


The only time I really go out and have fun is when I’m in New York, there are a lot of rooftop parties and s**t, but I’m not one of those rappers that everywhere I go I gotta be on the scene, wildin’ out, poppin’ bottles, f***in’ b****es. I’ve been off the social scene for a while. I just got some s**t at Whole Foods and I almost stole the bag. On Rebirth’s first song (“Rebirth/Hold On”) you talk about needing to make a change in your life and maybe slow down a bit, but now that you have more fame is it harder not to wild out? I don’t really glorify the flamboyant s**t that most people do, and it’s like if people are gonna judge me for that then you gotta judge any rapper with substance at that point. Cult music is just music with substance that plays on people’s emotions. My music doesn’t have to live up to any certain dogma, like, I’m not this type of rapper or that type of rapper. Now that his popularity is surging, however, his home state may have to share the NFL-sized rapper with the world.īET.com caught up with Deniro during his tour stop in Los Angeles, where he spoke about the future of cult rap, setting his own expectations, and why he says the formula for mainstream success is dead.īET.com: You’re looked upon as the leader of cult rap, do you feel like that title could limit your mainstream potential?ĭeniro Farrar: There’s no limit to what a cult is capable of doing. with fellow rising-star MC Denzel Curry and has made it clear that he will always be North Carolina’s own.

In the past year, since he signed with Warner Bros-affiliated label Vice, Deniro Farrar released his debut EP, Rebirth toured the U.S.
