Stallionaires Pooch Teases Future In Country Music, But His Latest Hip Hop Track Is Perfect For Summer
Stallionaires Pooch Teases Future In Country Music, But His Latest Hip Hop Track Is Perfect For Summer
by Brennan Stebbins
Most people think of Stallionaires Pooch as a hip hop artist, but the reality is he doesnât even listen to very much music from that genre.
Instead, the Washington, DC native, who grew up in the Virginia countryside, was raised largely on country music.
âIt was fields and farmland and we had cows and horses,â he says. âMy grandfather and my family used to listen to a lot of country music. It grew on me.â
That will be a surprising revelation for many of his fans, but the fact is his newest single, âYou See Me,â actually started off as a country song. But with his fanbase still largely based around hip hop music, Stallionaires Pooch changed the beat and the speed of the song, took the country accent out of it and released it as a pop hip hop track.
âPeople love the single,â he says. âThey tell me itâs a beautiful song and they think this is one of my best tracks. I would probably disagree. People think itâs a good summer hit and they think itâs real psychedelic and different.â
The song was inspired by a woman Stallionaires Pooch saw at a club with her boyfriend, who wasnât treating her right. He knew he could treat her better, and the next time he saw her at the club he decided to catch her attention.
âI ordered a bunch of bottles and they came out with a sign I had them put her name on,â he says. âIt said her name and then it said, âYou See Me.â When they brought the bottles with the sparklers to my section Iâm pointing at her and saying I know you know that Iâd treat you better than him.â
âBasically all my music is, and all this single is, is just me adding a melody to my life,â he says. âItâs all just stuff I go through in my everyday life.â
Stallionaires Poochâs love for music came from his grandmother, who was blind but still played the piano for him growing up. She taught him to play by ear, and his uncle taught him how to play guitar. What really made him want to make a career out of it was his desire to fulfill his grandmotherâs legacy.
âShe wanted to be a big time singer and she couldnât,â he says. âShe didnât have the resources and she wasnât able to do it so I felt like since she wasnât able to do it Iâm going to do it and Iâm going to do it to the best of my ability. Iâm going to make great music thatâs going to be around forever and be timeless, not stuff thatâs here today and gone tomorrow. I might put out a few songs like that just to reel in the young generations, then Iâm going to turn them all on to country music, classical and rock and good hip hop.â
In addition to growing up on country music, Stallionaires Pooch also heard a lot of classic rock and metal from his brother, and he discovered legendary singers like Frank Sinatra, who he says âputs him at ease.â And his hip hop influences came from groups like Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, and artists like Slick Rick.
Stallionaires Pooch is actually working on three new projects covering different genres: a pop EP, a hip hop and R&B album and a country album. His team is currently putting together a tour that will start at the end of June and last for several months.
In addition to his music, Stallionaires Pooch is a successful actor and entrepreneur. Heâs appeared in everything from Campbellâs soup commercials to TV sitcoms, and his own tech company is creating a flying motorcycle he describes as âa giant drone you can sit on.â
Make sure to stay connected to Stallionaires Pooch on all platforms for new music, videos and social posts.
YouTube:Â www.youtube.com/channel/UC2fBwGRerqZ-0k5y8guIhJA
Instagram: @tha_pooch
Soundcloud:Â https://soundcloud.com/the-vacation-1
Twitter:Â https://twitter.com/StallionairesP
Spotify:Â https://open.spotify.com/artist/64DfNiSoMs9ugjWm5EmI8h
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