LYRA WILDER was named one of XXL Magazine’s ‘Artists to Watch in 2018
Lyra Wilder is an independent hip hop artist and songwriter representing for Durham, North Carolina, with roots in East Orange, New Jersey.
Growing up; music had a strong presence in Lyra Wilder’s life with the influence of his mother’s favorite genres of music including gospel hymns and urban contemporary gospel. Those times showed a young Lyra Wilder that music was much more than what he heard on mainstream radio.
His interest in music grow due to early exposure of a variety of musical genres; prompting him to begin writing and creating a sound for himself.
After spending years learning from the veterans he had access to in studios we began his very own independent grind in to the music business.
LYRA WILDER was named one of XXL Magazine’s ‘Artists to Watch in 2018’. For the latest updates on Lyra Wilder follow him on Instagram Here.
Lyra Wilder is feature in Issue 20 of GMIXMAG Here
ARCHIVE INTERVIEW
My music is a reflection of my imagination and what I’ve been thru in my time on earth. I’m the type of artist to place gems in my work. Those who love the art of music will notice once you grasp onto my sound.
Nipsey Hussle is one of my favorites in this era J Cole and Kendrick Lamar keeps the authenticity in today’s hip hop.
The industry is a revolving door so what’s hot now may not be hot a month later so things shift rapidly, I see a lot of people shaming what’s going on now in mainstream music but to me it’s about the business over that way. Underground that’s where you find talent so until we prove that independence in music is the ways we will have to except month to month trends you have no control or relation too.
I prefer making visual sounds where you can see what I’m saying. I put my thoughts into my music some may say it’s conscious but to place anything I do in a category would be setting it short of what’s going on and the true meaning.
The hardest part for me was being a independent artist and putting money into myself with other life expenses. It took awhile for me to put other things on the back burner and focus on music now I’m able to invest in my work.
It’s important I’ve been big on fashion since way back, fashion is not only how you dress it how you speak, walk and think. You shouldn’t go broke over fashion that’s key.
At this moment all my attention is on my music, I run with a group where we all have a different agenda. So what I’m not doing one of us is but music is what I’m always getting better at.
Bobby "R.O" Smalls is the Publishing Director of GMIXMAG, a magazine founded in 2010 in New York City. With expertise in content creation and entrepreneurship, Bobby is dedicated to empowering the next generation of urban culture.