Lil 808 Official
Lil 808 is a recording Artist from Toronto, Ontario. He's been making music underground since 2004. He is American and Canadian.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Basically, my half Sister gave me a Too $hort tape when I was 6 and that was it for me.. I started recording stuff in 1998 with RealAudio, right around the time when I discovered soundclick.com. I think I was 8 turning 9 years old, surfing the web on soundclick. Broken home.. I found refuge in hip hop. I released a few EP's under different monikers over the years. I've kept to myself mostly and remained underground since 2004. Now I'm slowly releasing new material that represents my life. I usually categorize my music as phonk but I do have horrorcore themes in my catalogue. So I'm kind of a horrocore artist but continue to surpirse you with my not so dark themed music out of the blue, you know jazz R&B spoken word. Whatever feels right.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I used to busk in the subway systems of Montreal and Toronto. Still do from time to time
Your musical influences
RAP CITY, THE VOID, MEMPHIS, TEXAS, MASTER P, DJ SCREW, PIMP C, 36 MAFIA, OUTKAST, DEATH METAL, JAZZ, SCI-FI MOVIES, 1980-1990s, space exploration, UNORTHODOX SHIT, futuristic art, PHONK, OLD FOOTAGE..80's aesthetic stuff
What equipment do you use?
MPC, Pro tools, mac, windows, 8 tracks, live instruments.
Anything else?
STRICTLY 4 DA UNDERGROUND
