#vaundoom

True Grit and Tough Love

A brief interview with VaunDoom

by Sarah Wilder

    You can learn a lot about someone just by Googling them. My name shows a lot of surface things such as that I'm black and I'm white (maybe not both). I have a brown fro and straight blond hair. I'm a doctor, I'm a traveler, I'm a character in a movie. There's so many different Sarah Wilders' that you may or may not be sure if you can pinpoint who I was on a crowded street.

  However, if you did a quick Google search on VaunDoom, you'd learn a few surface things. Maybe they're old bits of info, maybe not. He's in his early 20s, from Ohio, a Cancer, loves his child and enjoys food. Now I could tease him a bit about other things that came up in the search but I won't (you could go ahead and do it, if you're brave). But what we're going to talk about right now is what comes up at the top of the search engine: his music!

    P.A. First off, how would you describe your music?

“My music is hip hop at the core. It's grimy, hard and aggressive yet beautiful and gracious all at once. I call my rap “combat rap” for its right in your face with raw high level technique lyrics along with a raw beat with grimy drums with beautiful samples. I try to make my hip hop as fearsome and gigantic as I can. You would say my music has the thunderous spirit of Beethoven.

  P.A. Where do you get your inspiration?

The music itself and my desire to be one of the world's greatest musical visionaries.

  P.A. When did you start doing music?

9th grade

  P.A. What kind of people are you trying to reach, audience wise with your music?

Absolutely everyone. My music is art and there's everything anyone can ask for but most of all I want to give back my value to maybe impact people and make their value greater. My music is sinister and vicious but there is always a concept in my music and that is to encourage whoever's listening to become the greatest person they can become.

  P.A. Lastly, what are you future goals for music?

To dominate the entire hip-hop industry...and spread my art worldwide...I have so many ideas and I'm excited to get them out soon.