Hip-Hop related so like Bjork or something. So like listening to something that is not related to what I usually listen to or make, and usually that music will give me inspiration to come back to it. As for rapping itself, I’m a big hip-hop nerd so for me there's so many different ways to approach a verse and rapping that its hard for me to have completely writers block, and i don’t really force myself to write anything so i technically never really have it. 

So kinda like spur in the moment type thing? 

Yeah I try to be real spontaneous, so like i did a verse for the song that’s gonna be on Pope’s upcoming project.

Yeah that makes sense after you’ve been doing this for a while there’s certain times where you just know what you’re doing. 

Yeah, it’s just about being comfortable with your writing style and process. LIke when i say I'm rapping nerd I really am a rap nerd, so i try to study as much as i can to the point where I understand what separates me from other people, and I am usually able to implement at will. So I;m usually not super stuck, and I just try to have fun, keep it loose and not be to tight about any of it. 

I feel as though that should be something you should always so especially as an artist, because sticking to the same regiment won’t allow you to evolve. 

Yeah, like all my favorite rappers a fairly  borderline unpredictable one way or the other. Its either their actual rhyme schemes, their patterns, or it can be someone like DOOM who completely plays with your expectations almost every time he says anything. Like Doom will have whole bars where everything rhymes with each other then he might a punch line, drop off that topic, start something else, and its like what he’s rapping about is fresh every time you hear him. Another one Biggie is not necessarily that way with subject matters but he’s like that with his flows so the patterns themselves are unpredictable their just like so like slick. So i just try to make my rhyme schemes like you’re going somewhere. So not even like telling a specific story but using imagery, and the patterns themselves to get the point across. Like you can either rhyme patterns themselves work in such a way when people hear them you’re able to manipulate people’s ears with them. So you can use it to evoke different ides or evoke things. 

Yeah that makes sense!

Like for example the way I rapped on “Youcanshakeyourassinhell”. The first verse me and the beat are like hand in hand. Like for me it starts out at a clasp, and the first verse is very hard up with the beat and by the end we start to merge to eventually come together. 

Yeah, that was one of the more eccentric tracks I’ve heard on the album, and I was like damn this is crazy. I jumped around the project first but after I went back and listen to it from top to bottom everything started to make sense. 

Yeah, I feel like that's an album you could technically listen to backwards, and it kinda flows. It works because “Youcanshakeyourassinhell” is like you’re going into the city, or like you’re going into this place that we have been and where taking you there. And then by the end we kinda break things down like for me Blk Lex. Lex Luthor is a human being and he hates Superman because Superman is like a God on Earth. And yeah Lex is greedy but there so many qualities about him that human and make him relatable that it’s kinda understandable in a weird way. And while Clark Kent is a representation of American norms and values fuck that cause America is on some bullshit. 

Yeah lowkey Lex Luthor is an entrepenuer, but he’s one of the most evil niggas. 

Exactly but he’s relatable, and he’s is known for bending these systems. So like this idea that Superman can like can represent America as this altruistic sort of whatever the fuck. I like Lex more because he’s more like exposes the nitty gritty of everything. One of the reasons I like Blklexx as as a name is because he also indulges in evil. And that’s where “City Lights” comes in. It's about how even though we hate evil, we indulge in it, and to a certain degree we like it. 

Nah, that’s crazy I ain’t never thought about that now I gotta go back and re listen to the project. 

Yeah, that’s why we put it in the first couple of bars, it's completely vague, but its necessary because you have to be apart of it. Like even “Youcanshakeyourassinhell”. That’s how we best describe being in the city, its like you can have a good time in hell. 

So quick question, what was the concept behind “White Rice”. 

Well Dyyo came with his first and he was talking about people throwing dirt on his name of looking down on him. My verse is continuing off that but for me it's about defying people who might look down on me. And fuck all the humility like you gotta recognize who you are, and I really don’t think that to many rappers would really really want to Rap with me. 

Damn, why not?

Cause I mean a lot of people aren’t really on the bars,  I mean some people are I could be wrong don’t get me wrong there’s some really great rappers. But that just me. Like people are weird you know they might not have the best intentions, but like anything its always weird navigating and dealing with people. Especially in a scene where you have eyes on you, but a lot of  Metropolis was honestly about the state of where we were when making the album. 

Damn Word, Well it was nice talking to you and learning more about you!

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Big shout out to Blklexx for coming on and interviewing with Us! if you enjoyed this interview and want to stay up to date with Blklexx and future projects you can find him on Instagram. While you there be sure to check out his newest project; “The Waiting Room” which is above.

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DKTM Series Episode 5: Mouse

Welcome to the DKTM Series. The DKTM Collective, short for “DON’T. KILL. THE. MOVEMENT.”, is a collective of artists, producers, and overall creatives that have come together in order to pursue their artistic endeavors. They have bolstered an impressive fanbase within the DMV area and are reaching for even further heights with every project they release.

Every episode, we will focus on one of the collective’s artists, until we reach the end of the roster.

Below, we get into our fifth member, Mouse.

Enjoy 😈

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So Mouse, I saw that you recently graduated Towson University. If you could have chosen any song to walk into that arena to, what song would you have chosen to enter as a graduate into?

Probably like "I'm God" by Lil B.

Oh, wow. Do you feel like that would be a powerful thing to walk into?

Yeah, make me feel like I'm bigger than all of y'all niggas forreal.

Have you ever found it hard for you to express yourself? Or are you naturally an open book?

I feel like for the most part I kind of feel it’s hard for me to express myself and have my expression come back like and be accurate, or like produce a true understanding.

Like that's honestly what I channel into a lot of my music and really why I started making music. It doesn't have to always be literal. So, you know, you could always make a metaphor is something that expresses it in a way. Okay.

So what do you hope your guys’ work contributes to the community either musically or just the community around you?

As we get bigger and have bigger ideas, it just inspires more people to kind of follow suit and do their own thing for real.

So it's like a ripple effect kind of?

Exactly, for sure.

Because there's a lot of similarity in the industry today. So to see people just kind of branch off into their own thing is pretty cool. That's also really why I got into underground shit, particularly from here, because it's like damn.

I really don't even listen to like a lot of mainstream stuff anymore.

Do you have a musical guilty pleasure? Like a Miley Cyrus or a Justin Bieber or someone like that, or do you specificially hate someone that's like really popular?

Nah, like I feel like guilty pleasures for me. It's just kind of like I like what I like.

I bump whatever I’m feeling at the time forreal and I'll be like this shit cranks. I was like bumpin like AFI and shit this morning, yeah, whatever I'm into at the moment is what I'm into.

If there was a lesson you could teach her younger self. What would it be?

I would probably say something like “You don't fail until you stop trying” because it's like I feel as though I learned from my family a lot of impactful lessons that were taught when I was too young to comprehend it and now talking to them again it’s like “Ah, I see.”

I don’t know, it's like if I could meet my younger self, I feel like the one person that'd be able to get through to that stubborn ass nigga is myself from the future.

I read this book about the value of science a few years ago and I'd probably like that drop that off to him as well, not even say anything, just "Read this." you know?

So, I will ask you this. You just recently graduated from Towson. Was it hard? Have you been making music for a while or did you just really get into it since graduating?

I've been making music for like 12 years, like I played in a punk band called Null Void. They, like me, and also like a bunch of people in the house right nowstarted when we were in high school and like we started doing shit live and really came into our sound.

Started touring a little bit, but we were young and we fucking lost our name, so that really like put a splinter in shit, but it's like that's what I've been doing like for the longest, and then DKTM kind of happened like as we all became separate from that, like when our separate ways.

So just like now we can do all this stuff independently and then bring it together like this.

So how did you find your way into DKTM?

So I was one of the original members.

Like I said like when I went to college and like I couldn't practice with them every week and Pope would be like working and like Aghori would also be in a different school and our drummer would just be working as well.

We all just like naturally got into producing because it's like the way to express ourselves when we couldn't, like, link up, and then when we would link up we would then bring that energy back into producing as a group, but at that time it was like this is probably going to be a little bit long.

One of the original members, Lucy Mourn, he got me into like producing forreal, like he gave me like a controller that he wasn't using and I started producing off of that and like 2014-ish.

He then introduced us to Eric, or Lex, and like we all just started linking, like 95 as well. It was just us five. We would, like, send each other little ciphers through text message, and then it's like when niggas finally started getting their own places like away from their parents, that's when shit really started taking off. We would link up and record shit and like it just went up.

Odd question here, but are you a person of the universe, like someone that believes in Universe? Or are you more like a religious person?

Definitely not a religious person.

What do you believe in?

I kind of just believe in like energy in cycles as concepts.

It's like when it comes to life and death, I kind of feel like if you look at anything on Earth, it happens in a cycle. Like a year is just a cycle of four seasons, a cycle 12 months, so it is constantly running in circles.

So it's like, if everything here is running in circles, then like why wouldn't death also be a cycle?

I feel like when people die, the energy doesn't really leave per se, whether that be like it comes back as like a cat or like another person or even an ideology, like where it's like somebody rubbed up on somebody so much that that energy just kept transferring onward.

So did you find it hard while you were studying to balance music or was it like “This is what I really want to do at the end of the day, so I'm gonna make time for it.”?

Um it's definitely hard.

Like I'm an impulsive person so it's like I'll study for a little bit and be like "Alright that's enough of that." But no it's definitely hard and I commend people who do it while they're studying because that shit is truly a challenge.

But yeah, no, I was not easy.

So to kind of ish like grapple questions number one. Is there anything in the future either solo or with the collective that we should be looking out for?

I'm working on something.

I'm working on something, but put the word, something in "bold" and "italics".

Actually, just in "italics" haha.

So the last question for you, Mouse, DKTM stands for Don't Kill The Movement. So, okay. What is the movement to you? What is it that you are trying to preserve?

When I look at it? I just think again about the transfer of energy, and how it can't be killed.

Going back to like an earlier question about what we hope to do, it's like even after we're gone, regardless of what happens I feel like we've already kind of made like an impact and that that energy will just keep going through people right with influence.

I like that. It's like, you know, in whatever you do, you're going to leave a mark on something. Like every word you speak is going to have an impact, is going to echo to something. Whether or not it's like the biggest, thing ever, it's going to make a mark at some point in life.

Definitely.

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If you enjoyed this interview and want to stay up to date with Mouse you can find his SoundCloud above, and you can also follow him on Instagram. While you there you can also check out DKTM on Instagram and check out our previous interviews with Baat Choy, Morgan Marsh, Pope Loud, and 95.

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Mouse - LOVE.404+ (Anita Baker Remix)

DKTM member Mouse is putting his name on the map with the release of his new single “Love”. Taking full control of the song with production and mastery. His latest song is flip of Sweet Love by Anita Baker that is turned into some wild futuristic dance vibes. When asked about what inspired him for the song, and the overall vibe he was going for Mouse says:” I was experimenting with combining the sounds of soul samples with the electronic palette that I was into on Metropolis.” You can listen to LOVE.404+ (Anita Baker Remix) which is avalible right now below. And be on the look out for our interview with Mouse coming later this week.

DKTM Series Episode 4: 95

Welcome to the DKTM Series. The DKTM Collective, short for “DON’T. KILL. THE. MOVEMENT.”, is a collective of artists, producers, and overall creatives that have come together in order to pursue their artistic endeavors. They have bolstered an impressive fanbase within the DMV area and are reaching for even further heights with every project they release.

Every episode, we will focus on one of the collective’s artists, until we reach the end of the roster.

Below, we get into our fourth member, 95.

Enjoy 😈

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Nice to meet you man, my name is Sheku. Lets get this interview started!

So, how would you describe your music to somebody?

Oh man my music, so we started in I wanna say 2016, and about then is when we started recording. We had like play around tracks never really released anything, but there was one it was called “Murder Music”.

So the first time I recorded it wasn't initially going to be for that song but I had showed them the verse and the group was like “bro you gotta use this” so i used it. Outside of that I haven't really put out a whole lot yet, but I do have in mind what I want my first tape to be. 

So do you produce?

Nah, Nah, I rap 

Oh okay you rap, so you haven’t put out anything as of yet. 

Yeah I haven't put out a whole lot of stuff, right now, I have an unreleased track called “Gas”, we recorded it, I wanna say, last month, but I do have some on my phone. 

<He plays us some unreleased music from the DKTM vault which was heat.>

Oh shit bro, that’s nice!!

Thank You! So, its me and Lex on that record. 

Oh okay, so did he produce it or is he featured on the track as well?

Yeah he’s rapping on it, but Mouse is the one that produced the track. 

Bro, Mouse has been on some amazing time man! 

Yeah for production with us its either really Mouse or Baat Choy that does it.

And what about Aghori, what does he do? 

Yeah, so he really does grungy beats and sounds he's the best for that and if you want something that sounds raw he's the go to guy. But the way I do stuff is i can come up with verses like really easy, especially if the beat is hitting.

Once I hear it I just get to typing.

Sometimes I might not like it or it just comes so naturally that I have to save it. Other times I’ll have some stuff in pocket, and if I feel like its good I’ll save it for when I feel like the time is right.

Like there some lyrics I have from 2017 for when I feel like its ready or even if I come up with something better. 

Wow that’s crazy, do you feel like a lot of rappers do that? 

Oh yeah a lot of people have some stuff written for when they feel like they’re ready to put it out or they continue to work on it more and more. At the same time though saving lyrics and continuously working on them can be counter intuitive.

I say this because each year you grow as a person, the verse that you wrote then may not be the person you are now. Like the space and mind you had then can definitely changes to where you are now.

The content that you create may evolve and get better then what you had created before.

Yeah, that definitely makes a lot of sense. As you grow as a person and as an artist, so does the music you create.

So my next question is where are you representing?

Ah man PG County all day everyday. The area is extremely important to me, because a lot of people come from the area, but the DMV as a whole is just where its at.

Like I was born in DC, but I was raised in PG so the area has always been my home, that's where I was raised. As a whole, one thing I do want to see, is the DMV becoming more unified because you’ll have people from DC, PG, or Virginia not really get along and I don’t really understand that.

This area is nothing but talent, we’re all from the same area so let's get along and get together and create. The DMV should not be divided even though there are so many different styles and genres there's no reason for us not come together and collaborate and test these new sounds as a whole. 

Yeah man I definitely see where you’re coming from. We gotta stop being divided, its definitely bad for the overall culture.  

Yeah exactly, and of course the ones that made it like Wale, Rico Nasty, and whatnot. They can collab and make music easy, but in terms of a local standpoint, a lot of people feel like if you are getting more shine than me I don’t really want to fuck with you.

To me that does not make any sense, why not mix both sound bases that you have and and get bigger together. 

Yeah definitely, in terms of our sound we don’t really have one, so the best thing to do is come together, create, and just put more music out there for the world to listen to.

But talking about creating, who inspires you on a regular basis?

Ah man, that’s a hard question because it always rotates. For me, my number one has always been Cole. Cole is one of the reasons I started writing music, I have been writing music since I was 12, and it started with poetry, but then hip hop came in and I started listening to Big, Pac, Cole Nas.

Oh okay, yeah man, the song you showed us, I was getting Nas and Cozz vibes, and that's the feeling you kind of give me bro, with a mix of a little J.Rock. 

And not to say that I’m comparing you to them but I can definitely hear the influence they have had on your music. 

Yeah exactly, but Cole is honestly one of my biggest influences.

Like you guys know how like people have comparisons between Kendrick and Cole and I don’t even know why. I really like both honestly but for me Cole is more relatable because of the stuff he talks about.

“4 Your Eyez Only”, on the last track, that is song is so relatable.

Like Cole says stuff and you can picture what he says. Same thing with with Big and Nas. When Nas blessed us with Illmatic of course none of us were born but listening to it you can hear and feel New York. Like their music tells stories that we can relate to.

Aside from Cole another really big influence for me is my mom because she used to write to.

She was really big on writing and freestyling and one day I wrote something for her. I don’t really remember what exactly it was but she told keep doing what I’m doing. And from then on music started to evolve for me, it just started to feel natural after a while it started to become second nature.

Like put a beat up if I like it I can just start writing, then after I finish I might not be feeling it but I’ll save it. 

Wow man, that makes sense. That’s really the power of practicing and getting better.

What do you believe is your singularity within the group, like what attributes allow you to stand out within DKTM Collective?

That’s a good question, so musically, the way I sound is completely unique, so even my group mates can say when I rap while I do take influence from Cole, I sound like myself, and I didn’t really understand it until I played myself back and then it started to make sense. 

So how would you describe your sound to someone who just now hearing it in three words?

So laid back, chill, and like Nipsey (RIP) prolific.

Wow man, I ain't gonna like the first time I heard Nipsey was Victory Lap, but after I went back and listen to some of his old music did it really start to click with me. 

Yeah man one of the greats, I first heard him on “Mailbox Money”, his death still shocks me.

The impact he had on the community was not talked about until after he passed. 

Yeah man. As they say, they don’t love you till you’re gone. One of the best and most respected artists to enter the industry. Rest In Peace, Nipsey.

So moving forward what aspects of your character, and your music blends with and empowers DKTM?

Honestly just being able to be versatile, and my story telling ability.

My music has to have a story in it, and it doesn't even have to be anything about me but as long as i can structure something together I feel great about the final product. 

Yeah I’ve noticed that each of you have your own individual talents that you guys bring to the group. Aghori is like the mad scientist so he's not as uniform, Mouse is more psychedelic and grungy with his sound, Morgan is more like SZA with her sound.

It’s really awesome that so many different sounds can exist within a group of artists and you guys are somewhat all independent, but you guys fit together like puzzle pieces. 

Yeah exactly that why I like that we have as many members that we do in our collective, because even though everything is set under the DKTM brand like  for example, when Lex and Mouse dropped, that sound came from the group as a whole. 

Yeah exactly, and that's what I think really sets you guys apart, so many different sounds that are able to mesh together. So my last question to you is where do you think at this very moment if you weren’t pursuing a career in music. 

If music wasn’t something that I wanted to do and wasn’t something I loved, but I feel like I would just be working. Like work come home and just do what a regular person does. But honestly I would’ve somehow gotten involved in music regardless.

Like I gave DKTM the name, like it first it was “Don’t Kill The Messenger”, but then what was our message, but as we started to grow i realized this music thing is bigger than us, what we’re doing is a movement.

What we’re doing can’t be killed, can't be touched, and it brings everybody together.

So simple, Don’t Kill The Movement. 

Damn.

That, right there, shows that you really stand by your collective and your brand. 

Yeah, I say this cause at first it was just five of us, Me, Mouse, Lucy, Lex, and Pope and we didn’t really have a name at first but as we recorded more and more I told them if we're gonna be doing this we gotta have a name so that people know who we are.

I told them from the very beginning what were doing is going to be big, and we haven’t really been doing this that long but we’ve made some really big moves as a collective. 

Honestly yeah man I get it, I can feel the impact you guys are going to have on the music community within the DMV, and as a collective what you guys are bringing to the table is honestly legendary.

It was nice meeting you bro, and I look forward to see what you guys bring to the table in the future.

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If you enjoyed this interview and want to stay up to date with 95 you can find his SoundCloud above, and you can also follow him on Instagram. While you there you can also check out DKTM on Instagram and check out our previous interviews with Baat Choy, Morgan Marsh, and Pope Loud.

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DKTM Series Episode 3: Pope Loud

Welcome to the DKTM Series. The DKTM Collective, short for “DON’T. KILL. THE. MOVEMENT.”, is a collective of artists, producers, and overall creatives that have come together in order to pursue their artistic endeavors. Every episode, we will focus on one of the collective’s artists, until we reach the end of the roster. Below, we get into our third episode with member Pope Loud

Like every group made up of a number of members each member plays an important role by bringing individual talents that help the team collectively. A member of the DKTM Collective Pope Loud’s lyricism has shown his ability to craft a song that not only resonates with the audience, but allows him to stay true to his self. Being sure to never compromise his work ethic by settling for anything less than perfect Pope Loud brings a work ethic to the table that helps propel DKTM forward as overall collective.

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So my first questions is, what is your favorite form of art specifically what is a form of art you like more than all of the others. 

Pope: Personally i feel as if the best way to convey art would be something through like movies, or visual media with music put to it. But my favorite would be, honestly  drawing its something i have always done whether I was in school or anywhere else. Although I don’t really do it as much as I used to but it still something i enjoy to do. But music is the most primal way to release energy which i feel is what art really is. 

Yeah! Basically being able to vocalize it. Is there an illustrative style that you like the most? Like anime, or 3D animation. 

Pope: Um… I wouldn’t say  I have favorite art style as far as visual art because I really like a lot of different things, so it's hard to pick a personal favorite. But I don’t know ive always been drawn to tattoo style. I don’t really have a lot yet but i really wanna get more down the road. 

Yeah that makes sense, The ones you have are really cool though! So the next question is, the majority of your pictures on instagram  have a retro feel to them. If you could go back in time what song of yours or someone else’s would you perform to show what music is like in 2019

Pope: That’s a hard question! Well the thing is i don’t have to much solo stuff out yet I have an EP that I’ve been working on but i had to scrap it a few times because I wasn't really feeling it. So I had to start over a few times, but im finalyl starting to hone in on making an actual project that's called “GRIN” which should be out by the end of this year. But to just pick one song i guess my single “Sides”, its featuring members of DKTM with some others on there as well. The overall sound of it is not what you would expect only because i feel like a lot of music these days is monotonous, it all kinda sounds the same. Not to say that there isn't a lot of good artists out now because there is, but for the most part people are used to hearing the same cookie cutter sounds. An i feel like my songs sound nothing like the usual songs of today. You could love it or hate it but at the end of the day they sound unique. 

Yeah i get it, so last week Mouse I listened to this song that you guys were working on can you tell me more about it? 

Pope:  Yeah so we’re working on a song that i’m doing the hook for. Mouse did the production on it. It’s actually heat. 

Yeah i heard it and loved it, and if what i’ve heard is what I think you guys are working on i love that vibe. Its sounds like psychedelic music with a nice beat. Easy to listen to but also the words have meaning behind them. 

Pope: Yeah when i write actual lyrics I have to take my time and write them out. I’m not good at freestyling necessarily I try to write it poetically. I approach my music with a lot of thoughts in what i’m saying and I try not to exaggerate too much. I try to be as ambiguous as possible so i don't really describe a lot of things in my life And for the rare chance I do i use it to paint a character behind what my art is. 

Yeah that makes sense, it's very important that art of substance comes out or else where all just saying random shit and it doesn't really matter for anything. 

Pope: Right! And it’s not like i just say whatever i just paint a picture of my character within the lyrics. It's not necessarily maybe truthly what is my life but it is my expression about how I feel about my life. 

Makes sense! So which artist has the most influence on how you make music? Doesn't have to be favorite but what artist have you studied or has been your goal post. 

Pope: There’s definitely a lot of artist that have made me want to create music similar to theirs. But what really got me into making hip-hop was my group mates introducing me to Danny Brown. I’ve listened to hip-hop my whole life but I really didn’t start paying attention to it until 2014. Danny Brown really got me into experimental type beats, and then I started listening to lil ugly mane, and more punk type sounds. It’s like hardcore but its also alternative. Like they’re weird sounding stuff you wouldn't hear on the mainstream radios. That pretty much shaped  my entire sound. So like interesting phrased music that kinda stutters and has a lot of dark vibes so it almost sounds like a horror movie. I’ve been trying to replicate this but in a way that not talking about violence shit all the time. 

So keeping it true to your character but without glorifying violence? 

Pope: Right! I’m not a violent person i don’t hurt people so why would I make music thats about that or even something that i can resonate with. So like i try my best to approach it with my experiences, the music I listened to as a kid which was a lot of metal and punk. This influences the overall sound of my music. 

So have you ever found it hard to express yourself, or are you naturally just like an open book? 

Pope: Oh No i’m definitely not an open book at all, expressing myself is hard. I’m not very good at expressing how I feel  that's why it takes me a long time to create things because i feel like i am so meticulous about what I put out. Like I just won’t make a beat and throw it on soundcloud i have to work on it and make sure its exactly how I want it to be. I’m kinda a perfectionist but i feel like i’m also never good enough. So I am working on the same things so that they come out as good as possible. The biggest downside with that is sometimes it  can be hard for me to move on and do new things so I feel like I’m stuck in a loop sometimes. Even though i am not, like iof you look back you can see i am not the same person and I have changed. So it’s not like I’m actually stuck in a loop, but that just has to be human nature. You always wanna keep moving.

Yeah I agree it the worst when you out your self in that box cause its like you’re doing really well but youre saying to yourself; “nah this isn't it i could be doing so much better right now”.  Like everyone can say you’re doing well.

Pope: Yeah it can be enough but it’s also not enough so you feel like you have to be getting better you have to stay moving.  

So  last question what do you hope DKTM contributes to the community. 

Pope: Well i feel like DKTM has welcomes so many different people and it goes to show that you don’t have to be a certain type of person to connect with somebody. That’s honestly what the collective really is. It’s a way to connect with people that you’re not from the same place as. You can learn a lot about everybody and it helps you grow. Like people from outside the group come here because they feel like it’s a safe space for people to make music and just express themselves. Humans have always made music but i feel like in this society its kinda frowned upon. There’s this kinda niche person that create something. And now people are just so focused on making so much money so they don’t express their selves authentically whether it be through dance, music, or art. 

Makes sense, so DKTM contributes authenticity? 

Pope: Yeah Exactly

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If you enjoyed this interview and want to stay up to date with Pope Loud you can find his SoundCloud above, and you can also follow him on Instagram. While you there you can also check out DKTM on Instagram and check out our previous interviews with baatchoy, and Morgan Marsh.

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DKTM Series Episode 2: Morgan Marsh

Welcome to the DKTM Series Episode 2 The DKTM Collective, short for “DON’T. KILL. THE. MOVEMENT.”, is a collective of artists, producers, and overall creatives that have come together in order to pursue their artistic endeavors. They have bolstered an impressive fanbase within the DMV area and are reaching for even further heights with every project they release.

Every episode, we will focus on two of the collective’s artists, until we reach the end of the roster.

Below, we get into our second artist, Morgan Marsh.

Enjoy 😈

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Morgan Marsh is a member of DKTM, acting as one of the collective’s main vocalists and creative directors.

Morgan is a free-spirited, empathetic, and conscious vocalist, with two major singles under her belt and major contribution to fellow members’ Mighty Mouse and BLK LEXX’s joint project, MIGHTYLEXX.

She features on the song Chop! and adds a softer, evergreen hook to the abrasive and bellicose delivery of the other listed artists, whilst showing she is more than capable of keeping up with her fellow vocalists.

Morgan has shown her ability to be true to herself and the creativity that flows through her, without letting it compromise her compatibility with the group.

In fact, she has only strengthened the band’s innovative dynamic, and it indeed shows, in waves.

Give us a general description of you as an artist. What cultures and experiences cultivate the persona or identity of yours? 

First thing that comes to mind when I hear that question is that I’m half Guyanese.

My mother came to this country when she was 11.

Just having that Caribbean influence, definitely into reggae, afrobeats, dancehall, soca, they all contributed to who I’ve become as an artist.

So your roots cultivate who you are, it really drives you.

Yeah, for sure. That, as well as being from Montgomery Country. 

Oh wow, Moco? That’s a pretty underrepresented part of the DMV area.

Gaithersburg, Moco,  the whole area is very diverse. Of course, now it's becoming more gentrified.

But I grew up around people from all different backgrounds. I have friends who are asian, hispanic, it doesn’t matter. 

That’s usually how it is in the DMV. 

Exactly, and that’s why I love being from here, and not enough people know how special this place is, the DMV as a whole. So I’m just ready to put this city on the map. 

I represent my whole state, but Montgomery County specifically. There’s not enough of us.

I can’t really name any notable Moco artists. Well, besides Logic, he’s from Gaithersburg. 

Promotional Poster for “Polo”

How would you describe your music to somebody?

Very eclectic. Very different. I don’t hold myself to a certain genre of music. You’ll hear hip-hop, you’ll hear R&B. I listen to indie-alternative music, even country. 

So you’re more of an evolving vibe, kinda?

Yeah, pretty much.

Whatever sounds good at the time, you know? I might go through certain phases where I’m solely listening to rock. or if it's just reggae. 

Do you ever think you’ll be able to combine those sounds one day? 

Hell yeah, that’s the goal. Different colors, different moods. 

Do you think there’s a single word that you would use to describe yourself and your sound? 

Mosaic. Different colors, different moods, different emotions, and just blending everything into one. 

Who do you listen to on a regular basis?

Ooh, I love Frank Ocean. I have to he’s one of my biggest influences. Him and Andre 3000 is one of my favorite artists too, I can listen to Outkast all day. Seeing like Outkast and Missy Elliot, seeing people like them just be themselves and authentic, it’s amazing and inspiring. 

There’s this one artist name Mereba. She’s an artist from Arkansas. I know what y’all are thinking, but like she makes alternative R&B music and rappers over it. Check out her project y’all.

I’m putting y’all on right now. Go in without any expectations and, yeah. 

Walk us through the steps the group takes to create a track. What is your creative process? Do you guys happen to just walk into a studio and be assigned to one role or is there like a more delicate process involved.

It’s pretty random, I don’t have a strategy per say. I may just hear a beat, maybe something that Baat Choy or Mouse has made and I’ll just marinate on it.

Sometimes it’s hard for me to come up with lyrics on the spot. 

So, you let it cook?  

I’ll let it cook. I’ll take it home with me, I’ll think on it at work, think on it all day.

The lyrics can come first or the melody may come first, then I can get a certain rhythm going. 

So that’s kind of like your sound then. You just kind of like to throw things at a wall and see what sticks.

Yeah, there’s so much freedom. 

Well can you tell us anything about any future projects?

I’m actually working on a solo project, hopefully I’ll be able to drop it around spring time next year? I just started it, I only have like two songs pretty much done. 

One of them is called Insomnia. 

What’s the story behind Insomnia?

It’s a double entendre. So I live in an apartment. It’s a very small apartment with like really thin walls, and my neighbors are very fucking loud haha. So I can barely get any sleep at night. 

So it’s a play on that, but also, just problems and struggles in life, not getting a break. I feel like I’m not really able to sleep at all/ I’m always on the go, working, working, working.

She proceeded to play us a snippet. 

It was amazing.

So yeah, next spring, I wanna have seven songs. The project’s going to be called Gazed. Like, when you’re intently like looking at something and you’re like in awe and admiration of it.

That’s how I feel about DKTM and that’s how I feel about my future as an artist. 

"DON'T GET FUCKED UP" *AVAILABLE ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS* written/performed by @morgan-marsh produced and mixed by @tshazhar keys/guitar by @baatchoy // mastered by @androidno23 artwork by @unkwn-3

Stream Morgan’s new single, Polo above on Soundcloud, and while you’re there, be sure to check out the rest of the DKTM Collective. I promise you you won’t be disappointed. If you wanna stay up to date with Morgan and all her new releases, you can find her Instagram here. Thank you again, Morgan, for the great interview.

DKTM Series: Episode 1: Baat Choy

Welcome to the DKTM Series. The DKTM Collective, short for “DON’T. KILL. THE. MOVEMENT.”, is a collective of artists, producers, and overall creatives that have come together in order to pursue their artistic endeavors. They have bolstered an impressive fanbase within the DMV area and are reaching for even further heights with every project they release.

Every episode, we will focus on one of the collective’s artists, until we reach the end of the roster.

Below, we get into our first member, Baat Choy.

Enjoy 😈

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We’re discussing all things producing with Baat Choy.

The producer has worked on multiple projects for the collective, including “Black Passionfruit” by BLK LEXX and Lucy Mourn, POPE.LOUD’s “SIDES”, almost every track of BLK LEXX and Mighty Mouse’s MIGHTYLEXX tape, Morgan Marsh’s “Polo”, as well as another LEXX track, “BOTHERED!”

He’s also produced his own solo projects on the side, such as love tapes, On These Grounds We Walk, [ lo-fi hip hop chill wave beats to study to ], and even his old independent release, HIRAETH - EP1.

Sitting with him and talking was such an eye opening experience for me considering I know little to nothing about the producing process.

His outlook on his skill and art as a whole is the attitude a lot of artists in the industry could stand to copy.

His pure love for music and desire to create makes even the most daft producer think about taking their craft more seriously.

So please enjoy, Baat Choy.

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Do you feel like fashion has an influence on music and vice versa?

Yes, but only because in the much larger picture because art in general has a huge impact on the culture and the timezone. Whether it be fashion music movies cartoon you can really get a sense of how that decade, or even century was.

Going back as far as the renaissance looking at that art you can get a sense of what fashion was at that time.

What is your favorite part of production?

I love creating a sound that synthesized sound, Every acoustic sound has an equivalent synthesized sound. And more. And it’s the “And More” that interests me. It’s mind numbing to think about it.

I associate a lot of synthesis sounds right now as “when I hear the sound it sounds like this or that. This is something I’ve heard in real life.

“How can I extend this further.”

My favorite thing about producing with other people is honestly getting to know them.

I feel like I get to know the person at a much more intimate level when I work with them with music.

I love working with people who are trying to express themselves with music. And those moments, and they will happen, you feel like you make a connection in a deeper way.

Do you have any auditory stimuli?

Negative: When I was a kid and I saw a balloon, I would be like “I don’t like that”.

I was an anxious ass kid. So that sound when you’d grab a balloon and rub it. I hate it.

Positive: High heels on pavement. Hooves on a street. It makes my eyes roll in the back of my head.

It’s so subtle but powerful in a way.

What are some projects we should be looking out for in the future?

Right now I’m working on a couple things. Long term project. Wanna create a project as me as a producer and lead vocals from the talented friends I’ve made in this area. I have twelve songs I’m working on. I’m a patient person I can wait.

I’m working on this new EP with DIO.

So your group name is DKTM (Don’t Kill The Movement); What is the movement to you? What is it you’re hoping to preserve?

To me; the rest of the guys come from a punk stand point.

I can’t consider myself punk. The movement is definitely pursuing love and art. The self driven nature that is art and something about going back to the industry not being needed by artists.

Us throwing over that idea of we need a greater power to succeed. We can succeed with our own hands. As long as you’re doing it for and with yourself with love and happiness.

As corny as that sounds.

[ t h i s 1 i s 4 f u n art by Aghori

Stream Baat Choy’s new project, NEVER LET GO, above on Soundcloud, and while you’re there, be sure to check out the rest of the DKTM Collective. Like we said, you won’t be disappointed. If you wanna stay up to date with Baat Choy and all her new releases, you can find his Instagram here. Thank you again, Baat Choy, for the great interview.

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Q. What does DKTM stand for?

A.DKTM stands for Don’t Kill The Movement, we chose the name because our creative energy is undeniable in the sense that it extends beyond our music.

Q. Who is all in the collective? Tell us all about who is in the collective and where you guys are coming from?

A. Lucy Mourn, Reem Unknown, POPE.LOUD, baatchoy, BLK LEXX, mouse., Aghori, Morgan Marsh, 9inety 5ive, SlovaK, and Dinkel.  Half of the collective is from PG county and half from Baltimore.

Q.What is the collectives mission statement? What do you guys plan on accomplishing with this collective of artists?

To challenge & defy the expectations of contemporary culture. We just really want to embellish the individuality of each artist but do so as a singular unit. The better the platform we build together we are the powerful we each are.

Q.How would you describe your collectives music to somebody?

A.Everyone in the collective comes from different backgrounds. Some of us have been doing post metal, experimental, and ambient music etc. So even though we’re rooted in hip hop the sound is abrasive but overall just emotionally expressive.

Q. Who inspires everybody for the DKTM sound?

A. We all love all sorts of stuff as individuals but we honestly are the most inspired to be creative by the other artists in our scene. Guys like JPEGmafia, Sir E.U, Butch Dawson definitely have paved the way for us and inspired us to push further. We’re definitely influenced by Danny Brown, Portishead, Lil Ugly Mane, Frank Ocean, Gorillaz, and Mars Volta just to name a few

Q. If there was a top 5 list of artists right now that the collective listens to, who would be on that list?

A. We’ve been bumping Rico Nasty heavy. Flying Lotus is always in rotation. Earl and ScHoolboy’s latest releases. We can all agree we’ve been playing The Internet a lot too!.

Q. Do you have any collaborating artists that you’ve been working with? Is there anybody the collective wants to add onto the roster of artists you guys have?

We work super closely with everybody in 3Side, and D.y.y.o as well.We’ve developed a genuine relationship. We’re not really looking to add anyone to the collective but we’re definitely open to it if it happens genuinely.

Q. What platform can people reach your content on the most conveniently? What albums and

songs do you already have out that people should listen to?

Soundcloud is the easiest platform, but our music is available on all platforms. Since the year started our collective has released two projects. MIGHTYLEXX released Metropolis under DKTM and you can Baatchoy’s Love Tapes on his Soundcloud page.

Q. Is there any one song that the collective has made that stands out from the rest?

The song Chop! off the Metropolis EP stands out the most by far. We all agree it’s our strongest track.

Q. Do you have an outstanding moment since the inception of the collective that makes you

realize how important it is to make music like this? If so what would that be?

When we were asked to perform at the Crown for the monthly 808 show series curated by Station North Sadboi, it felt like an affirmation that all of the work we’d been putting into building our presence in the scene was finally paying off. Although we were relatively unknown before that show, we played to a packed room and had one of the best received sets of the night.

Q.Do you have an outstanding moment since the inception of the collective that makes you realize how important it is to make music like this? If so what would that be?

A. Compared to our previous background(s) of playing in other projects, DKTM so far has been the most well received project we’ve been a part of. It feels very rewarding to be able to make art that is true to our various intentions and personalities AND have it be well received by a wide audience.

Q. Can you tell us anything about future projects? Anything that people can look forward to

coming from you?

A. Various members of our collective plan on releasing projects in the upcoming months. POPE.LOUD will be dropping an EP titled GRIN and we are currently preparing a few singles to release before summer. We are constantly working on new material.

Q. Tell us a bit about your newest project and what we can expect from it.

A. Our most recent projects would be Metropolis by MIGHTYLEXX and love tapes by baatchoy. In MIGHTYLEXX’s METROPOLIS you can expect disorienting punk inspired psychedelic rap fueled by crackhead energy. baatchoy’s love tapes is an EP taking contemporary songs concerning the topic of love and flipping each song in order to reframe them into a ambiguous love-themed narrative.

Q. Do you have any last thoughts before the end of the interview? Any message you really want to get out to the people and your fans?

A. Donald Trump is a bitch. // P.S: Seriously, look into quantum mechanics.

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