“I started looking up to Pharrell before I really started getting serious with my music, just like on a fashion level,” said Rev Run’s son, while hinting of a collaboration on his debut album. “He’s just been really supportive and now we’re at the album, so you’ll see if he contributed.”
While many know him from “Run’s House,” he’s grateful for those who can look past his MTV beginnings. “The fact that anybody embraces me, it feels great,” added Diggy. “The fact that people can see past my past and can look at my music and me as an artist, it feels good ’cause that’s who I am. My occupation wasn’t ‘Run’s House.’ My occupation is this.”
We haven't heard anything about your album title yet. What's the story behind that?
The title will come in the next month and a half, two months. But the album will be out before the year is over. I've been working on my album since January and I came up with [the title] in March, February. It just fits where I am right now and where people see me. I've been hinting at it over Twitter [with] initials. It's two words: a "U" and an "A." It just fits perfectly. It's a dope title. It doesn't really sound like an album title.
Let's talk about your next single. What can we expect from you on that?
I can't talk about it. My album is done for the most part. I've been working on the next single definitely. I've worked with [producers] Pop and Oak who did 'Copy, Paste.' And I also told people on Twitter that I worked with D'Mile as well. This dude is in credible. He did like Dirty Money and stuff with J. Lo. He's just dope.
We've heard mixtapes and this first single. What do you want people to take away after hearing your first album? You're being so secretive about it so we don't really know what to expect
The thing is I don't want to be secretive about it. Honestly, I just want it to come out. If I was a careless person I would've leaked it, but it's not done. I'm not careless at all. We're still in the mixing process with what's there right now, the 90 percent of it's that's done. But there's just a few tracks to finish up to just finish the story to make it sound great sonically.
I just want people to have a good time to it. I want people to love it, relate to it. Say, "You know, I love this song, this song helped me, this song got me through something. I could relate to this. I needed this." All that type of stuff. And hopefully, I can gain new supporters and people that love what I do. And they'll be a part of me and I'll be a part of them.
[The album] is everything I've experienced. People go through things with love. People go through things, hardships. Then there are things that are just in general. There are songs that talk about life as a whole and then there is stuff that people can relate to. As a whole, it's music for everybody. Like it's hip-hop and I'm rapping and there's verses, but it's really for everybody.
Don’t expect to hear Diggy Simmons drop the F-bomb. Rev Run’s 16-year-old son is going against the grain and refraining from cursing in his music.
“When people hear me say certain types of things, they say, I wonder what Rev would think,” Diggy told 93.9 WKYS. “I wouldn’t say anything in the first place that would be shameful to my family anyway, but I am me at the end of the day.”
And staying true to himself means not using profanity, even though his peers may do so. “That’s not even me trying to be clean. I don’t need it, I don’t need to curse in my rhymes or in any of my songs,” explained a confident Diggy.
So far he’s made good on his word with his popular mixtapes and single “Copy Paste,” and sees no need to change. “Honestly, I haven’t really sat down and said, when I’m older I’m gonna curse or when I’m older, I’m not, but I don’t see myself cursing anytime soon,” he said. “I don’t think I should ever use it, honestly. I guess I’m making the decision now, I’m never gonna curse. There’s no point.”
Diggy’s vulgarity-free debut is tentatively due this December on Atlantic Records.
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I won't say anything else about him for 5 more years
