First-time Coachella performer Doechii caught up with Billboard Information’ Tetris Kelly to debate her historic set, a attainable “mini tour” this yr spanning main cities, collabing with SZA, and her upcoming album. The Tampa, Fla.-born artist is the primary feminine rapper on the TDE roster and views the function as “an enormous accountability.”
“I do know that after me, there’s going to be extra feminine rappers which are part of TDE,” she says. “I need to be sure that I do every little thing, in order that the following woman feels comfy doing every little thing.”
Doechii, who joins SZA on the TDE roster, was honored alongside the “Kill Invoice” singer at Billboard‘s 2023 Ladies In Music occasion. “She truly gave me a shout-out that night time,” Doechii recollects. “To even be friends together with her, to be getting honored together with artists as large as SZA is superb.”
Propelled into music by her mom at a younger age, Doechii is educated in ballet, faucet dance, jazz, modern dance and gymnastics, which explains the rapper’s vibrant stage presence and involvement within the artistic route of her visuals and performances.
“I’ve simply all the time been artistic and my mother gave me the liberty to be an artist ever since I used to be younger,” she tells Billboard.
In March, Doechii launched her single “What It Is (Block Boy),” sampling “Some Reduce” and TLC’s “No Scrubs.” Initially launched with a characteristic from Kodak Black, a solo model with out the “Tremendous Gremlin” rapper was launched after fan backlash. The solo model is trending and has been utilized in greater than 40,000 TikTok movies.
“When [producer J White Did It] performed it for me, I used to be like, ‘That is the summer season bop, that is precisely what I’m in search of,’” she explains. “I wished a enjoyable tune, I wished a success. And that’s what we bought.”
Relating to her upcoming album, Doechii is leaning right into a “genre-bending” model, specifying, “just a little bit of other hip-hop, rock, pop, rap, it’s quite a bit.”
