TAGS : Ketchup

Potholes In My Blog presents west coast emcee TiRon as our very first Artist Spotlight feature of the month. Los Angeles has become a hotbed for fresh, new hip-hop artists as of late. The list of dope artists coming out of there right now is endless, and TiRon tops that elite list. I first heard of TiRon from his Handshakes & Pounds Mixtape and most recently his Ketchup mixtape that dropped only days ago. It seems to me with each project this guy puts out, he comes closer and closer to becoming a top emcee in hip-hop. With amazing talent and such a bright future ahead of him, TiRon is under the Potholes Artist Spotlight for the month of March.

Join me as I kick it with TiRon in a quick Q&A, getting the low down on TiRon’s career moves and much more.

Also be sure to check out TiRon’s latest mixtape, Ketchup.

Reyn: What was your first encounter with music?
TiRon: My first encounter with music was just hanging around my uncles basement.  He’s a blues musician so I just always used to listen to him jam out with his buddies and watch him record.  After that I picked up a viola, then a trumpet, then started playing drums, then started playing keys and I just started to learn about the structure of compositions.

Reyn: When did you decide to take your music to a professional level?
TiRon: Around 2001 is when I decided to take this music seriously. I had been writing and making music just to prove I could do it, then after a while I said fuck it and started trying to rock shows and get paid.