 What they gonna do with me now? I'm still a twerk of the town Getting the sisters, I'm hooking them down Reaching the smiles and the frowns Gang hop out, then we clearing them Hey, what's up, guys? We got a new episode of Talk of the Town. Today, we got a special guest. Fly, Nari. Nari, what's the word, man? What's up? How you feeling? Chilling, man. I'm feeling New York, man. I'm loving it out. What you did so far? I shot a video out here on my first day. OK. Did a on the radar. I did a time square. I did something so ho. I'm slight learning. I sound like I know what I'm talking about. OK, yeah, what's that? OK. Chinatown, you know, did a couple interviews. OK, now being queens. Queens with it, you know? Yeah, but OK, so I'm asking a couple questions to say the first thing that comes to mind. Best song? Chrome hearted. Favorite artist outside of hip hop? Outside of hip hop? R&B. R&B. I say Saadeh. Saadeh? Where are you from? It's old, senior. OK, all right, I'm learning. OK, give us one of your hardest bars. My hardest bar? He put that on his kids. He ain't even got no kids. Because niggas be lying out here, bro. Oh, game. Give us a song, you know, every word to that's not yours. Every song, every word that I know, probably a song, you know, everywhere, too. That's not yours. You get what I'm saying? Yeah, I do. I'm trying to think too hard on it. It can be an old track, it could be a singing track. I don't have to be a, you know. I say a little dirt past the water. OK, celebrity crush. Margie Robbie. Margie Robbie. That's Barbie. Harley Quinn. You know who I'm talking about? Yeah, but wow, OK. I'm throwing you off. A little bit. Favorite music video of yours? Favorite music video of mine? I like, I like Chrome Harder. I like the first Chrome Harder I shot. OK, most used app on your phone? Instagram. And what song do you listen to for motivation? For motivation? I'll probably cut on like something. YTB Fat or like something. She like that. Yeah, you know, just to get turnt. OK, so that motivates you, though? Yeah, like it makes me want to get out here and turn shit. Yeah, move around. All right, so let's get him to your name. How do you get your rap name, Fly Nari? Fly Nari, I just, I don't know. I just, I like fashion and shit a lot. So like, me and my guys and shit, like where I from in Chicago and shit, like you dress up nice and shit. We call it like you getting flat and shit. So that's always what I've been on all my life and shit. So I just, it just fit. Like, you know, Fly Nari and Nari, my real name. So it just, you know. OK. And when did you start taking music seriously? I had to be like. It looked like five years ago, you was on that. Yeah, probably about like five years. Like maybe I had to be like 17 or something. Once I finally like heard like my voice, you know, and I was decent. Ain't nobody ever tell me my shit was weak. So I'm like, oh, yeah, I got some shit. So what made you first go to the studio? Walk us through your first studio session? My first studio session was in a basement where the producer's name spank on the beat from L.S. Chicago. And we was in a basement and my uncle's took me. I told him, like, find me somebody where I could record, because, like, I was always writing music and writing music and freestyling and shit, like with the guys and shit. But I ain't never record an actual song until I did that session in the basement. But once I did that, I heard myself on the song I just took off from there and never looked back. OK. So, like, if something breaks, it's like if you drop for once and then it took a break for, like, a year or so. Or, like, it wasn't consistent as much as you are now. I just feel like I take it more serious. Now, I'm a little older now, you know? Going through different shit. I see, like, that's what I really want to do, you know? OK. And what motivates you? Like, what keeps you going to keep it going? I don't say, like, really, like, my supporters and shit. Like, the people who fuck with me, like, I feel like if I don't get them what they need and already started something, like, you know, I feel like that's what motivates me to keep pushing shit out for them, you know? OK. So how was it, like, in Chicago? I feel like Chicago got a real popular music scene. Like, so how was it out there? Was they receptive to your music at that time? Or, like? Yeah, Chicago. I'm still trying to take over my whole city first. I know once I take over Chicago first, I can take over any city, you know? That's how I feel. But Chicago supported me, like, I fuck with a lot of Chicago artists, you know, and a lot of Chicago artists fuck with me, too. People say it's like, crabbing the barrel out there. What you think? As far as what? Like, it's like, everybody be fake supporting until, like, it's like... Yeah, that's your truth. You feel like that? I don't get it, that's your truth. Yo, everybody see it from Chicago, say that, bro. It'd be a lot of fake shit going on, but... So how do you decide for who's the real, like, supporter in rockin' with you versus who's just... Because, like, if you're a real nigga, then you could tell real shit, you know? Like, you seem like a real nigga, you know? Like, you could tell real shit, though, like, can't you? Like, you could tell when somebody real the genuine, can't you? I mean, yeah, but I feel like the way we find out somebody not genuine would be, like, crazy. I ain't gonna lie, I didn't been around, motherfucker, that I had to, like, eventually stop being around, because, you know? Yeah, I feel like the unfold of it all would be the dramatic part. Yeah. So, dude, what type of music do you feel like you make? I'm versatile with it, I like making, like, I don't really set myself to just one type of music, like, as far as just, like, R&B or just, like, rapping shit or, like, drill or some shit. I make mood music, like, or I say, like, I go back where my mood is, you know? Sometimes I might want to get in a studio and I might want to be on strictly rapping shit, just, you know, bars, letting that shit out, or sometimes I might be, want to be cool, you know, I might want to sing to her or something, you know, like, want to be cool. I feel like, okay, so it was like a, the whole debate on Twitter about how, like, artists like, Tool C, Rod Wave and stuff like that, whether that's R&B or not. What you think? I think it's the new R&B type shit. I fuck with it though, it's hard, man. Yeah, no, of course. I feel like that's the whole new sound that they all building out. I like that shit. I feel like a lot of people are starting to fit in that category. I wouldn't know what to call it, though. I don't know if it's really R&B, though. Why wouldn't it be R&B, though? What would you call it? I feel like it was shit. Them is R&B artists, man. I feel like we should come up with a new category. I feel like it fits R&B for now, but you know what I'm saying? What does R&B even stand for? Rhythm and Blues. Rhythm and Blues? Yes. I never knew that. Okay. Y'all knew that? I didn't know that, I don't know. Yes, R&B stands for Rhythm and Blues and I just feel like, you know, like beats are changing as well. It could be considered a new R&B. I think Rod Wave got Rhythm and Blues. You don't think so? No, he does. Some people debate that, Tool C's not. Some people debate that no cap isn't. You know what I'm saying? I feel that, I feel that. For the no caps in those people in the world, they should have a lane. They own category. I think like the melodic wave, I think that should be like a category. That's what I'm trying to say, yeah. So yeah, so that's what I'm saying. You kind of fit in a lot of both of those lanes. Yeah, I feel like, you know, it's new genres building. So like, how did you, do you feel like you have a, you feel like you confirmed whether you want to do that singing or just rapping or, because I feel like the singing songs kind of hit for you. The singing songs definitely hit. I'm more comfortable with my singing songs, but I ain't really like, I started off rapping for real, but like my voice was like more like a, you know, I could sing and like, or like I say like my rapping, I try to like make it more melodic than strictly just rap. You feel me? So I like to do my melodic more than my rapping just because I'm, like you say, it hit different, like it hit better. And that's like a lot of my fan base come from. But I like doing both. I ain't gonna lie. Ian from Chicago. So you've been to New York so far. Where else you travel to? I've been in a lot of different places like, I've been to New York, I've been to Cali, like out of the country before Mexico. Little show like that Houston, Atlanta. I like Atlanta and Houston real good. Okay. What, what place do you feel most creative? Probably here. I ain't gonna lie to you. Yeah. People say like their hometown, they feel most creative. Yeah. Like other than my hometown, like, yeah, they're here. Are you into any New York artists? Not as much, not as much. I know a couple though, they're rapping me and I rock with them though. Yeah, not too much. All right, so walk us, tell us a little bit about your project. Do you have a project on the way? You know, not like the rest, September 1st coming out. I feel like it's the hardest shoot. You know, I've been putting a lot of, a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of months into this shit, you know. Okay. And what's the overall message of the project? Like what do you want people to take away from it? I want people when they listen to it like, damn, shorty different as hell. Like he really not like the rest. That's what I really want people to hear. Like it ain't just a, like you ain't gonna cut it on and hear the same music. You know, you could cut it on when you sad or you could cut it on when you want to turn up. You could cut it on when you like, want to be in your bag or you riding with a lady and shit. Like it's all different type of vibes with it. That's like, you should feel me to show you. Like, oh yeah, this shit different, okay. Okay, any features on the project? Yeah, I got two features on there. I got a PGF nook out of Chicago and I got MAF Tiskey. He up and coming right now out of Chicago too. Okay, how do you feel about, what's your McCulloch look? I had seen in Chicago on Chicago wave. I had seen that look. I did a show like in the city, like in some back yard. I seen that shit. That shit was turned. I ain't never seen no shit like that in Chicago, bro. Right. I was gonna say, how do you feel about like a lot of Chicago artists being not able to perform in Chicago? That shit food. Like I wish Sosa could come to the Rack. I wanna go to a Sosa concert in Chicago. I know that bitch could sell out. Yeah, for sure. And a lot of Chicago motherfuckers feel like that again. Yeah, do you, yeah, that's crazy. And I feel like, would you like, do you think you would put on your own showcase? Would I? Yeah. Hell yeah, for sure I would. All right, so you put it on the show in Chicago. Give us three artists who you headlining with. Who's performing with you? I'm headlining with Flat KJ, that's my brother right there. And I think he really hard, so he for show in the show. It could be any artist like just. Yeah, any artist from Chicago. Y'all putting on the show in y'all city type shit. Polo G. Sosa. Okay. If he could. That bitch a rock. No, this is not if he could. It's like this is what you would, you know what I'm saying? If I could make it happen, yeah. That's what it'll be. Where would it be at? Where would it be at? Where would it be somewhere like? Where a lot of people would go. Maybe like House of Blues or some shit. I went to a show in Chicago one time. CGI, the radio station they had some shit. CGI? I'm probably saying it wrong. GCI. Yeah. Okay. They had a show, it was like the something smash. The something smash. Yeah, that's at the United Center. Yeah. You would do it there? Yeah, I said the United Center or like House of Blues or something like that. Okay, okay. Yeah, I went there before. All right, so project is on the way. Project on the way, man, the hardest shit. Someone that never heard your music. What song would you recommend they listen to? On a project? No, something that's just out right now. I never want on a project. Never know. Never know. I mean, yeah. So if you never heard the music, you listen to that song. Now on the project, what should be the first song that people tune into? Like this is gonna get the vibe going. Through the rack. Through the rack? Yeah. Okay. All right. And what's some of your goals, like musical goals? You know, you're playing foot on the gas this year, you got a project, you're closing off the fourth quarter. What's some of your goals this year? Or like moving forward? I wanna do more shows. I wanna just, you know, open up my artistry like to as big as I can, you know, like, I wanna have my own artists on show too someday too. So like, I wanna get big enough to the point where I can bring up somebody else and you know, but mainly importantly is just like, give my fans and my supporters like, the hardest shit I can is make as many songs and perfect my craft as much as I can. Okay. I feel like those are very general answers. I mean, like, do you wanna like do like B.T. Awards one day, Grammys like? Hell yeah. Like, yeah, I wanna be at the Grammys. I want me a Grammy. B.T. Awards, cool. Yeah. I feel like it's a little water down now. But I wanna do the B.T. Awards. I used to sit and watch that shit all the time. That's probably like what influenced me now. You feel me? Watching that shit? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. My goals like that, my goal record maybe. Yeah, Platinum for sure. I know I could go Platinum. Yeah, I was like, you gotta think bigger with your goals type of shit. For sure. I feel that. You a real one for real good. Yeah, this thing big, you know, music, I feel like it's unlimited, you know what I'm saying? Like, the options are endless. So we could do fashion, acting, you know what I'm saying? Like, music is one bridge to many different. It opened a lot of doors for sure. Top shit works. So on the music tip, was there any artists that you wanna work with that you haven't yet? As far as like upcoming or just artists? Upcoming or artists, either or. Upcoming, I fuck on Melo Bucks or, I like how she rap just as far as like, ain't no females really coming like that right now. You feel me? Especially in a city. Again, I fuck on Melo Hard, I fuck on Melo Tough. I wanna work with Polo G too. I feel like our sounds could combine real well. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. I wish Juice World was still alive. I wish I could do a song with Juice World so badly. I ain't gonna lie to you. So like when you was in your, I feel like everybody has like a Juice World face. Like, were you young listening to him? I was like, when he came out till he passed away. I don't get how it was. I was like from day one type shit. Yeah, like. Oh, you're in from Chicago. He from the right. And bro, like, and then like before he even like was up, I was listening to his shit like. Yeah. So to see him blow and shit, that shit was raw to me. So I just stayed in tune. Do you feel like, do you feel like Chicago sets a lot of trends on the music too? Yes. Everybody copy Chicago. People feel like New York be copying Chicago. Come on. You know the drill from New York is from Chicago. Be honest though. Is it not? Um, just. Drill rapping New York is crazy. We ain't that happen since we're in. I don't think it's necessarily copying. I think we were inspired. That's a nicer way to put it, I guess. Yeah. I think we were inspired. But not yet. I think everybody's just trying stuff right now. So in Chicago, people, I feel like it's like a divide going on. You know, some people fuck with, some people don't fuck with a lot of people. Does that hurt or help on the music side of things? I mean, I don't really get into that. As far as like, I'm a fuck with who I fuck with. Like, unless you're one of my brothers in summer, like you really, the guys that some shit needs your op, so you don't fuck with them, then I'm not gonna fuck with them. Okay, just because I'm riding for my brothers. But like, other niggas not fuck with them and they trying to fuck with me and they not gonna fuck with me because I fuck with them. I'm not doing that shit, bro. I fuck with who I fuck with. If I think you cool, if you genuine to me, I'm gonna be genuine to you. Okay. That's true. I feel that. Okay, so, which one of your songs do you feel like you have your best verse? My best verse? Because people say Chrome Hearts is one of them ones, but you might have another one in the top, you know? I did a song with Cowboy and I think- One of your best verses? I took off on that shit, yo, man. I think I took off on that shit. I fuck with that verse. And getting into music, was your family supportive of the music? Yeah, my family real supportive of the music. Like, my granny, my biggest fan. It'd be to the point where my fuck is like, damn, chill, bro, one of those. She really supportive of me. My mom and my daddy, everybody like, they fuck with her, they support what I'm doing. They just like, because I ain't never grow up with my fuckers that did music in my family or had no uncles or cousins or shit that, to look up to that did that shit, you know? So, I really just put my own foot in the door with that shit and to see that, like, my family see that is something special, you know? Because I'm the first one to be doing all this shit. So, when making music, are you thinking of how this song is gonna appeal to, you know, certain audiences or are you just going by the moods you're in? What's your creative process? I usually just like, however I'm feeling, like, some days I go in, I don't wanna talk, nobody will know, you know, I feel down or some shit, I'll make some down music, but I know what it'll appeal to when I'm making it. If that makes sense, like, I know this type of music gonna appeal to these people. So you find a certain pattern, I guess? Yeah, like, yeah, it's really just like, I go by what my mood is for real, for real, like, some days I might get in that bitch's turn, like, I'm feeling good today, you know? And I know that, oh yeah, they gonna fuck with this, you know? Yeah, I'm like, right now we're in the phase where everybody feel like they need a TikTok record, do you believe in that? I'm not with that shit, I need it, like, but like, I will want it, but I'm here for just telling them, you know, like, motherfuckers gonna hear my shit, but like, as long as I push my shit out, how I push my shit out, I feel like it'll eventually come. Yeah, do you feel like TikTok is like helping or hurting the music scene? It's helping, I'll fuck with it, okay? Like, it's a lot of artists that's up now off TikTok, off a 30 second sound, that shit is crazy. Some people like it, some people don't like it, some people feel like it's not fair for the people that's really putting a time in, you know what I'm saying? I don't think like that, man. I feel like everybody got their own story with their shit and that should be meant for certain motherfuckers, you know? Yeah, no, definitely, I think, you know, promoting is promoting. Yeah, yeah, like, some motherfuckers might blow up on Facebook, some motherfuckers might blow up on Instagram, motherfuckers catch they wave on TikTok and be gone. Are you looking to like sign a deal or you don't wanna be independent all the way through, or what you thinking? I feel like I'll sign a deal correctly if the number's right, like, if I, not even just so much if the number's right, like, if it's genuine, like, if you kept for me how I kept for you, it ain't just no paperwork, you feel me? If we could talk and have a regular conversation outside of music, I know you there for me, you know? All right, and have you been going to meetings? Have people been interested? Cause I know Comheart was big. Yeah, I done talked to a lot of different labels. I done talked to a lot of different labels. I actually just left a label today this morning, you know? You know in New York, that's definitely what you're gonna do. Hell yeah, I fuck with it. So in New York, I feel like a lot of, we're really big on like numbers here. I feel like niggas be on some, if you don't got a million views, you're not on shit. Do numbers discourage you? You know what I'm saying? Numbers don't discourage me. Numbers don't, cause if I think I'm gonna fuck hard, I can see it in them. But a lot of people don't feel like that though. I call that like you just Hollywood or some shit. Like, you know, you feeling it? Cause one fuck can have a consistent flow of 50,000 views or like, you know, 10,000, 15,000, but they hard as fuck though, versus a motherfucker that got millions of views, but they just catching waves. You feel me? This shit ain't ass. Yeah. Do you feel like you could see like a time in the rough? You feel like you could see if an artist really got it, even if it's not there? Hell yeah, I feel like now I can, like dealing with artists and how I'll be more around different people and shit. Like I could see who really in for this shit and who really just on something. I want to be a rapper type shit, you know? And then as far as you, what do you think makes you stand out as an artist? I don't know. I just carry myself a different way. I feel like, I feel like I'm real humble with this shit. It's plenty of times I could pop my shit, but I really don't be trying to pop it. Everybody say I need to start popping my shit, but I- I mean, to some extent- To some extent, yeah. But like, I don't know, man. I just come to this shit from humble beginnings. You know, I come from a humble-ass background, and I just try to be different with this shit. I don't try to be, I'm not trying to catch a wave, or like I ain't trying to join a wave. You know, like I'd rather create my own shit, and that's how I've always been. So what should we look forward to for the rest of this year, projects on the wave? Project on the wave for a show. Like we going to promotion crazy with that. Not like the rest. That should be out by September 1st, beginning of the month. But like right now we putting in work and shit. All this shit gonna be lined up to the point where it's like, you know, I like to have my when it's, it's better. You can move better when shit in place. You know what I'm saying? Like it's easy to promote. It's easier to, you know, you can, you can see clearly when everything in, you know. Yeah, for sure. I mean, it seemed like you got a good support team and shit. Yeah, they fucking me. I fuck with my team. So tell the people where to find you. How could they tune in? How could they stay in tune with you? I'm on Fly Nari on everything, on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Pandora, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, whatever you use and you want to get in tune with me. Fly Nari, F-A-L-Y-N-A-R-I. And that's the talk of the town. Make sure you like, comment, subscribe and make sure you check out our website at www.talkofthetownshow.com and we'll see you in the next video. Bye.