Mick Jenkins has long been a POD favorite and there was never any doubt in our camp that this guy wouldn’t be the next Chi-Town product to hit the mainstream and take over.
The 24-year-old rapper’s reputation as one of the most promising acts out of Chicago grows, evidenced by the fact that he’s the latest interview subject of publication juggernaut Complex.
Complex‘s interview touches on a number of introspective topics with the man behind last year’s The Water[s] and whose new EP, Wave[s], drops this Friday.
Mick spoke about his rise in the rap game, the Chicago rap scene, and also criticized Kanye West for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Read the full piece by clicking over to Complex: http://www.complex.com/music/
Find some choice excerpts below.
On Kanye West’s ‘MBDTF’:
“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was very cold,” Jenkins says, “but I just thought it was very misogynistic. I’m big on content, and I could not fuck with the content.”
On going to jail for a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge:
“I was in jail for 34 days in Alabama,” he says. “When I came back [to Chicago], I didn’t have the job anymore.”
On the Chicago scene:
“Chicago is notorious for niggas not fucking with each other,” he says. “That’s really kinda changed. Everything I’ve gotten in Chicago ever since I first stepped into a studio, a rapper did that for me.”
On the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner:
“I’m just tired of this shit,” Jenkins says. “Tired of the fact that it’s happening, and tired of the fact that I have to sing about it.”
