We don’t take kindly to threats. Neither does energetic Carol City lyricist Denzel Curry. The Miami-native and Raider Klan member chopped it up with La La during a recent trip LA to discuss live performances, top producers, and his karate-rap alter ego Raven Miyagi.

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(Lauren “La La” Elizabeth: La La) When did you know you wanted to be a rapper?

(Denzel Curry: DC) Around when I was 12, I figured out that anybody can get on the radio with music. And when I figured out that I could freestyle - after my friend Premi Sterlin taught me how - I started making music at a friend’s house on a mic we got from Wal Mart.

(La La) Where did your alter ego Raven Miyagi come from?

(DC) Spaceghostpurrp gave me the name when Simmie and I told him about the Black Raven project that we are working on together. I did karate for five years; he saw my nickname was Miyagi on Facebook and from then on Raven Miyagi was created.

(La La) How did you become a part of Raider Klan?

(DC) Mike Dece introduced me to Purrp’s music through Facebook and I found out that he lived a few blocks away. Then, when he was in New York City with ASAP Rocky, I asked him could I join Raider Klan and he said “Fasho”, which was a stepping stone in creating my first lo-fi project “King Remembered Underground Tape 1991-1995”. I was 16 at the time.

(La La) How do you think your music represents your generation?

(DC) I think it represents it well, showing how to expand your creativity especially when everyone is saying the same thing in there lyrics these days.

(La La) How do you plan to stand out from all the other artists who are up next?

(DC) I had to find myself and blend pieces of myself into my art to show that I’m a force to be reckoned with, be it with music or my pieces I draw for my music. That’s what separates me from them. Everyone tries to be the best so I said forget it, I’m not trying to be the best, I’m going be a threat, a menace , a destroyer in anything I do.

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