{"id":316651,"date":"2021-08-06T08:25:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T05:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-music-that-shaped-rekstizzys-killer-smile\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T08:25:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T05:25:20","slug":"the-music-that-shaped-rekstizzys-killer-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-music-that-shaped-rekstizzys-killer-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Music That Shaped: Rekstizzy\u2019s \u2018KILLER SMILE\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The Music That Shaped: Rekstizzy\u2019s \u2018KILLER SMILE\u2019<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\nQueens-born Rekstizzy (n\u00e9e David Lee) has preordained himself to be \u201ca Korean rapp<\/a>er\u201d in his school yearbook.\u00a0<\/a>Going about it, however, is an entirely different story. \u201cIn Korea, I think you have to be clear-cut on how you want people to perceive you when you\u2019re putting out a project,\u201d he tells\u00a0HipHopDX Asia.<\/em><\/p>\n

He considers his debut album, KILLER SMILE<\/em>, a first outing in more ways than one: rapping and singing in Korean for the first time (\u201cMy Korean is so bad,\u201d he warned) and exploring the Korean diaspora (\uad50\ud3ec or \u201cgyopo\u201d) through hip hop. At the same time, Rekstizzy had to contend with the kind of rap persona he had to adopt. \u201cYou have to be the sing-rap guy, the trap rapper, the funny guy, or the guy who bars out, etc. So I felt a little pressure in the beginning, trying to pick what kind of theme or color I should show for my debut in Korea. But in the end, I said \u2018fuck it,\u2019 got drunk in the studio, and just had fun with my friends,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

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