{"id":3515,"date":"2014-03-21T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T14:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2014-03-21T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T14:55:56","slug":"king-skrilla-tells-jackson-state-to-stay-tuned-for-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2014\/03\/21\/king-skrilla-tells-jackson-state-to-stay-tuned-for-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"King Skrilla tells Jackson State to stay tuned for greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark Braboy
\n<\/strong>News Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rapper and producer Daryl Williams II, better known as King Skrilla, is set to release his free album in April and will perform at the \u201cCan I Live\u201d rally on March 26.\u00a0 Skrilla advises fans at Jackson State University to \u201cStay Tuned for Greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the last time the East St. Louis, Ill. native was profiled in The Flash, he has been performing in many different venues across the city and in his hometown.\u00a0 Releasing more music than ever before, Skrilla is still walking the fine line between being a college student and being a full time rap artist.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Being a college student while pursuing rap], it\u2019s actually not that hard because I\u2019ve done that my whole life so to speak, like I\u2019ve been in school my whole life. So I always found time to write or make music and I\u2019ve always found time to do that. Now the hard part, the difficult part comes in when the business side of the rap comes to play. I have to do promotional things at times like selling t-shirts and performing a lot, which I love very dearly. Just orchestrating everything because I\u2019m an independent artist, so it gets a little hectic at times,\u201d said Skrilla.<\/p>\n

His latest music, \u201cOne One 14\u201d, a cover over Fabolous\u2019 \u201cBreath\u201d and \u201cL.O.S.T.\u201d, an upcoming lead single from the album \u201cStay Tuned for Greatness\u201d still maintains the images of what he has seen and experienced. The album details the harsh environment the senior English major overcame while sharing his current personal experiences. Some of themes of the album include addressing the social and economical issues of today\u2019s urban youth from all angles and uplifting them without sounding corny. It is something that he practices outside of music with his outreach group, Better Off in College.<\/p>\n

According to the Lot 7 Recordings signee, the \u201cStay Tuned for Greatness\u201d slogan can be seen on t-shirts across campus and<\/p>\n

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represents how he decided to take his music seriously after noticing signs from different angles of his life. Coming from a city that is not well known for its hip\u2013hop, he immediately understood that he had an uphill road to climb.\u00a0 Skrilla states that his hard fought journey began after realizing that there was greatness awaiting him.<\/p>\n

The slogan is also a challenge to people from all walks of life. \u201cIt\u2019s also a statement to whomever wants to be great, like you can be great as well, whether you\u2019re rapping, whether you\u2019re in law school, whether you\u2019re an English major at Jackson State University, you can accomplish greatness. It\u2019s a very inspirational album.\u00a0 I talk about real issues and I\u2019m very proud to say that it\u2019s my best project thus far,\u201d said Skrilla.<\/p>\n

The artist has also collaborated with many people from Jackson and Jackson State including Rich Kid Allen. He has also performed for local artist Mr. Franklin a.k.a. Kamikaze of Crooked Lettaz.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy ultimate dream is to make it to a point in my music career where I\u2019m known worldwide. I\u2019m not really to big on fame, but I know in order to accomplish what I want to accomplish, which is to inspire as many people as possible, I\u2019m gonna have to be famous. So that\u2019s my dream and to really set my people up period,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cStay Tuned for Greatness\u201d is Skrilla\u2019s fifth project since the release of his EP, \u201cJust Some Good Music\u201d in 2013.<\/p>\n

Fans can check him out on lot7recordings.com and soundcloud.com. He can also be found on Twitter @KingSkrilla and Instagram at Skrillatheking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark Braboy News Editor Rapper and producer Daryl Williams II, better known as King Skrilla, is set to release his free album in April and will perform at the \u201cCan I Live\u201d rally on March 26.\u00a0 Skrilla advises fans at Jackson State University to \u201cStay Tuned for Greatness.\u201d Since the last time the East St. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-variety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}