Isaiah McClein
@isaiahrashad
23
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Singles: “R.I.P. Kevin Miller,” “Ronnie Drake,” “Shot You Down”; EPs: Cilvia Demo
Top Dawg Entertainment
As-yet-untitled project
“If [Young Thug] ain’t on it, that’d be the one that’s surprising me. Actually, my biggest surprise who is not on here is Vince [Staples]. Vince is hard. Vince is one of the hardest niggas I know as far as my age. He’s one of the most authentic dudes out of the LBC.”
“My influences are OutKast, Erykah Badu, Gnarls Barkley, ScHoolboy Q and Wayne. Q is a dude I listened to before I came to TDE. He was the first one I listened to. I heard of Rock first, but Q is the first one, like his wordplay and his stories really made me listen to it.”
“I was real talkative, real shy at the same time. I got too much of an opinion. So sometimes, my opinion is too much for somebody else my age. I like to think I am beyond my years, sometimes.”