Issue 20 - In Conversation with .. 9!

Musically, the song “Diego” stands out with its
jazzy vibes. What inspired you to write it?
At some point, I heard a melody on the way to the
studio. It was Radio Paradiso-like, and I had this rhythm
in my head all day. I recorded this kind of elevatorstyle
music in the studio and rhymed everything with the
same ending as a joke. The whole thing came about as
a freestyle and fun song. I sent the track to friends and
suddenly everyone had it stuck in their heads.
The song wasn't originally supposed to be on the album
either, but one thing led to another. In the end, I'm very
happy the song that took me the least time to write and
came out of nowhere is now part of the album. It proves
there are no rules. Nobody can tell me I am a rapper,
a songwriter or a singer. I don't have to make a certain
kind of music.
I like to try out different things and find out what suits
me. If I wanted to, I could do Schlager tomorrow - that
would be a shame for Helene Fischer, though.
Is there a Diego out there, or is he fictional?
If he exists and someone feels addressed, send them
through to me! My girls asked me: where is Diego? In the
end, the song is an appeal to the male world: it doesn't
take much to treat a woman well. It's not about "buy me
Gucci, a car and all of Dubai".
It's sweet and nice when a man takes you home at night,
asks if you´ve arrived safely, or holds the door open for
you... be attentive and a nice, good person – it doesn´t
matter what gender you are.
Meanwhile, women are slowly more represented
in German Rap. Do you see it as a challenge to be
represented as a queer woman?
I see myself first and foremost as a Black woman in
Rap, which is how I position myself. You don't see
my queerness directly on my face, but my blackness.
Although I don't want to make it a topic in every song, at
the end of the day, that's my reality, my life.
This perspective is part of my music because I like to talk
about it, and I think it's important, not because the public
expects me to be. Other people write diaries,
I write down my thoughts and make songs out of them.
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