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NEW JERSEY hip-hop Music Artist CINOEVIL and his crew with O.C.D are elevating levels. We are here to showcase their current work and find out more about cino and his come-up.
How did it all begin?
“When I was about 10 years old. My best friend’s older brother had low budget recording equipment in his room. He would make songs while we played video games. He was a singer.. still is. One day, he made a track and said he needed to find a rapper to get on the verse. So I went home and wrote the most unbelievably ignorant bars about my Lamborghini and being a trillionaire at the age of 10. Lmfao but I fell in love with the whole process of recording. It went on like that for two more years until I started taking it seriously.. Around the age of 13, a good friend of mine had committed suicide. I was the last person she tried to contact. I had a very hard time coping with it but I had found freedom in writing and getting my feelings out through poetry and hiphop. I made music from the heart for the first time and put it out on Facebook, YouTube and Soundcloud. I would get messages from people telling me how my songs and words touched them and helped them through their hard times. That’s when I truly fell in love with creating music. The feeling I got from hearing that my words helped people was greater than anything I’ve ever felt before. They say pain shared is pain lessened and that theory was 1000% true in my case”
photo: @royalcandidz @cinoevilmusic
How would you describe your music now?
“I feel I’ve stayed the same with the realness and truth in my music. I try to stay as honest as possible in the lyrics and speak on things that actually pertain to my life. I use music as my therapy works to its fullest potential is if you remain honest. What changed the most is the lyrics aren’t only about pain anymore. I touch on everything, both good and bad that I go through and see in my life. If i had to describe my music right now, I’d say it’s versatile. I bring a different vibe with each track… Different sub-genres of hip hop and different styles of rapping. I try to always keep the actual bars strong though whether I’m doing an ignorant autotuned track or if it’s straight old school boom bap rapping, I want the audience to be able to read the lyrics on paper and feel like they’re reading in depth poetry. Not just some braggadocious, fake luxury bars about things I don’t have.
photo:@royalcandidz @cinoevilmusic
How did you come up with the name “CinoEvil”?
“I had the name before I started rapping. My 4th grade teacher actually came up with it. My last name is Mancino. He always used to call me “Cino” for short. When he was taking attendance one day though, for whatever reason, he called me Cinoevil. And I just held onto it forever.”
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Tell us more about O.C.D Music, how would you describe the brand? How did that come together?
“O.C.D was formed when I was in high school. Probably around sophomore year. It originally was just me & 3 other artists. Wolfe, Vero & Nerson. It stands for “Obsessively Creative Deliquents”. The team started to build as our music got more love locally. We tried to put together a group of artists with all different styles and talents as nobody would get overshadowed. We consist of rappers, singers, producers, photographers, graphic designers & even a comedian as well. We all grew up in the Tristate area. Jersey, NYC & Philly mostly. Vero went off to pursue his craft solo. The team currently is me (Cinoevil), Wolfe, Ragz, Summonte, Nerson, Steamboat Crilly, Mustang Marinara, Hoodbabii, Imani DC, Morskamo, Jaded Shade & Dole. I would describe us as a family.”
checkout Cino’s Latest Release..
CINOEVIL “GLITTER AIN’T GOLD”
photo: @royalcandidz @cinoevilmusic