Oakland Rapper John Mackk Has A Message For Rubi Rose

Meet John Mackk, a 26-year-old from Oakland. As a Bay Space native, Mackk goals to indicate the world that his fashion and music can attain past the confines of the West Coast. As of late, he has develop into one of the crucial promising younger artists on the indie scene along with his viral tune “Gradual It Down,” which has amassed greater than 125,000 movies and sounds on TikTok and 18 million streams on DSPs. 

Late final 12 months, John Mackk launched a number of notable collaborations with the likes of Mike Sherm, Mozzy, 310Babii and Heembeezy. He not too long ago launched his EP titled Signing Day, with a number of notable tracks together with “Rubi Rose,” which the feminine rapper and mannequin later shared on her Instagram web page.

John Mackk was additionally featured on the Carrots cypher hosted by Anwar with the likes of 03 Greedo, Kalan FRFR, Buddy, Guapdad and Wallie the Sensei, to call a couple of. His subsequent tune, dropping in March, is titled “Pose for Me.” AllHipHop spoke with John Mackk about his roots, new music and extra.

AllHipHop: What was your come up within the rap sport like, and the way did you find yourself turning into a full time rapper with a group and label?

John Mackk: My come up within the rap sport in Oakland was a loopy course of. I really feel like I by no means actually acquired love and acknowledgement from my very own folks, however I by no means actually dwell on it nor do I let it’s an excuse. I all the time was completely satisfied as a result of it by no means boxed me in andI all the time knew I’d be what I’m right now, so it created extra gas for me to thrive. I ended up a full-time rapper with a group and label by sticking with it. Via all of the trial and error, all of the pretend love and goodbyes, I rebuilt my group a number of instances to get so far and time’s lastly right here. Now, I’m sadly with a label however brighter aspect is a 12 months in the past, I wasn’t on this place. God blessed me huge time. 

AllHipHop: Inform us about your upcoming single “Pose for Me?”

John Mackk: With my upcoming single, “Pose for Me,” I actually really feel like I discovered the blueprint so I’m capitalizing on it. I would like folks to listen to my music and have enjoyable screaming their coronary heart out and need to occasion. Whenever you’re in a nasty temper, I would like women to listen to “Pose For Me” in that second and lighten the temper. Now we have a variety of music disrespecting ladies, I need to steadiness it out and construct them up. 

AllHipHop: Which tune would you say represents you probably the most so far and why?

John Mackk: A tune that represents me probably the most known as “Bleeding Hearts,” as a result of it’s a illustration of my feelings and I’m fairly susceptible in it. It additionally was enjoyable for me to file and shoot, I really feel prefer it’s timeless. 

AllHipHop: What was one of the crucial inspiring moments of your upbringing?

John Mackk: One in every of many inspirational moments in my life is realizing how a lot my mother sacrificed for me and my two siblings. She was a single mother or father, we have been an everyday poor household in a poverty space that hardly had assist from job to job. At all times made certain we had meals and garments and by no means complained whereas doing it. 

AllHipHop: Rubi Rose performed your tune and cosigned you. Have you ever linked up together with her but?

John Mackk: Yeah she kinda did, however nah we haven’t linked simply but. However we are going to although—watch. She don’t know me personally but, however when she do she gon’ love me as a lot as I like her.