{"id":133223,"date":"2021-02-02T16:56:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T00:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/?p=133223"},"modified":"2021-02-02T16:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T00:58:34","slug":"meet-independent-artist-swiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onewestmagazine.com\/magazine\/meet-independent-artist-swiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Independent Artist Swiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swiff is a 20-year-old artist from Canada who is all about making music that people can dance and party to.\u00a0He really started doing music when he was about 5, that is when he got his first guitar and started taking\u00a0lessons. It started off as a hobby, but when he was about 15 is when he realized he could make good Hip-Hop music. He is currently working with 808 Mafia, Ron Ron, and Shoreline Mafia and has a new single, Wok Star featuring Fenix Flexin. Get to know Swiff below!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How would you describe your sound\/style? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have a super west coast sound, and I love the way West Coast beats sound, but I really want to branch more into melodies and more flows on different beats to make me more diverse as an artist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why music? Describe your passion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always loved music, I\u2019ve always wanted to play music or be involved in some way and once I realized how much impact I can have with my words not only on others but myself, I knew I had to pursue that feeling and keep making songs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who inspires your sound music? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s lots of artists that inspire me, I\u2019ve always been the biggest Tyga fan, Drake as a Canadian is very inspiring, Aitch the 21 year old UK artist and some different sounds like Phil Collins or Neil diamond I listen to all of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is your motivation and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Definitely my nephew Bentley, niece Bella, and my brother Houston. Those 3 deserve everything the world has to offer and I want do everything I can to make it happen for us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your goals when it comes to your music career?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to be huge, I want to be able to sell out arenas, and have a big house in the hills for the gang to move to. I\u2019m tryna be number 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is next for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next for me is go back to LA after the pandemic, make more videos, release as much as I can all 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong> Swiffsbe<\/p>\n<p><strong>YouTube:<\/strong> SwiffSBE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=11mtZHT-H-A\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"Too Late (Official Video) Prod. Shurnak Beats\" title=\"Play video &quot;Too Late (Official Video) Prod. 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