Get to know Oracy (@ORACYmusic)

Q. What lead you to pick up the mic and start rapping?

I used to rap a little back in the day, at the col­lege gates. A bit of hype talk with a dash of real­ness thrown in. Noth­ing super tasty or whole­some. Just sweets! I had no real character/personality or agenda as such. I wrote a little, but rap was some­thing that just faded away. I went to NASS Sports Fest in 2010 and for the first time there was a little hip hop stage. I jammed there, enjoyed the moment and fell in love with hip hop again. By now I’d matured as per­son and had a lot to express and share. I star­ted writ­ing and record­ing in 2011 and here we are.

Q. How has the sup­port from oth­er male mcs been? Do you feel they treat you dif­fer­ently from male mc’s? 

The sup­port from every­one has been great. I can­’t say there’s been any dif­fer­ence regard­ing male/female in terms of sup­port or the way I’ve been treated; apart from the fact that some feel obliged to bring up the fact I am female lol. I guess people may be a little more enthu­si­ast­ic towards hear­ing my music just because it seems there are few­er female artist in the scene.… but were defi­antly about! Lurk­ing in the shad­ows, wait­ing to pounce like the lion­esses we are haha. Na we are defi­antly about, just keep a lookout!

Q. Most of your tracks have a polit­ic­al mes­sage. Why did you choose to go down this route with your music?

I can not say it was inten­tion­al. I just rap about what I feel or what I feel to share. I think all music is polit­ic­al, wheth­er you are rap­ping about the gov­ern­ment, social issues or going out on the lash. I guess some artists are aware that their con­tent is polit­ic­al and oth­ers are not. Maybe the ones who are aware are more inclined to inten­tion­ally dis­cuss polit­ics with the intent of rais­ing aware­ness or shar­ing com­mon con­cerns. Those who are unaware that music can have a polit­ic­al found­a­tion and implic­a­tions, may be more pre­dis­posed to pro­mote mater­i­al­ism, van­ity and ego. It’s all politics.

Q. How do you plan what you are going to rap about in a track? Do you have a set meth­od on each track or does it vary from track to track?

It alters each time. The intens­ity of struc­ture fluc­tu­ates. Some­times I get super meth­od­ic­al and take a top­ic I’ve had in mind and bul­let point cer­tain issues I want to throw in, maybe jot a rough struc­ture and then work from there. Or I might have fin­ished read­ing an inter­est­ing book and I’ll use some of the notes, (yes I am nerd and take notes) to cre­ate some­thing. Oth­er times it’ll be real organ­ic. I might have a little 2–4 bar rhyme in my head when I’m out and about and see where it goes (and how much I can remem­ber) or I’ll jot it down and get back to it when I’m home and just go with the flow. No pun inten­ded, but it’s nice when it happens.

Q. Apart from rap­ping are there any oth­er parts of hip hop that you are involved in?

I like to spray play. Blank walls are tan­tal­iz­ing. I like to mix some­times when I’m vibing at night. Do not expect me to be rock­ing a set any­time soon. I skate some­times, wish it was more. Now I have moved to Lon­don that is def­in­itely on the line up. A lot might not class skat­ing as hip hop but for me, and oth­ers, it def­in­itely is. It was what intro­duced to real hip hop in the first place. Most import­antly, the vital parts peace, love, unity and hav­ing fun – I am involved in all!

Q. What can we expect from Oracy in the future?

Expres­sion, pro­gres­sion can not say I’ve got a dir­ect dir­ec­tion. (Unin­ten­tion­al but inev­it­able rhym­ing). I’ve released a fair few col­lab­or­a­tions now so try­ing hard to get a solo pro­ject sor­ted. I’ve got a couple tracks done and top­ics and beats ready. Just enjoy­ing and going through the motions. As yet it’s untitled but soon come 😉 I’ve got a couple tracks being released soon to look out for.

Respect for the inter­view and shouts to every­one who’s enjoy­ing my music and shar­ing with me. Thanks to every­one that sup­ports and shows love. I am grate­ful. Love back.

Peace,
Oracy x

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Arash Sharifi

Author at I Am Hip-Hop Magazine 

Arash has been pas­sion­ate about Hip hop for many years. He believes through hip hop you can teach, edu­cate and empower people to become bet­ter ver­sions of them­selves and help and sup­port their com­munity and oth­ers. Hip hop is more than just music, it can be a teach­er to us all.

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