I didn’t know anything about because I wasn’t allowed to listen to music till I was about 16, so the time I discovered Nicki Minaj was around the same time I discovered Lauryn Hill, they’re obviously very different artists but they’re both so good and they both go so hard. As for female rappers, I love Nicki Minaj. As far as being an artist as a whole, my inspirations range from Sia to Train to New Radicals to Coldplay, to writers and literary works. Kanye, Eminem, there’s so many different people. Who would you say was an inspiration during this time? Any faces, perhaps some who are also in the female rap category, that stand out as inspirational figures? When I was in High School I met a kid who told me I should turn my poetry in to rap, and man it was bad, but by just practicing I realized I could actually do something with it. The only reason I became as decent at rap as I am right now is because of practice, when I started off I was really bad – recently a reporter went back and found some of my old mixtapes, and he was like “woah” and I was like, “yeah, there you have it.” Practice makes permanent or perfect, however you want to say it, it’s always been about work ethic. No, actually, I was just a writer before I was a musician. How did you discover your talent as a rapper/singer and how did you move to pursue it further? Did you dabble with any other musical forms before settling as a vocalist? A female rapper here to make an impact, we caught up with Haze to discuss her transition from poet to rapper, her thoughts on the growth of female artists within hip-hop, and how melting genres and burning conventions has already ignited a promising year for Angel Haze. Having first captivated fans by releasing music so personal it acted almost as an extension of her self, Haze has built up a signature sound that is both fiery and powerful, yet detailed with lyrics so delicate that they could only form through years and years of passion for poetry. Despite her hard-hitting rap flow and undeniable edge, Haze admits there’s a soft side at the center of her fiery musical passion, a core that was hungry to learn from the likes of Nicki Minaj, Kanye West and Eminem and is now joining them in a move to push hip-hop to the next level. Turning her back to an upbringing that banned her from listening to secular music and taking the risk to leak her own album at one of the most dangerous times of the year, rapper Angel Haze is more than your standard singer/songwriter, she’s the epitome of a fresh-faced and unconventional artist who is not afraid of pushing the envelope in a move to master her art.
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