Sol ChYld | S5 Episode 13

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My guest this week is Camden, New Jersey-based rapper Sol ChYld. We spoke about Severance, The Ring, Halloween, It, Jordan Peele’s Nope, the importance of neo-soul and gospel music, making music in her mother’s basement, the art of constructive criticism, misogynoir in the music industry, what New Jersey brings to rap culture, and the creative process behind her latest EP Bad Bitches Can Be Conscious Rappers Too. Come fuck with us.

Bad Bitches Can Be Conscious Rappers Too is available wherever music is sold, streamed, or stolen. Follow Sol ChYld on Instagram (@sol.chyld), Twitter (@thesolchyld), and TikTok (@solchyld). 

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