First of all, welcome and thank you for coming to this interview. So LYNTS
what’s your real name, age and where are you from?
Obviously they call me Lynton Boateng, that’s my real name
init, but the rap names Lynts and obviously mans from Waltham Cross sides but I
originated from Totty [Tottenham.] You know, that’s my home town you feel me.
I’m 16 years old but I’m turning 17 in like the next week.
Okay, so who inspires you to make music?
When I was young, I was bare active so I used to listen to
Skepta, JME, Jammer, Tempa T, you know like that. You know that tune that was
out, like ‘We need some more girls in here’ like I actually thought we need
some more girls in here so obviously man picked up the mic, man picked up the
deck, man started doing what I needed to do.
So you started making music since you were young?
Yeah so obviously, then the American rap started coming
through, it kind of inspired me too. You got Young G-Eazy, 50 Cent and all
that.
Sounds good, so what was your first release and where can I find it?
My first release was in 2013, you can find it on YouTube it’s
called ‘Road to Redemption.’
And what’s your most recent release?
The Blackbox, yeah that one was hard. Before the Blackbox I
had a tune with all my mandem in it. Shout out to my n**** Monts (@Mgetsbusy on
Instagram)
No worries and we will go on to talk
about that track later. So when did you realize that music was for you?
Urm, I think back in 2013 when I released Road to
Redemption, and bare people on twitter shouted me like ‘Yeah Lynts I’m rating
it’ and I thought yeah like I could go somewhere with this and I thought why
not?
Which one of your songs is your favourite and why?
I would say the Blackbox, obviously all the mandem were
there to support, and it’s like motivation and that so yeah it’s crazy.
Any big plans coming up in the future for Lynts?
Well today, I got lucky, met SBTV’s Jamal Edwards, LinkUp
TV’s Rashid Kasirye and obviously they said they could put me on. Might have
something for me, a street heat, a warm up session, behind barz, fire in the
booth, you never know how it goes init. Shout out Charlie Sloth.
Do you think your music gets the recognition it deserves?
I think it deserves way more, but right now I’m happy ‘cause
from 013 I’ve come a long way. I haven’t
been on the scene too long but I got better things to come in the future. I’ve
got a light buzz right now.
What about the new boy on the scene Tion Wayne, you think you two would
ever collaborate?
Its mad cause he’s my old time boy, [we] used to chill when
I was a young thug. So a collab is definitely possible, I just need to get my
recognition up there first. You know build up a bigger buzz, to get me up
there, ‘cause he’s doing bits right now. But mans looking to make a track with
someone like Nines or C Biz or like Skrapz ‘cause their tunes bang these days.
Let’s talk about your new song ‘Never.’ How do you think that went?
That tune is cold, obviously all my n***** came through to
support, Ounces, Jimmy, Nathaniel, a big thank you ‘cause without them I
wouldn’t be where I am right now. At one point I wanted to stop the music, but
when you got all your mandem supporting you and the hustles going right, why
not you never know what might happen.
Wise words. So how long did it take to finish the song from writing lyrics
to shooting the video?
Never was a bit of a mad one because obviously along the way
I came to some setbacks. It took me what 3... 4 weeks to write my bars and
record the track. Then a few days to record the video then another week to get
that edited and now you can find that on YouTube.
Last question, who are some rappers you would recommend from
the ends?
If I could buss some rappers obviously Popz [Poppy], Ca$h,
Pokey.
Thank you so much Lynts for coming through for this
interview I wish you all the best in your music career.
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