{"id":75541,"date":"2022-05-17T12:25:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T10:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=75541"},"modified":"2022-05-17T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T10:25:24","slug":"its-a-family-affair-veve-c-speaks-to-us-about-her-new-single-breeze-her-album-veveology-and-who-most-inspires-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/05\/its-a-family-affair-veve-c-speaks-to-us-about-her-new-single-breeze-her-album-veveology-and-who-most-inspires-her\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s A Family Affair: Veve C Speaks To Us About Her New Single, ‘Breeze’, Her Album, ‘Veveology’, And Who Most Inspires Her"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You’ll have just read our review of ‘Breeze’, by up and coming hip hop artist Veve C. Now read what she has to say in answer to our questions.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Family is clearly important to you – your album, \u2018Veveology\u2019 was produced, engineered, and mixed by your younger brother, and you honed your sound in your Dad\u2019s studio. What inspiring things have you learned from your family that you take with you in your life every day?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 I always say that I’m extremely grateful to have the family dynamic that I have and the fact that I have an AMAZINGLY talented younger brother who created my beats and engineered my sounds and a great supportive father who manages everything we do to be successful. Growing up, I would watch my dad djay and watch how he used his vinyls with the needle lining up on the disc and it gave me inspiration to follow suit in music. Although I wasn’t as determined in becoming a DJ I always had fun mixing different songs together and that helped motivate me to create my own music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to my family we focus on the foundation that was built and our family is built on love and strength. I’m so happy and fortunate that we were able to save up to buy equipment to later create our own home studio to create the music you’re hearing now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, what musical artists have inspired you, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be honest, there are so many artists that I looked up to from the time I was as little as 3 listening to classics of Michael Jackson,  Skyy, Biggie, Tupac, and A Tribe Called Quest, to now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s hard for me to just list a couple because every artist that I come across inspires me in some form of way. I always respected and loved the hardcore realistic flow that Jadakiss introduced to the game and was fascinated by how fast Busta Rhymes would rap. I always wanted to be in the same space as Missy Elliot and Timbaland because of the style of music they brought to the music game and how much I absolutely LOVED Aaliyah with her futuristic but sensual style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I had to list three artists that helped shape my image I would say Aaliyah, Ciara, and Missy Elliot. I don’t like being placed in one bubble when it comes to genres and styles of music and they inspired me to play with my sensual style but still giving the hardcore edge that someone like Lil Kim or Nicki Minaj would do. Newer artists, such as Rihanna (my fav), Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, Doja Cat, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Nas, and so much more gave me the push to go for it and I hope to cross pathways with all of them some day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your new single, \u2018Breeze\u2019, feels like a \u201cgirl power\u201d anthem, and the video further promotes this feeling. At what point in your life did you realise that we as women don\u2019t have to rely on anyone but ourselves to be complete?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow what a good question. Well for starters, I want to say that although I’ll always root for my girls I want the guys to relate to this feeling as well as I know everyone has come across some form of betrayal or pain that they wanted to alleviate themselves from. No one should ever feel validated based on what someone else says and should always feel empowered from within no matter who it is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a woman, I carry myself with an independent spirit and always stay true to my character and at some point in my life I realized that I don’t need any friends to feel like I “belong”. It helps that I talk to myself (and I don’t care how anyone feels about that) to get through my days and doing that helps to understand me.<\/p>\n\n\n

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