Born in Tifton, Georgia, and now based in Jacksonville, Lyrical Chris is on a bold mission to redefine the boundaries of rap, crafting an innovative sound that moves away from materialism, embracing high-vibrational energy and uplifting positivity. His latest project, “Prewrite”, continues to showcase his unwavering dedication to delivering inspirational, motivational, and educational messages, all while maintaining hip-hop’s signature lyrical complexity and artistic creativity.

From the electrifying opening notes of “Brainstorming” to the final captivating touches of “Don’t Hate Me”, “Prewrite” is a dynamic and raucous display of Lyrical Chris’s impassioned lyrical ability. Across its 15 powerful tracks, the rising talent masterfully demonstrates his wide-ranging skills. As the album unfolds, standout tracks like “5D Rap Rules” and “Ain’t No Way” burst with energetic production and booming basslines, firmly establishing Lyrical Chris within the hip-hop scene and heightening anticipation for his next exciting project.

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We linked up with Chris to talk through his hip-hop journey, the creative process behind “Prewrite” and hopes for his upcoming “Rough Draft” album.

Tell us about your roots in Georgia, and how your hip-hop journey began.

I was born and raised by my mom and grandma in Unionville, an urban area in Tifton, Georgia which consisted of a variety of good and bad influences. You were either in school or committing crimes (robbing, selling drugs, gang related activity, etc). I did not let the negative influences stop me from my dreams. One of my older brothers, Farinzio, used to rap when I was little kid. He influenced me the most to give rap a try. I didn’t take it serious at first. I would rap on beats that were featured on video games. Around middle school and high school is when I started taking it serious. At school, I was known as the guy who always raps because I would do rap battles or freestyle almost every week. When not in school, I would spend most of my days listening to beats, freestyling, and observing various music artists and genres to help me develop to the rapper I am today. I took a lot of pride of wanting to be unique and different from any rapper who has been on a microphone. To separate myself, I decided to come up with a style of rapping that would be totally different than the normal lyrics that a typical rapper raps about (i.e. money, cars, guns, drugs, sex, materialistic things, sadness, gospel, etc.). I also wanted to find my niche. I wanted non-explicit rap music that could played by any age, race, religion or sexual orientation. I felt that hip hop was the only genre that was lacking in that category. I wanted to help change the perspective of hip hop music and let the world know that not all of hip hop music has to be about negativity. It became my mission to end the stereotypes. I figured since I’m going to be doing something that would impact hip hop in a positive way, I self-proclaimed myself as Hip Hop’s Grandchild. Hip Hop is over 50 years old and the fathers and mothers of hip hop didn’t influence me to rap. Those pioneers helped birth Nas, Jay-Z, Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliot and others into the sons and daughters of hip hop. Those sons and daughter are who birth Lyrical Chris. That’s how I came up with Hip Hop’s Grandchild. The 50 years are over and the fans want something new. Once I put it all together, I started recording songs. A year or so later, I decided that my style of rap should be a new hip hop sub genre called ‘5D Rap’ that consists of ten rules that must be followed on each song. 5D Rap is defined as non-materialistic, high vibrational, clean, non-religious rap music incorporated with inspirational, motivational, educational, and uplifting messages wrapped up in love for anyone to enjoy no matter your age, race, religion, or sexual orientation.

Can you share your creative process behind “Prewrite”?

I came up with an idea to be the first rapper to make a musical essay. This is very similar to essays in school except in a musical way. The essay will be titled ‘Hip Hop’s Grandchild’ and will consist of five paragraphs. The first paragraph will be the introduction followed by three body paragraphs and conclusion paragraph. The paragraphs are the albums. The sentences will be the song titles. You will be able to read the song titles as sentences that forms a complete paragraph. Pretty cool huh? Before I start the essay, I wanted to go through the same stages that you would do with a traditional written essay. The first stage is the pre-writing stage. During that stage, you get all of your ideas and jot all of your random thoughts. My “Prewrite” album is very similar. I start the album with a song called “Brainstorming” that helps explain the process and the idea of me making an essay. The “Prewrite” helps me come up with my next album which will be titled “Rough Draft” which is the next stage of an essay followed by “Revision” (the next album after “Rough Draft”).

What do you have in store for the remainder of the year?

I plan on doing shows at concerts when they become readily available. I also want to get started on my “Rough Draft” album. I won’t record any songs just yet. I will be gathering all of my thoughts and listening to thousands of beats by a variety of music producers. That album will consist of five paragraphs and song titles in sentence form. People will be able to read the titles from beginning to end like a real written essay or blog. It will probably be a double album due to making sure the sentences and essay actually makes sense when reading it. That album will give people a chance to see what’s in store before I drop the official essay where each paragraph will have it’s own album. Very exciting times for hip hop!