{"id":663168,"date":"2025-04-16T22:50:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/thirteendegrees-on-new-chicago-and-clique-city-vol-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T22:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T19:50:20","slug":"thirteendegrees-on-new-chicago-and-clique-city-vol-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thirteendegrees-on-new-chicago-and-clique-city-vol-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteendegrees on New Chicago and Clique City Vol. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf04c427df\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thirteendegrees-on-new-chicago-and-clique-city-vol-2\/#The_FADER_sat_down_with_the_Chicago_rapper_after_an_explosive_concert_featuring_kels_Lil2Posh_and_Zootzie\" >The FADER sat down with the Chicago rapper after an explosive concert featuring kels!, Lil2Posh, and Zootzie.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_FADER_sat_down_with_the_Chicago_rapper_after_an_explosive_concert_featuring_kels_Lil2Posh_and_Zootzie\"><\/span>The FADER sat down with the Chicago rapper after an explosive concert featuring kels!, Lil2Posh, and Zootzie. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269821\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9067_x8acgc\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9067_x8acgc\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9067_x8acgc\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9067_x8acgc\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9067_x8acgc\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 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1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9067_x8acgc\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Thirteendegrees on New Chicago and &lt;i&gt;Clique City Vol. 2&lt;\/i&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Thirteendegrees. Photo by Anson Tong.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269822\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Thirteendegrees is currently participating in one of hip-hop\u2019s most time-honored traditions \u2014 he\u2019s lying straight to my face. We\u2019re in the basement greenroom at Reggies sitting next to each other on a couch after an electric showcase of New Chicago talent, now culminating in a dynamic performance by the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er of indeterminate age wearing a Moncler vest and a backwards snapback over his shoulder length dreads. Near the end of his set, Thirteen will tell the audience that he made \u201cevery song\u201d on his vintage smartphone. After the show, I inquire if he\u2019s using Voice Memos and he says, \u201cI\u2019m using BandLab on there.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cI didn\u2019t even know you could put BandLab on an iPhone 4,\u201d I laugh. \u201cMaaaan, what\u2019s that word? I\u2019m really in my <i>element<\/i> man,\u201d Thirteen replies. \u201cThis ain\u2019t no fake, this ain\u2019t no filter, pushing a narrative. This really me.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269835\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thirteendegrees \u00b0 - Da Problem Solva (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/06LGD0T8Gq4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('269835');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269823\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            In a way, I believe him. Rap has always been about being Real and Authentic, but that shouldn\u2019t be confused with being Factual or even True (BandLab <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/bandlab-acquires-composr-announces-key-hires-and-positions-for-future-growth-300299787.html\">acquired the app known as Composr<\/a> in 2016; the iPhone 5 was launched in 2012, with the iPhone 4 being discontinued in 2013). The difference, though small, is crucial. Consider Thirteen part of a storied lineage of outlandish exaggerators, right up there with Westside Gunn and Aubrey Graham. He doesn\u2019t need to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RehkLyZ_DeI?si=PJofxtNq9zn37o4q&amp;t=290\">pull out a modern iPhone for us<\/a> to know he obviously has one, and it would be insane if the Nike Yeezy Air 1s he\u2019s wearing were actually authentic. The point isn\u2019t hoodwinking listeners, but rather hamming it up for the camera.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            That might sound silly, and it is, but there\u2019s a depth to Thirteendegrees\u2019s revival of 2014 sounds and aesthetics that prior years of indie sleaze recycling have sorely lacked. Hit play on his January tape <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thrteendegrees\/sets\/clique-city-vol-2\"><i>Clique City Vol. 2<\/i><\/a> and you might wonder if you accidentally turned on some pre-<i>Barter 6<\/i> Young Thug, but these tracks never quite lapse into cosplay (even if the cover is a straight Santigold rip). The instrumentals range from pop punk fusion (\u201cTalkin 2 Much\u201d) to vintage YMCMB synths (\u201cSupa Hot Girlz\u201d), though the bulk of the record still leans toward Atlantan trap (\u201c13 Backshotz\u201d). Naturally, there\u2019s an earworm ode to egirls (\u201cTumblr Modelz\u201d), but the best song might be the closer \u201cNo Wallz\u201d \u2014 Thirteen\u2019s murmured melodies slither and soar across the moody backdrop.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            \u201cEverything comes from something, it\u2019s just about how you twist it,\u201d he explains later. \u201cYes, you know my inspo, but you can\u2019t pinpoint it, because I\u2019m still pulling from so many different cultures, so many different eras.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269836\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"lil2posh ft. Thirteendegrees \u00b0 - #DoYoDance (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PnnijyAhA8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('269836');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269824\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Thirteen isn\u2019t the only contemporary rapper drawing on the sound of early-2010s Thug \u2014 YSL-signees 1300SAINT and Nine Vicious are essentially Jeffrey mini-me\u2019s, with far less stylistic variation and uninspired visuals \u2014 but his Tumblr-inflected synthesis keeps things feeling fresh-if-familiar. Thirteen\u2019s off-kilter melange of influences, combined with his ear for particularly memorable loops and hooks, tilts his tunes towards dance and pop music, appealing to a broader audience. Case in point: although much of the crowd was the standard subset of male underground rap fans, there was a small contingent of scene girls, including a trio of fans selling bootleg zines about Thirteen and other rappers, and one enterprising individual who arrived in a full-body fursuit. A few days later, his manager will text me, \u201cthe show was completely sold out,\u201d though I\u2019m mildly skeptical (perhaps some ticketholders had to bail last minute). But whatever the hard sales numbers, the crowd was energetic and responsive, moshing and screaming along with abandon.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269837\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8944_sz4j5l\/thirteendegrees-photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Thirteendegrees on New Chicago and &lt;i&gt;Clique City Vol. 2&lt;\/i&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Thirteendegrees. Photo by Anson Tong.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269825\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            During an early set, a friend counted no less than 11 cameras filming Da Villain as the crowd bounced along politely, which perhaps spoke to the night\u2019s ethos \u2014 the real concert was the one that would be frozen and disseminated to nonlocal fans, not the one happening in front of us right now. But that shouldn\u2019t be confused for a lack of enthusiasm or energy on the ground.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I was thrilled to feel my ribcage vibrate when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/zootzie\">Zootzie<\/a> took the stage, his rounded 808s denser than neutron stars, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/lil2posh\">Lil2Posh <\/a>ecstatically served cunt, his aura landing somewhere between Sahbabii and Prince; I wish he had rapped along to more of his new tape <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/lil2posh\/sets\/fiesta-boy\"><i>Fiesta Boy<\/i><\/a>, as opposed to lip-syncing and Fortnite emoting, but it was still a swaggy presentation for swaggy music (Close enough \u2014 welcome back, Sicko Mobb).\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269826\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Though he performed before Posh and Thirteen, the real star of the show was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/gamerboii-kels\">kels!<\/a>, whose fans  were thunderously chanting his name before he ever took the stage. When he did, the venue went nuclear, reacting even harder than they would for more popular songs later on. He was wearing a cheetah print button-down polo and matching shorts, with a pair of ski goggles perched askance on his head; at one point, he jumped into the crowd, surfed back onstage, then pretended to pass out and have a seizure as if overwhelmed by the crowd\u2019s enthusiasm. This might have come off corny if it wasn\u2019t overwhelmingly earned \u2014 I ended up recording pretty much every song in his set.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            By the time Thirteendegrees took the stage, the crowd was suitably amped up, and the rapper was more than happy to deliver, maniacally bellowing through \u201cChinchilla\u201d and bringing Lil2Posh out for \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PnnijyAhA8Y\">#DoYoDance<\/a>.\u201d He opened and closed his set with breakout hit \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=06LGD0T8Gq4\">Da Problem Solva<\/a>,\u201d which seemed to get the biggest response of the night \u2014 something about those <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9o0rAvZtM7w\">repurposed house synths<\/a> strikes a primal chord in the brain.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            After the show, I chatted with Thirteendegrees about getting inspiration from Tumblr, keeping his sound fresh, and his style advice for the modern man.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269838\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/1947444559&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thrteendegrees\" title=\"Thirteendegrees \u00b0\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">Thirteendegrees \u00b0<\/a> \u00b7 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/thrteendegrees\/sets\/clique-city-vol-2\" title=\"CLIQUE CITY VOL.2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">CLIQUE CITY VOL.2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269827\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>The FADER: Tell me about where you grew up, how old you are, and how you started making music.<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <b>Thirteendegrees:<\/b> I really didn&#8217;t come from a musical background. None of my folks really made music, so it was just me surfing on the web for inspiration. I\u2019m out Southside of Chicago, but you know Southside, just Chicago in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> is seen as street shit, drill shit. So I be on my weird boy shit you know? Well, it\u2019s not weird, but unique and not normal.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269828\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>I wanted to hear a little more about where you\u2019re drawing your inspiration from and what\u2019s on your mood boards.<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            I&#8217;m not gonna tell people my swag, but it&#8217;s like, I know a way where I can tap on the page and go all the way straight down with all the scrolling. So I&#8217;m doing that every single day. Like, I&#8217;m not even recording music, it could be a week of just me researching shit, just on Tumblr, digging up old <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> videos from however long ago, and just really studying the OGs and like the people that came before me.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>When you think about the people who came before you, or the OGs, who are musicians or fashion people that have a vision that you respect?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Musically right now, like, as we speak, probably Your Stepdad. I be telling people, he the blueprint. He the one that everybody had eyes on, so he gave everybody in the Raq motivation you know, to get on they shit. But I guess, to go historically, obviously like, the Keef\u2019s, the Ye\u2019s. Yeah, that&#8217;s about it. I be fucking with Sicko Mobb too.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269829\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>Where do you buy your clothes?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Shit, I can&#8217;t give n***as the sauce, but shit, just know I&#8217;m out here shopping every day man, for the newest fit. And don&#8217;t even think I gotta blow a bag, like, I can get shit wherever I get shit, you know, I get shit off Amazon, I get shit off the thrift store. I don&#8217;t really care for the name brand stuff, how much it costs. It&#8217;s just about \u201cwho are you?\u201d type shit to really pull a fit off.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269830\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>A lot of artists are retooling old sounds, or, in the least derogatory way possible, doing nostalgia plays, right? You&#8217;re somebody who has a fresh take on [an older] sound, the same with Lil2Posh [and Sicko Mobb]. But there are a lot of people who don&#8217;t have a fresh take, and so I&#8217;m curious how you think about making sure stuff sounds new.<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            They be saying \u201cnostalgia\u201d like it ain\u2019t creative but you gotta think everybody, even the Carti\u2019s and the Ye\u2019s, they pull something from some type of era and make it theirs. So I hate this way that people say \u201cit\u2019s nostalgia, it\u2019s not creative,\u201d okay like &#8212; nobody\u2019s out here, the most creative person ain\u2019t gonna do this and then it\u2019s completely original.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Everything comes from something, it\u2019s just about how you twist it. So going to my recording process, or just what I do, yes, you know my inspo, but you can\u2019t pinpoint it, because I\u2019m still pulling from so many different cultures, so many different eras. So it\u2019s like, this new age, they see something and they just call it out real fast. So that\u2019s one thing, I hate that but at the same time, it gave me confidence. I just keep shitting on everybody, I don\u2019t care who\u2019s saying whatever. And I know deep down that I\u2019m making it original as possible, definitely.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269834\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_9203_y5xeq0\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Thirteendegrees on New Chicago and &lt;i&gt;Clique City Vol. 2&lt;\/i&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Photo by Anson Tong<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269831\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>How old were you when you started making music, and what were your early songs like?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            I started making music just two [or] three years ago. I was just talking to this girl from Atlanta, and we were looking at [the] Chicago underground. And the last big artist was obviously the LUCKIs and the Juice WRLDs. And we just looking right now like, \u201cit ain\u2019t one that\u2019s finna burst\u201d type shit. So it\u2019s like damn, this lane, I can really get into it and see what I can do with it. Obviously I love music \u2014 it was not just a clout thing or trying to get up. I really love music, and it just made sense.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b><i>Clique City Vol. 2<\/i> got taken down off streaming earlier this year. What was that all about?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Man, it&#8217;s like a hacker or someone just trying to take my stuff down, which is, you know, it&#8217;s a good thing, but bad thing, you feel me? My creative, my art, my money, like what the fuck? It\u2019s cool [though] man, that\u2019s how you know you really doing something with yourself, when people try to take you down.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <b>Last summer, you guys were pushing the song \u201cU DA BEST,\u201d which got served to me a bunch on IG Reels. How are you approaching, not just social media, but reaching new fans in general?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The reason you see it on IG is cause shit, I used my own damn money! These pages, they create, they stick with a narrative, and they just spin it \u2018til they can\u2019t no more. Or they just go with people that sound just alike. So with my sound, it\u2019s different from all the underground artists type shit. So I had to take matters in my own hands. These IG pages, these Twitter pages, they never seen no shit like this before in the underground space. So you gotta push it to these folks. And then once it clicks, it clicks, and it clicked for me.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269832\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <b>What are your style tips for 2025?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            First style tip is get in the gym. Not even just with shape, [though] obviously with shape. But the gym can give you fresh ideas, it can take you out of a vulnerable place. If you scared to put yourself out there, if you mad about something, the gym always the cleanse &#8212;\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <b>What do you be doing at the gym?<\/b>\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Yo, man, I be doing pull ups, jumps, yoga, all that. It\u2019s really on some mental like, this how I create. Getting a little sweaty.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Second tip, on some real clothes stuff, it\u2019s just don\u2019t fit trends. I know that&#8217;s cliche to say, but we got TikTok and social media all the time have everybody on their phone. So it&#8217;s more likely people that look on the internet can get influenced, and then they just start acting like each other, and it&#8217;s safe.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            I didn&#8217;t know [my looks were] gonna get liked. I just feel like, go against the grain how you feel and just go with that shit. If it don&#8217;t hit, it don&#8217;t hit. But eventually people gonna respect you.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Then the third one I can give them&#8230; Fuck all that all black man, we past the OPIUM movement. Shoutout OPIUM though, but we past that man. Some of y\u2019all people [don\u2019t] even really act like that, how y\u2019all dress, so dress how you really are bro, forreal.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-269833\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Thirteendegrees_AnsonTong_Chicago_20250411_IMG_8882_ulm1vf\/photo-by-anson-tong.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Thirteendegrees on New Chicago and &lt;i&gt;Clique City Vol. 2&lt;\/i&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Photo by Anson Tong<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Vivian Medithi<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefader.com\/2025\/04\/16\/thirteendegrees-chicago-rapper-interview\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FADER sat down with the Chicago rapper after an explosive concert featuring kels!, Lil2Posh, and Zootzie. 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