“Try Me” tip-toes between being threatening and murderous, but its catchy melody captures the ear of delinquents and delightfuls alike.

Dej stopped by the VIBE office yesterday (Sept.Įven Wiz Khalifa and E-40 have caught on, lacing the eerie instrumental with some bars for remixes to show their appreciation (another, with Ty $, is on the way), while Drake has shown some love via IG. 24) to chop it about growing up in the D, talk her musical beginnings and the real reason you shouldn’t “try” her.

Tanay Hudson VIBE: Tell us about your upbringing in Detroit. I could have gotten into all that stuff that was going on, but I stayed in the house. When did you first start writing music? When I was 9 or 10. I started out writing lyrics from other people’s songs. I used to put the CD in and write their lyrics down, then I started writing my own.

I used to cuss a lot in my raps when I was little.ĭo you remember what your first song sounded like? Terrible. I used to say anything, listen to everything. When did you get serious about music? After high school.

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