I remember the first song I heard by him was the “Jumpin’ Like Jordan” flip by Migos.Īw, that's crazy. So, for me and him to just reach these places together, it's so gratifying professionally, personally, and artistically. His beat was the first beat that I ever bought. I was just like, "Yo, anybody know a producer?" And they was like, "ovrkast." He had just started his SoundCloud and had 600 and some followers. You remember Kik? We was like 14, 15 in a big ass group chat with weirdo niggas from around the internet.
Was SoundCloud where you originally connected with producer ovrkast ? When I first listened to Let the Sun Talk, it reminded me so much of the GodsConnect account on SoundCloud. Premiering the video for "Moonfire" as part of our First Look Friday series, Okayplayer spoke with Mavi about the melting pot of Charlotte hip-hop, his appreciation for Noname's genius, MF DOOM, and affirmations for his target audience. But he's still eyeing his eventual biology degree. With nods from various publications, a show-stealing feature on Earl's latest release, Feet of Clay, and being one of the few people that Solange follows on Instagram, Mavi is enthused by the buzz surrounding Let the Sun Talk as the year winds down.
With a tattoo on his chest reading "Hard to Kill" and a Black power fist stamped on his bicep, Mavi is conscious of his unshackling purpose through music, something he speaks on extensively during our conversation.īut right now, he's walking a tightrope between classes at the "Mecca" Howard University and assembling a growing audience. Mavi's laidback, heady fervency is the reason why he's become a monumental component of a like-minded group of rappers and artists he calls the new "Soulquarians." Encompassed by independent, pro-Black artists like MIKE, Pink Siifu, Maxo, and Earl Sweatshirt, the collective is transfixed on the liberation of Black people. Though Mavi assures that he's visually enticed by the work of Terence Nance, "Moonfire" is bathed in a lush, nomadic intimacy that could easily fit in a Barry Jenkins film. In moderate strokes, they glide like paintbrushes, recalling the self-portrait of the Charlotte, North Carolina rapper on the cover of his 2019 debut album, Let the Sun Talk. There are moments in the "Moonfire" video where the focus is solely on Mavi's fingertips. For this month’s First Look Friday we spoke with Mavi about the melting pot of Charlotte hip-hop, his appreciation for Noname's genius, MF DOOM, and affirmations for his target audience. On the first Friday of every month, we put the spotlight on one up-and-coming artist.
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