Elijah Young

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Elijah Y. is a Hip-Hop artist, executive producer, trend setter, and entrepreneur from sunny Dallas, Texas. His musical style is defined as having an impeccable style of consciousness, lyricism, flow, and vivid storytelling – all of which bring a unique Hip-Hop/Soul style to the modern era. Elijah Y. was born in 1993 in Bossier City, Louisiana. From a very early age Elijah Y. knew he was destined to present his music to the world – and that the world would love and receive his music, too. Since he began his professional musical career in 2009, Elijah Y. has never stopped pursuing his dream, always reaching for the stars through exceptional dedication, passion, and hard work. When fans and fellow artists speak to Elijah Y.’s music, they frequently describe it as being melodic, yet fearless, enticingly catchy, highly creative, and wildly entertaining.

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

Music is soulful, joyful and expressive. Music gives me a sense of freedom, a sense of happiness and the ability to reach people from all corners of the world and touch them with my words.

What is your music dream?

My musical dream is to be able to stay consistent music an be able to perform in large arenas, rocking the crowd.

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

The hearts of the people, instill more love and energy in the souls of the people.

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

2Pac - "Shed So Many Tears"

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Nas is my favorite rapper of all time. Sade is my favorite band of all time. My other top 5 acts are: Michael Jackson David Ruffin Jay Z Lil Wayne Kenny Lattimore

What inspires you to make music?

Other musicians inspire me to do music since the beginning as well as self motivation gives me a boost of inspiration to do music.

What is the message you want to send with your music?

Have fun, be creatively free and explore this beautiful world we exist in.

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

Nervous, Anxious and Inspired to perform.

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

I see musicians who are amazing, who are outstanding nowadays but they're getting little to no traction, fabulous music going unheard. Marketing and promotion mixed with interactions would be the only thing that could improve the artist visibility.

What do you think of Drooble?

An amazing site that gives artist another platform to attract fans, and build up their careers.

What frustrates you most as a musician?

Sometimes feeling stagnate, musically moving forward but having a feeling of no pace at the same time, even though everyday I am making progress as a artist, sometimes it feels like a snails pace.

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

Yes I have always been a huge support of local artist everywhere I have lived, everywhere I have been; I would follow them on social sites, add their music to playlist an if i really enjoy the content give it an abundance of shoutouts.

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

The main quality nowadays needed for larger audience is exposure. No more sitting around waiting for some label executives to call you and sign you to a deal but becoming the label yourself an get exposure by marketing your brand an promoting your music.

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

Bodo P. (from Shreveport, LA) Jawuan Ford (from Shreveport, LA) Skip Jackson (from Shreveport, LA) IBJusDeeJay (from Baton Rouge, LA) Travis M. (from Houston, TX) Mionne Destint (from Atlanta, GA) Dave Ali (from Alexandria, LA) Some amazing artist who you may or may not have heard of ??