I was part of the Shelby Forest Click, which definitely gave me a little bit of direction when it comes to music wise. Whatever… but no, 9th grade, high school my best friend was Lil Black, he actually gave me the name Lil Wyte. (Room attendant’s saying “Housekeeping.”) I don’t even know where we slept last night, I just literally woke up in a Motel 6. With your music you have discussed the artists that have inspired you creatively, but who were the people on a personal level that inspired Lil Wyte? Who were the most important people to you then that helped you to find your direction? Growing up in Memphis was very, very different. I always hung out with older people too, very different from me. I actually got down with a cool group of people when I was young. If you hung around with some bullshit people there is high, high chances of being fucked with and you know, bullshit happening. If you grew up in Memphis, Tennessee in the 90’s and you hung around good people then you were actually alright. They basically taught me the ropes, what to do and what not to do, you know.
They practically raised me the same as my parents. I lucked out man I just had a lot of good friends, I learned from a lot of cool mothafucka’s that I grew up around. If you was a weak ass mothafucka it was pretty hard.
Growing up in Memphis, it actually wasn’t hard if you was cool. Share with us your experiences growing up in Memphis. So let’s give your fans a look into the real life of, Lil Wyte. You have done things in this game that other artists have not done and may never do. In many ways you are a legend in hip hop whether everyone agrees with that or not. Well, Wyte this interview is about showcasing your life. Jellyroll who was featured once with us before and who is following up this interview with his own next, gave us some very important advice when it came to the insight into the life of Wyte.ĭude we were kickin it with like 50 lesbian’s last night. The fucked up part about that answer is that it’s kind of what I expected you to say. I literally just woke up and my road manager said I had an interview in 5 minutes.