| An Alumnus in his own class, the 24 year old “Dirty South Lyricist (DSL)” is as real as sugar water and cereal. Shown love by family and fans, while gain respect by many rappers, is what makes Black Optmist strive to be one of the best underground artist out today. “My worst fear is not being accepted for what I do,” states Black Optmist.
Born in Brooklyn New York, Black Optmist is the older son from his mother's two sons. “My Mother was always working, she's a hard worker and a hustler,” he remembers. “She would leave me and my brother home alone for hours to go to work, but we ain’t never complain. She kept a roof over our heads, and she's my role model.”
Black Optmist’s family moved to Haiti while he was a young child where he seen it all: the good, the bad, and the ugly. However, through his youthful eyes, everything was all good. By the summer of 1994, his family moved to Miami, Florida. Optmist recalls his childhood saying, “Living in the south was totally different than up north. That shit was hardcore and shit.” His family moved to the “Cloverleaf Projects”, which is a neighborhood in North Miami.
“I remember niggaz gettin’ shot and robbed in that neighborhood. Because of that, my parents wouldn’t let us out to play and shit, but we always snuck out.” When his family raised enough money, a few years later, they left the violence-infested area and moved to Victory Park in North Miami Beach. This was where Black Optmist was born. At a high school full of battle rappers, including BET’s Freestyle Friday retired champion, Jin, Black Optmist was always on top of his freestyle game.
Inspired by Wu-Tang Clan, De La Soul, Jay-Z, Pac, Biggie, and Big L, Optmist noticed that having an extensive vocabulary was crucial in the game. As a child of New York, he mimicked the in-depth lyrics and the repetitious beats of the popular East Coast tracks. “The first time I heard Trick Daddy on Scarred, his verse opened my eyes to alot of shit.” Being exposed to the southern rap’s aggressive and explicit lyrics on heavy drum and bass beats, gave Black Optmist the best of both worlds.
“I’m a lyrical ass nigga, but street niggaz gone feel my music. I love Hip-Hop, and I wanna bring it to the streets from a lyrical point of view,” says Black Optmist. Even as he pens through his composition notebook, this young upstart is in deep thought. His latest release, “Back 2 Bizniss”, which is scheduled for a late August release, has already been receiving a heavy buzz in the streets about the promising mixtape.
With producers such as 9th Wonder, Yessur, and BigTMusic's Tucky, and features such as SoS.A., Yung Slug, Hazard, and Rizo; necks are sure to break from the sheer head nod factor this album delivers. “Yall gone hear me for real. Every track on this new joint is all me, and written by me. The reason it took so long to drop was because of real life situations I was going through, but I had to get my mind right and get Back to Bizniss, and that’s what this movement is all about.” |
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