yes I did grew up in Australia I'm from Australia I love that place Sanna to
Australia before the kid Laroy will be teaming up with lyrical lemonade little
TECA and drop his track titled Addison Rae and before the Cape would clock in
over 350 thousand followers on Instagram at the time of this recording I'm really
like this is a big this is a big vision but I'm really trying to do what dregg
gives what surrounds her it's a candidate and put the whole whole city
on the map like literally in the cells like corny as hell but like huge like
you know what I mean before the kid Laroy would sign a record
deal with grade a productions and Columbia Records in 2019 I got a call
and it was from lo bivvy auntie money and they said hey we want to sign you
it's a great day we're gonna fly you out to New York we're gonna get everything
looked in but it I was like okay and that was my first a big shake that I had
uh before the kids of ROI opened up for recently deceased rapper juice world
when his Burrell tour hit Australia my goal is to put Australia on the map and
check his music culture to rest it away you know 15 um you know I mean I'm in
the studio working with some my favor on us
if there's one refrain being posted everywhere on the internet right now I
mean besides the fact that these are the end of days and thanks for that Sylvia
Browne jack she predicted this whole thing back in 2008 now it's pretty hard
to imagine a future where the kid Laroy isn't a very very big deal in fact I'd
argue that we're already living in that future timeline now the young South
Sydney hip-hop sensation has been making waves in musical circles since he
dropped blessings early last year now since that debut he's racked up a loyal
following on Instagram tik-tok Twitter and YouTube now he's
been working with the boys a lyrical lemonade collaborating with little TECA
and making songs both Tik Tok superstar Addison Rae now all this success has
placed him at the very forefront of Australia's evolving hip-hop scene
though in short the kid is making all the right moves
and he's blowing up I mean the dude is only 16 years old with that said I
thought it was worth getting in on the ground floor with this talented
youngster as we take a look at just how he found his success what's going on
guys it's boy michael crichton back at it with another episode of before
they're famous and this one has been a constant demand from you guys for a
couple of weeks now and the entire world seems to be shutting down but I'm still
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us know who's next in the comments down below how about a video on addison right
make sense is a you know like what we would do next probably good for the
algorithm as well alright let's get into this video
the kid the Roy was born Charlton Howard on August 16 2003 in Sydney Australia at
the age of two he moved to Kings Cross area and then at the age of seven he
moved to a little country town called Broken Hill and then when he was 11 he
moved to Redfern the place he's most associated with now I had like a
different round name back then I was like yo if c6o spit rhymes on the beat
don't cha related yeah cuz I'm fresh out the streets that's how I used to run out
like that oh good rounds too much so he owns his
musical heritage to his mom who would always play good music for him when he
was younger we're talking like Erykah Badu Tupac
Fugees and Kanye nobody's done his Instagram profile I'm sure he also
enjoyed some Nirvana's Wow the kid cites Kanye's 808 heartbreaks for changing his
entire outlook on music which is a similar sentiment shared by juice world
who cites 808 is a favorite album of all time now after hearing that album well
the kid he fell in love with auto-tune and he discovered that creating his own
music was a way to express himself it also helped him deal with a lot of the
anger he was working through at the time in fact he stated people think I don't
know anything because I'm young but who's to say what 15 feels like I feel
everything ten times more it's like shut the up I just want to be me
when asked photos rating process the kid Leroy he revealed to pillow rats calm so
I go over to my mates place and I say hey bro got a sick beat I can rap too
and he says yeah I'll cook something up right now so then he does it and once I
feel something I start to type some real feelings on my phone then I say it into
a microphone and I may record it we uploaded to social media and the rest of
the internet to see if world up fizzes with it Chuck fizzes that I got an urban
dictionary that I think it's bit no of course in this never mind
unlike most kids in his age group Ola Roy he's more concerned with living IRL
than vicariously through technology and his music reflects that now he uses his
sound as a vehicle to understand himself and the world around him
in fact his talent is giving heavyweights in the industry a run for
their money with his brand of clever lyrics and melodic raps that sees him
switching from polyrhythmic bars to catchy choruses all in the space of a
few beats thing that I always preach and I always tell people around me or even
kids as younger than me is to manifest everything and speak into existence
after becoming a finalist for the triple j unearthed I an Australian musical
discovery competition for talented high schoolers well Leroy he found himself
performing in front of 20,000 people at the triple j one-night stand know since
then his life has gone through a series of drastic changes he told a claim a
2018 regular day is a lot different to what a 2016-2017 regular day would have
been after school I'm heading to the studio getting some work done having
meetings then on the weekend it's meetings in the studio I'm literally so
busy nowadays he's got a clear vision to his work and it's all backed by the
unmistakable belief that the youth is defined by spirit it was confidence and
energy enables him to not only accept success but to manifest it into
existence a belief that he extrapolates on in the following statement I always
knew that music was gonna happen for me I just didn't know exactly how it was
gonna happen or how soon I always manifested this in my head it's mad
weird I tripped myself out thinking about it I'll have a vision I'll keep
thinking about it I work towards it and then it happens no the kid Leroy he's
following in the footsteps of his other idols like J Cole Kendrick Lamar and
childish gambino now like them he doesn't need expensive jewelry and
clothes to prove that he's important to him it's all about presence and
achievement proving himself through his work not simply his ascent up the social
ladder I'm not about to wear a whole bunch of jewelry just a flex there is a
difference between treating yourself and doing it just because you think everyone
is going to approve you looking like that when I step into a
room I want people to know that I Know Who I am I definitely want to stay
humble he wants two chicken tenders man
feel like at this point I should reiterate the fact that this dude he's
only 16 years old at the present I mean I've been making these videos for well
almost as long as this kid's been alive and I can tell you that very few artists
in general no matter the age ever get to a point where they have an epiphany like
that this kid something special and it's this wise beyond his years style of
living that's gotten him co-signs from the likes of denzel curry lyrical
lemonade and rolling loud not to mention jumping on stage with man you crooks TK
made set and his former mentor juice world oh my god I come to grade a or
spending time in the studio with black little skies and hip-hop producer
miracle he said about his blossoming career I think that I'm learning every
single day in terms of finding my voice I think I know the story I want to tell
the things that I want to make active in my music I'm growing as a person I'm
learning as a person I don't think a lot of people find their voice until they're
2025 it's sad because some people don't ever find their voice well 2018 the kid
the Roy he landed with a fully formed voice he released the EP 14 with a dream
and then he put out single after single in 2019 including in my feelings
blessings and winning from there the kid the Roy he's signed with Sony and he
dropped his first track with them and titled let her go he recently uploaded
the track Devo a little TECA and it's considering all manner of different
avenues to pursue for his life in career I want to do high-end fashion my own
line exclusive pieces I want to get into acting I want to get into production and
I want to invest in houses when I get money I want to use it wisely
all that money doesn't last forever no it does not especially when you're only
16 I mean what the heck were you he's doing at 16 I know when I was doing
I was staring at a poster of Colin Farrell on my wall just saying one day
it'll be me just to be clear I'm referring to the
acting career not his substance abuse just for the record although that photo
isn't really helping my argument anyway whatever the case the one thing that I
sure as hell wasn't doing was making music as sick and real as the kid Leroy
he stated it does bring you more attention when you're young and you're
doing things that grow people do but people underestimate you they put it
down to you being a kid because things were different in their generation older
people were thinking about the things we think about now we have the fucking
Internet now so everyone is exposed everyone has a grown mind I'm trying to
make music that will last forever not just for this wave I've always growing
as a person and my music reflects that and you know what he's exactly right
it's remarkable feat for anyone to accomplish let alone a young man at the
age of only 16 I'm really impressed making this video obviously know even
more impressive is this understanding that the problem isn't blowing up it's
what you do after going viral now every artist in that situation needs a good
follow through as to not fade away and with all the attributes of a tireless
professional well this kid he's got nothing to worry about on that front no
the bottom line for the kid Laroy well buy stocks now and thank me later
because boy did the Obama fucked me
this is that no one sees it I'm gonna wear a cap in the next photo you guys
see I'm gonna be wearing a cap yeah and if I don't wear a cap
you're not gonna see the close-up of the head that's for sure it's gonna be a cat
or something and for God's sakes could we please get my man a half-decent
barber I mean my man deserves it hi guys I'm wrapping up this video here now the
information it was a little small so we tried to pull this together the best we
could we reached out to the kid the boy and his folks over at Sony so we're
hoping to hear back from them maybe we'll hit you with an updated video
because we tend to do that around here and then we'll go into a more deaf more
detail as for the rest of the story well I think we're just gonna wrap this one
up here because this is before they're famous but it is my cry we make all
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