I am the voice of the young generation and I’m bold enough to capture and speak for the people who can’t or won’t tell their story.Ħ.
I think that’s what art is about, and for my fans to watch me grow and be inspired as I’m inspired by this life. I don’t care if people love or hate my music but I want them to be curious about it and always have a strong opinion of it. Why should people care about your work?Ī: I think people should care about having a opinion of my art whether it’s the music, or designs. And I think my versatility allows me to reach a wider audience than other artist my age.ĥ. I might get away with more and get more appreciation for a song if people don’t know I made it but if I get a pop singer from the UK to sing my songs on my beats it might appeal to a different demographic and do numbers ya know? I just find my strengths and compliment whatever I’m working on to make the best possible product. So it’s all about opinion and perspective when it comes to what I create sometimes for myself. For instance, some people might not like one project created I produced and then really love a song I put out under another alias and like it. It allows me to have different audiences for different genres and concepts. I use different art aliases and release art or music under another alias that doesn’t necessarily have a face or gender attached to it. My art is very daring and I think it holds weight because it’s very honest and conceptual in a lot of ways. It’s hard to describe its a lifestyle and a story and even I don’t know what I’m gonna create next sometimes or where I wanna go with the painting, or the beat, or the melody, or the collection. Once I got my first shirt made with one of my images on it I fell in love with it.Ī: Rebellious, controversial, emotional, intelligent, anointed. Summer days just playing outside and coming back in hella dirty and drawing while watching the newest Pharrell videos. When did you begin drawing? And when did you start taking it seriously?Ī: I always drew as a kid, but more seriously around 12, I started drawing collections of clothing. I’m going back to So Cal in May so I’m just creating and expanding my audience everywhere I go. I just did a art show out here at a Southwestern University and have met some designers at UT Austin so I’ve just been getting a lot of love as I been traveling through the south. Where do you currently reside and how does your current city/state influence your work?Ī: Right now I’m in Austin, Texas! Working on this new brand and working with a producer. I love people in California, those kids live in the future.Ģ. Being cool in California is being yourself to the fullest extent. A large percentage of the the kids are creative or at least appreciate art or music in Sacramento Like even the nerds, and white people, and suburban kids knew the slaps and hottest record at the time. In high school I was influenced by A collective called Fly High that was based out of North Sacramento and I admired how they operated together and had the clothing and the beats, & rappers, they were peers that were the big homies to us.
My early music was inspired by the hyphy generation and Bay Area artist like Mac Dre, Too $hort, E-40, Mistah FAB, Tupac. I’m a legit fan of the youth and the creatives in my city as well as the Bay Area, especially San Francisco, and Oakland which I spend a lot of time in. Elk Grove is more middle class so you get a mixture of of all different cultures and backgrounds. Being from Sacramento definitely influences my art. Where are you from and how does your city/state have an influence on your work?Ī: I’m from Sacramento, CA.
You can also check out a few pieces of Estevan Brilliantes work below…ġ. He was down for it so I sent him a few questions about himself as an artist, his influences, his fashion, his prescriptive on the art world and much more. I hit up Estevan a few weeks ago expressing how dope his art was and how I would love to interview him. Estevan Brilliantes, a native from South Sacramento/Elk Grove has been in the spotlight for in Estevan’s words his “rebellious, controversial, emotional, intelligent and anointed” art work. I feel as though his art is so dope and unique that he deserves this interview along with more attention and recognition. I took the time out to interview an old homie of mine that has never been afraid to express himself through music, art and fashion.