“I was trying to protect my mental health as a 12-year-old kid,” he recalls. Growing up amid farmland in Chilliwack, BC, hip-hop wasn’t a big part of Boslen’s adolescence, at least until his mom and stepdad briefly separated, and Kid Cudi provided a crutch. And part of being an underdog is proving people wrong, succeeding despite the odds, which is Boslen’s whole goal. What he’s connected to most since moving there, he says, “is the feeling of being an underdog.” It’s something that makes sense to him as an artist who exists at the margins between scenes. It sounds like he’s singing about a lover, but as he croons, it becomes clear that he’s putting on for the place that made him. The simmering slow jam “Note to the City,” featuring local legends Rascalz, makes his affection explicit. DUSK to DAWN, his Capitol Records debut, furthers this adventurous approach, hypnotically mixing trap, pop, punk, and rock melodies, and it’s also directly inspired by his city-a place that drives him to be different, to strive for more, to achieve greatness when no one expects him to. A land of contrasts-snowy peaks and warm water, beautiful nature and busy streets-it’s the perfect home for an artist who reconciles disparate energies, weaving together styles and sounds that don't intuitively connect. The 22-year-old hip-hop experimenter lives in Vancouver, and its people have become key to the way he understands himself and his art.
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