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Perth Now
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Doechii reveals the SZA album that gave her the 'courage' to split from her ex
Doechii says SZA's 'Ctrl' album gave her "the courage" to break up with an ex. The 'Anxiety' hitmaker has revealed the 'Kill Bill' singer "inspired" her to be "vulnerable" with her music in ways she doubts she could have, while her 2017 debut studio album enabled her to leave a relationship that was stifling her music career. Asked if a partner has ever negatively impacted her creativity, she told Cosmopolitan: 'I only felt that way once. I was 18, and I was dating a guy who just wasn't very supportive of my music, and it really stifled me. I stopped writing because he was just like, 'That's not cool'.' Doechii admitted: 'I took his opinion way too seriously when really he just didn't get it.' She went on: 'I remember listening to SZA's 'Ctrl' for the first time and it literally gave me the courage to break up with him. I only bring that up because she inspired me to be vulnerable through my music in a way that I didn't think I could be.' Doechii penned a breakup song about the ex and he told her "this sucks" when she let him hear it. She revealed: ''Girls' [2021], the first song I dropped that went viral, was 100 per cent about that ex. Doechii recounted: 'I had been working on it for a year and I played it for him, and he was like, 'This sucks. What are you even talking about?' And I was like, 'Oh yeah, I got to fix this'. And the girls loved it because they felt me.' Anyone Doechii calls out in her lyrics is already "blocked" so they can't react. She said: 'If I'm writing about you in the negative, you can't reach out – you're blocked.'
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Doechii Says Westside Gunn ‘Snapped' When He Sampled Her on His Latest EP ‘Heels Have Eyes'
Doechii is singing Westside Gunn's praises after the Griselda rapper sampled her on his latest EP Heels Have Eyes. On 'Egypt,' the fifth and final track from the project he released on Friday, Gunn samples a snippet of Doechii's Apple Music interview with Ebro Darden. 'One-hundred percent/ You know, recently I've been into a lot of MF DOOM (OK)/ Rest in peace (Yup)/ I've been into a lot of MF DOOM, um/ Westside Gunn (Mhm), love him, he's so talented (Super)/ So incredible,' she told Darden back in September, which starts off Gunn's song. The 'Denial Is a River' MC can also be heard on the outro of 'Egypt' when she says, 'I just feel like, I just feel like the underdog (Mmm)/ Feel like the underdog and I just feel like, 'Stop playin' with me.'' More from Billboard Doechii Explains How SZA's 'Ctrl' Pushed Her to Break Up With Her Ex-Boyfriend Kneecap End Coachella Set With Pro-Palestine Messages After Censorship Claims Snoop Dogg Drops 'Last Dance With Mary Jane' Video on 4/20 'Westside Gunn just sampled me so pretty much kiss the blackest part of my a– and choke on a side ways d*ck! He snapped omg,' she wrote Monday (April 21) on X. The Swamp Princess also posted an Instagram Story of her listening to the sample on 'Egypt' and hollering and vibing out to the track once the beat drops. And Gunn didn't stop showing Doechii love. 'So much RESPECT & LOVE for BEST RAP Grammy winner the beautiful inside and out @officialdoechii for ALWAYS showing love …. btw This is what the game is missing… the showing of appreciation!!!!' he posted on X. 'Everybody wanna be so tuff and not show NO LOVE anymore but guess what those are the ppl that's gonna continue to be in LAST PLACE.' Darden reshared the same clip from Doechii's IG Story on his Instagram and wrote, 'Yea @Doechii ….. @westsidegunn knows!!! New Fly God 'Egypt' out now!' Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This is what bisexual rapper Doechii says is her 'major contribution' to hip-hop
Doechii is getting candid about her creative journey, the artists who inspired her, and what it means to take up space in hip-hop as a queer Black woman. In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, the rapper and singer opened up about how her relationships, identity, and creative journey have shaped her artistry — and the responsibility she feels now that her voice is reaching so many others. "It's a position that I do not take lightly," she said of becoming a role model. "I say this to myself often in my journal entries, but I truly am becoming who I needed. I can only imagine all the little Black girls and boys out there that I represent something for." Although Doechii isn't new on the music scene, she's made serious headway in the past two years. In addition to getting multiple songs on the Billboard Top 100, she also took home a Grammy for Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal. It's obvious that inspiring others is an important aspect of Doechii's artistry, and part of that may come from how music has influenced her own life. One anecdote she shared in the interview revolved around feeling creatively "stifled" at 18 because the man she was seeing wasn't supportive of the music she was writing. "I took his opinion way too seriously when really he just didn't get it. I remember listening to SZA's Ctrl for the first time and it literally gave me the courage to break up with him," she recalled. "I only bring that up because she inspired me to be vulnerable through my music in a way that I didn't think I could be." See on Instagram That vulnerability is a big part of what has allowed her to make such a connection with her fans — especially queer hip-hop fans who don't often get to see their own experiences reflected in mainstream music. "This is such a Leo thing to say," Doechii admitted, "but my literal existence as a queer Black woman is a major contribution to the hip-hop genre. I'm speaking truthfully from a queer Black woman's perspective, and being honest about my life through my lens is amazing. "That perspective is being highlighted, and we need queer perspectives." Check out the rest of Doechii's interview with Cosmopolitan here.
