Stay Cool: The Danny Watts Interview

▶ Snippet premiered on Stay Cool w/ seangran 008 feat. Joe Armon-Jones, Maxwell Owin, Danny Watts & ish.ism: bit.ly/staycoolwseangran008 ▶ Get early updates on the show: twitter.com/staycoolfam @dnnywtts first caught my attention when he released Messenger Series Vol. 1 with @cosmiccompositions a thought-provoking 2013 EP that featured production from Ohbliv, KVZE and more. Four years later he's returned with his brand new debut album, Black Boy Meets World, entirely produced by Jonwayne of Stones Throw. I caught up with Danny to talk about the album, working with Jonwayne, leaving his job and taking music full time, and more. Timestamps: 0:11 How Houston has changed over the years 2:25 Other Houston artists in his “sphere” of music 3:32 The music he grew up on 8:01 How it feels to have dropped his new album Black Boy Meets World 9:55 Where the title comes from 12:58 How he met Jonwayne 17:52 Working with LA artists compared to working with Houston ones 19:07 A recent facebook post of his about a serious moment that made him consider how the world views Black men and male masculinity and breaking that stigma to become more open and expressive with his emotions 28:40 His favourite tracks from the album 29:37 Being raised by a single mother and having to raise his daughter without a template 33:20 How it feels to have left his job and comparing taking rap seriously to a normal job path 38:11 Plans for the next 12 months 40:05 How Messenger Series Vol. 1 with Cosmic Compositions came together