Struggle Jennings Talks About Grandpa Waylon And New Joint Record With Jelly Roll

More or less a student of him as a man and who he was as a father and grandfather and artist, than just the music itself. The artist continued putting on for girls in the rap game by releasing numerous hits. Although Shanté achieved success, at age 25, the MC decided to cut ties with the music industry. During an interview with VladTV, she revealed that she stepped away because she never received a royalty check. “Regardless of what they stole then, it’s nowhere near what I make now,” she said.

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SHIRT, a Queens, N.Y.-based rapper who just dropped his latest album Museum, is not what would be described as struggle rapper, but he is one—on paper, at least. He’s an unsigned rapper, whom you’ve likely never heard of, who releases free and cheap music on the Internet—his latest is available for five bucks (via PayPal). He uses gimmicks to garner attention—whether that means faking a New York Times article or trolling pop stars or name-dropping streetwear power player jeffstaple and actually getting jeffstaple to lip-sync his video.

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While the former rapper claimed to be done releasing music in 2016, he still regularly performs his past hits at concerts and shows. Moss also has other business endeavors like his own clothing brand, BW Apparel, which includes fashion struggle rapper items and hair tools. It’s classic New York shit, the offspring of a pre-gentrification, pre-commoditized Downtown scene that melded high art with lowbrow aspiration; it’s champagne and loosies, bottle service and MetroCards.

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Wanda Durant later took a moment to discuss being known as an NBA mom and how she had to trust her son and build a different relationship with him being an adult. Durant later went into detail about having chores despite being the nation’s top basketball player, his mom telling him to never complain – and seeing her live that way in raising him and his brother. Hearing Wanda Durant share her story led to Sonya Curry talking about conceiving Stephen Curry at age 21 after choosing to have an abortion at age 19. “I can’t believe you,” Wanda Durant said as her smiling son fell back into her arms. In turn, Kevin Durant discussed having the dream of being an NBA player at eight years old, his mom’s support and even addressed the thought of retirement as he enters his 18th NBA season. Durant has two years left on his four-year, $194 million contract.

What helps me through the most is all the people that rock with me. I’ve got thousands of people writing me letters and posting comments. When you know someone’s listening you have a responsibility to say something worth hearing. I’ll definitely be back in the studio by May and I’ll definitely be on tour by next fall. With Struggle and this album, the approach seems to be the exact opposite, despite whatever words of explanation may accompany the project. It is taking from the Jennings family legacy and riding it as far as it will take him—so much so that it is hard to tell where Waylon’s music stops, and Struggle’s music begins.

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He is the grandson of country musician Jessi Colter, the step-grandson of Waylon Jennings, and the nephew of Shooter Jennings, from whom Harness adopted his stage name. Struggle was one of the original members of Yelawolf’s Slumerican label. Even the last remaining vestige of a guaranteed struggle rapper—poor audio engineering—is no longer a clear indication that they will be unsuccessful.

• Through it all, he tried to remain true to values learned from his grandfather, country legend Waylon Jennings.
• Even though Jennings was pursuing music, he now realizes that he was still on a bad track.
• Though small in size, they carried loads of confidence and even were equipped with the same — or more — level talent than some of their older counterparts.
• Per its website, the label aims to merge “artistic inspiration with innovative design.” He produces a wide variety of merchandise— from sweatshirts and eyewear to mugs and paintings, Smith has a little bit of something for everybody.
• Long hailed as one of Nashville’s top rappers, Jennings started to lean into his country roots with albums like Waylon & Willie.
• William Curtis Harness Jr. (born May 31, 1980), professionally known as Struggle Jennings, is an American rapper from Nashville, Tennessee.[2] Jennings was one of the original members of Yelawolf’s Slumerican label roster along with Bubba Sparxxx.

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