I-Carboi ingene kwincoko

I-Carboi ingene kwincoko

words by JoliAmour DuBose-Morris
image by Metro Public Relations

When SadBoi comes around, everyone gets nervous. That’s it. In some ways, that’s all that has to be said. You can debate it if you want, but there won’t be much solitary evidence to go against her. SadBoi, the all-around musician and rapper from Canada with Jamaican and Antiguan descent is able to enter any room and unite all of the collective baddies around her while barely sparing the men a flash of her glance. She’s the ultimate ‘girl’s girl,’ as her many visuals and videos center her friends and women alike who get to clink their solo cups together and cut up on the dancefloor unapologetically.

SadBoi is Rated R in the music industry, setting herself up as the empress of R&B, reggae, kunye ne-rap fusion kunye neBrazilian funk, indlu enzulu, igaraji yase-UK, kunye ne-pop edibeneyo. Ndingasathethi ke ngesimbo sakhe sokwenyani, ukusuka kwimisila yehagu ephothiweyo eneeribhoni ezimnyama ezahlukeneyo ukuya kwiigrill kunye nobucwebe besilivere obudanyazayo ukusuka entloko ukuya eluzwaneni., igqitywe ngomphezulu wecrop kunye ne-miniskirt combo, ukuba uyadlula kuwe; uyazi ukuba nguye.

Ayisiyo yonke into emnandi kunye nemidlalo, USadBoi uza kweyakhe kweli shishini-kungekhona ukuba aqinisekiswe ngabaphulaphuli okanye ngoontanga bakhe-kodwa ukuba aqinisekiswe ngokuzithemba kwakhe.. Ngeminazana ithile, igama elithi SadBoi lalimalunga nendlela umculi aziva ngayo ekupheleni kokuhlukana. Iingoma zakhe bezikade zithetha ngezikhalo, iintlungu zentliziyo, kunye nokuncamathela okuthile ngokweemvakalelo. Ngoku, emva kokumisa ezo nyembezi ze-mascara kunye nokuthatha i-selfie yesipili, usebenzisa amazwi akhe ukuthetha ukubaluleka kuye. Kwaye, kwabanye abakhe baziva ngathi balahlekelwe lixabiso labo. SadBoi (ogama lakhe lokwenyani nguEbhoni Cato-O'Garro), uhlala ezihlaziya kwaye ebetha iinjongo zakhe zobuqu malunga nokuba umculo wakhe uvakala njani. Betha emva kokubetha, ukusuka “I sweatshi yakhe,” ukuya “Ukunuka Hoez” (sasineembono ezimbini ezahlukeneyo ngokupheleleyo ngayo, kodwa inzima kakhulu) ukuya “Nksk. Ngaba Uphosakele,” “Okunokwenzeka,” “Isilayidi,” kwaye ngoku icwecwe lakhe lamva nje, Ncokola ngeengoma ezinkulu ezinje “Akhee” kwaye “Baddies”-USadBoi ubuyela kwisitudiyo ixesha ngalinye kunye nokunye okuninzi.

Kudliwano-ndlebe lwe-intanethi lukaBlanc, Ndathetha noSadBoi malunga neenkwenkwezi zakhe, umahluko phakathi kokuqonda kwakhe kunye nefandom yakhe, kwaye apho yonke into ivela khona Ncokola.

Unayo iAntiguan, Jamaican, kunye neempembelelo zaseKhanada kuwe, how does this background play a part in both you as a person and as a musician? 

I honestly think it’s very similar to growing up in the UK,  I feel like Toronto and the UK are very similar in a sense, where it’s a melting pot, so it’s people from all over, different cultures, different food—even when you go to the parties, you hear a variety of music, and you know, growing up in Toronto, that’s basically what I had the chance to experience. I’m grateful because not only did I grow up in a Caribbean household, but like on Sundays, you hear, soca or, regular music, but when I stepped outside—the nightlife, you heard different music. Even going to school, meeting people, and hearing their stories about their family and where they’re from, played a big role, njenge, Andazi ukuba andizange ndikhule eToronto, ukuba bendinokuba nesimbo esifanayo kumculo wam, ngomntu ngamnye. Ke, idlale indima enkulu kakhulu, ngokunyaniseka.

Xa ndisiva umculo wakho, kucacile ukuba kukho impembelelo evela kwi-Deep House, R&B, kunye nezinye iindawo ze-Drill-eziyimpembelelo yakho yomculo? 

Ndingumlandeli we 2016, ngalo lonke ixesha, ndiye ndamamela uRihanna, Umchasi, Drake, Iimbono, kunye nezinto ezinje. Inika umdla kuba ndiziva ngathi ndinomphefumlo omdala, ngengqiqo, apho ndizifumana ndimamele umculo endandiwumamele kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Ndisamamele uLana Del Rey, Ndiyamthanda uLana Del Rey. Ndiza kungena kuBB Trickz, iyamangalisa, kwaye ke ndiza kuya ndimamele ireggae yesikolo esidala, ngoko andinakutsho ngokwenene, ngokuba [incasa yam yomculo] inyanisekile kuyo yonke indawo, njengaye-kuyo yonke indawo.

Zeziphi iindidi ozama ukuzidibanisa kakhulu?

Ndingathi iingcambu zam zeCaribbean. Ndivakalelwa kukuba zininzi iimpembelelo zereggae kwiingoma zam. Kukho iipatois ezininzi. Kwakhona ndicinga ukuba enye inxalenye enkulu yomculo wam yi-funk yaseBrazil. Ndiyayithanda iBrazil. Andizange ndibe, kodwa ndiyayithanda inkcubeko, Ndiyawuthanda umculo, Ndiyamthanda uAnita, Ndiyamthanda uLudmilla, Ndiyamthanda uTasha & UTracie, Ndiyamthanda uDuchess, ke ndingumlandeli omkhulu we-Brazilian funk. Ndingathi loo nto idlala indima enkulu nayo. Ndingathi ndihlala kwi-funk yaseBrazil, enye ipop, Andazi ukuba ungayibiza ngantoni, ngokunyaniseka.

Komnye wemifanekiso yakho, kukho le bhodi yokucima okomileyo yazo zonke iingoma Ncokola. Kukho isibini esiye sawela-ingaba siya kuya kwiprojekthi entsha, usaya kubakhulula na??

Ndiza kubakhulula. Uninzi lwezo ngoma kule bhodi zavela xa ndandiqala ukutshintsha igama lam. Ndaziva ngathi abantu abaninzi abayi kuyiqonda. Ndifumana umbuzo ngalo lonke ixesha, “SadBoy? Kodwa njengaye, yintombazana leyo?” Ngoko, I was very much going through something. I was going through a breakup and stuff like that. Ke, Ndimane ndibhala ngalomfo. Uninzi lwezo ngoma apho zisengozini kakhulu, Nangona. Ineenkcukacha kakhulu malunga nemeko. Bendingaziva ngathi iyandifanela Ncokola iingoma ngokuyimfuneko. Ndicinga ukuba kuya kubakho ixesha apho loo mculo uphuma. Ezinye iingoma ezilapho nazo. Ke, ewe, it’s going to come out at some point.

What was your writing process when making Bare Chat? I know ‘Slide’ and ‘Potential’ were on prior EPs. Ke, how long did it take to get to this final album?

When I think of songs outside of my vulnerable stuff—songs like, “Stank Hoes” kwaye “Isilayidi,” those are songs that I created while I was in my safe space. Ke, there’s not a line in there that I second-guessed. There wasn’t anything in there that was like, “People are going to like this.” It was me, writing these songs in my washroom, sitting in my washroom sink, and just trying to uplift myself. With all of Ncokola, each song on there, when I had, went in my washroom and I wrote these songs, Ndandicinga kakhulu ngezinto ekwakufuneka ndizive okanye ndisuke esifubeni sam,  ukuze nje ndive kamnandi. Kuba ndiziva ngathi kunzima ngamanye amaxesha, abantu babefana nam. Abantu basenokucinga, Andikhathali ngezinto ezithile. Kodwa ndiyadlula. Ngamaxesha athile, Kufuneka ndizive ngokwam ezo zinto. Akwaba bendingumntu ovuka ekuseni abenje, “Owu, Ndilibhadi," uyazi? Ngoko xa ndidala le projekthi, yayininzi, njenge, uhlobo ndithetha nje izinto kunye nomntu endifuna ukubanguye okanye umntu endinqwenela ukuba ndivuke ndizive ndinjalo. Ke leyo yayiyinkqubo kum kunye nokukhumbula, eToronto, umzi wam. Ke nokuqinisekisa ukuba ndithe amagama angundoqo, ulwimi lwethu, kunye nezinto, nje ukuba isanditsala ndibuyele ekhaya kwaye abantu basekhaya banje, “Owu, Ndiyayazi ukuba uthetha ngantoni.” Ndicinga ukuba iyafana neLondon, ukunyaniseka kuwe. Kodwa, ewe, yile nto bendiyicinga ngokwenene.

Uyakhumbula xa unokuqala ukubona ukuba wakha isiseko sabalandeli?

Ndifuna ukuthi "Inokwenzeka." Kwaye "Amandla" yayisisipho kunye nesiqalekiso. Kuba xa ndenza “Ithuba,” yayilixesha lam lokuqala kwistudiyo kunye nomvelisi. Bendifana, “Makhe sizame ukudibanisa igaraji kunye nereggae.” Ndaze ndayicula kanye ingoma. Yayikhawuleza kwaye kulula ukuba ndiyibhalele. Kwaye ndandiyithanda ingoma. Kodwa emva koko "Inokwenzeka" yenza ngokwenene kakuhle. Kwaye yayiyingoma endayiva ukuba indifake kwibhloko yababhali abaninzi. Njengomzobi, Ndaziva ngathi kufuneka ndibeke phezulu “Okunokwenzeka.” Kwaye ngokunyaniseka, Ndaziva ngathi andikwazi. Andikwazanga ukwenza enye "Ithuba." Ndawela kule ndawo kukho abantu, “Yenza esinye isakhono, yenza elinye ithuba.” Ngoko, Ndandine-buzz yonke, kodwa ke ndandingazi ukuba mandithini ngale nto. "Isilayidi" yayiyingoma endiyenzileyo ukuze ndiphume kwibhloko yombhali kuba wonke umntu wayesoloko endixelela ukuba ndenze "Ithuba." Ke ndiye ndaya kwinto endiyaziyo kunye nomvelisi owenze "iSilayidi" kunye nesininzi sale projekthi, Ndamazi oko ndikhoyo 17. “Enokwenzeka," Ndiyeva, yandinika amandla. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba ndiqaphele yonke into ejikeleze "iSilayidi" ukunyaniseka kuwe.

Yeyiphi eyona ngoma ilungileyo oziva ngathi uyenzile ukuza kuthi ga ngoku? 

The best song that I feel I’ve made, I would say is, “Ackee” which is off Ncokola. And I would also say “Complicated” but I don’t know if I’m saying it because they’re also my favorites. I feel like there’s something special in those songs.

How do you keep intention or authenticity, especially as your fan base evolves and so do their expectations for your music? 

I think that’s something that I’m still figuring out. Kodwa, I think I’m starting to understand it. The key things that people like or what drew people to the song, whether it be the tempo, whether it be, the fact that I use a few slang words—Toronto slang words—or the fact that there’s a breakdown in there. Ndicinga ukuba ezo zizinto endizicingayo ngelixa ndiqhubela phambili kwiprojekthi yam elandelayo kuba ubuncinci kum, zininzi ezinye izinto endinokuzenza, kwaye andifuni kuzifaka ebhokisini, "Kulungile, Kuya kufuneka ndenze enye "iSilayidi." Endaweni yokucinga ngolo hlobo, yiyo, "Kulungile, ndingenza njani ukubanika abantu oko kodwa ndiyenze ibentsha nokuba ithatha izinto ezithile, Ukongeza izinto ezithile?” Kulapho ndizibeka khona. Kwakhona ndiyazama ukuba ndingazigxininisi kakhulu kum ngaloo nto.

Kwaye oko kubalulekile kuba ukuba wenza loo mda nawe, nokuba abanye abantu bacinga ntoni na, uya kuba njalo, “Ndizenzela lo mculo. Oku kukuqinisekisa kum. "

Ewe, ngokuchanekileyo.

Nangona imvelaphi [SadBoi] yayisekelwe kolo lwalamano, Ngaba uziva njengoko ukhula unokuza nesizathu esahlukileyo sokuba kutheni use-SadBoi?

Ewe. Njengo, yonke le nto yayivela kumfana kwaye yonke loo meko ndandikuyo. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba andikhulanga nje ngomculi kodwa njengomntu. Ngoku, Ndithatha lobuntu bakhe, neendlela zakhe zokuba yityhefu nokungakhathali. Ndivakalelwa kukuba kukho into ekhethekileyo kuyo kuba inako, iza ku, kwaye ijika ibe yinto enamandla ngakumbi. Uyayazi ndithetha ukuthini? Kwithegi yam, Ndithi, “Uyalila, usana?” Ayindim othetha ukuba ndiyahlekisa, kodwa iphantse yaphethula iskripthi, kumfo, njenge, “Ngaba wena ukulila? Ngaba ndikwenzakalisa iimvakalelo zakho?"Kwaye ndicinga ukuba kukho into enamandla kuloo nto, kwaye nditshintsha nje kwaye ndizithemba ngakumbi. Ixesha elidlulele, igama liyaqhubeka likhula nam, kwaye iba namandla ngakumbi xa ndicinga ngayo.

Ingakumbi kuba eli shishini lilawulwa ngamadoda, Ngaba uziva ngathi uhamba malunga nobo budlelwane namadoda okanye ukubonisa ukuba sesichengeni kwabo kukunceda ube nendawo kunye nokuzimela kwindawo enjalo? Okanye uphakama njani ngaphezu kwayo? 

Ndiziva ngathi amazwi am ahlaba kakhulu, ngoko, amanye amadoda aziva engonwabanga xa esiva. Kodwa, Nye…Andicingi ngamadoda, ukunyaniseka kuwe. Njengo, Ndandingabakhathaleli kangako okanye into abayicingayo, okanye indlela abavakalelwa ngayo ngegama, okanye ngayo nantoni na enento yokwenza nam, nento endiyenzayo. Andicingi ngayo kakhulu. Ndingaphezulu apho kukho abafazi. Nokuba ithini intombazana, ndimamele. Xa kufikwa emadodeni, ingena kwenye indlebe ize iphume kwenye. Kodwa kunzima kwangaxeshanye. Xa ndiyicinga kwicala le-flip, ngamaxesha athile, lishishini elilawulwa ngamadoda, nokuba ngumfazi, kufuneka ubeke unyawo lwakho phantsi okanye uyimele into okholelwa kuyo. Kwaye ngamanye amaxesha unokuba kwiimeko ezingathandekiyo apho use studio kwaye liqela lamadoda kwaye, njenge, akukho mntu ukukhathaleleyo ukuva into oyithethayo, uyazi? Kwaye, ngaloo ndlela, inokuba nzima. Kwandithatha ixesha elide. Nangoku, kukho izinto endizama ukuziqonda ukuba ndenze njani. Kodwa, uyazi, iyadanisa, ishishini esikulo, ayilunganga nje. Xa ndingena egumbini, Ndinje, "Kulungile, ukuba kwenzeka ngolu hlobo, kufuneka ndizibeke njani ukuze ndiqinisekise ukuba ndiyaviwa, uyazi?”  Kwaye nokuba ndilungile ukuba andiziva kakubi ngokufuna ukuviwa okanye ukuziva ngathi kufuneka ndiviwe. Yayiyeyona nto inkulu ke leyo kuba ndiziva ngathi ndingahlala ndiziva kakubi ngokuthetha. Kwaye kufana-hayi, ukuba ndikholelwa kwinto ethile, ukuba ndibona into, Kufuneka ndikwazi ukuthetha.

Uluhlu lwakho lwamva nje lokudlala, "Lick BackKkk" ijikeleza abaculi abaninzi ababhinqileyo. Abasetyhini abakungqongileyo baxhobisa njani ubugcisa bakho? 

Oh, kakhulu. Umama kunye nomakhulu wam bayandixhobisa kakhulu. Kakhulu, Okuninzi, Okuninzi, Okuninzi. Ndicinga ukuba umakhulu udlala indima enkulu, ngokunyaniseka kubugcisa bam bonke, indlela endizithwala ngayo, indlela endithetha ngayo, indlela endikhetha ukunxiba ngayo, iigrill zam-ezona zinto zincinci, Ndifumana yonke into kumakhulu wam. Kodwa umakhulu wayekhohlakele nje, and she was the true definition of “I don’t give a fuck what anyone says.” And she worked hard. Njengo, my mom and my grandma worked hard. And just seeing them go for what they want and working the hardest in the room inspired me in my career. So I’m thankful for that. And I’m surrounded by so many women. There are so many women in my family. So just seeing them and hearing their experiences, what they go through, and how they deal with things helps me.

Is the majority of your family alpha females?

Yes. Ewe, the majority are alpha females.

This is good, because I think it helps you get older and go “I’m not gonna take shit, respectfully.”

Kunene, there’s nothing that anybody can do because I’ve seen my mom and my grandma rise to the top.

Is there anyone in this industry, any other artist that’s given you words of encouragement to keep going? 

I would say the most recent is probably Drake. Drake gave me good advice. Words of encouragement to keep going, which I appreciate. From that conversation, it gave me a clear mind of what to do next and how to go about things and stuff like that. Ke, I’m grateful for that. I’m trying to think of anyone else. Rosalía. Ewe, Rosalia very early on supported me, anytime I needed. Anything. I could call her and she would give me advice.

Ke, my last question,  I’m just so curious. I tried to scroll as far as I could to find a page of you without the two ponytails, but when did that exactly come about—the signature hairstyle?

Um, my hair dropped out. I bleached my hair, and it had dropped out. Njengo, Bendine buzz cut. Kwaye xa iinwele zam zazikhula, Ndenze i-knotless braids. Kwaye, Andikhumbuli ukuba yeyiphi ifilimu endandiyibukele, okanye mhlawumbi ndandinzulu kwiPinterest, kwaye ndandifuna ukuzama-hayi, ibikwiTumblr, kwaye ndabona imisila yehagu. Kwaye yayiyinkangeleko entle. Ibiyifotoshoot nje. Kwaye, Nye, Ndandifuna ukuzama ukwenza iinwele zam ngolo hlobo, kodwa andizange ndikwazi, kuba iinwele zam bezingande ngokwaneleyo. Ke, umama wam kwafuneka abophe iinwele zam entloko kwaye enze iihagu ezimbini. Emva koko zaqala ukukhula iinwele zam, Ndiyakwazi ukwenza imisila yehagu. Ke, yavele yaba yeyona hairstyle ilula kum ukuyenza, ngaphandle kokuhlala esitulweni ixesha elide ukufumana iibraids ezingenamaqhina, kuba bekuyimizuzu elishumi. Njengo,  ii-pigtails ezimbini nje kunye neebraids ezimbalwa kwi-pigtails. Igqibele ngokuba yi signature look yam, ukunyaniseka kuwe. Ndasuke ndaxakwa sesi style,  ukufumana iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokwenza. Ke, ewe, it all stemmed from my hair dropping out, and that being the only hairstyle that was fast to do, because everything else took hours.

Well, it shows that it’s following trends, because I’m one of the many that did it after. I think I did it last November.

It’s so crazy because I didn’t think it was anything serious. Whenever I go somewhere, people will recognize me because it’s my two pigtails. Ke, they’ll be, njenge, “Owu, I know it was you because of your pigtails.”

You’re one of those iconic cartoons with that exact outfit or hair. Njengo, there couldn’t be anybody else.