Snacky Chan
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Are you good at math? Can you play the piano?
I’m a’ight at math, I’m no wiz or nuthin’. I used to play piano but I forgot most of it.
What aspects of your own music and life do you have to work on? A lot of popular rappers play up their self-destructive tendencies (a penchant for violence and misogyny, a quick temper, being hyper-materialistic, resorting often to drugs and alcohol, etc): would you say you exhibit any of those?
I’m probably the opposite of a lot of these rappers in terms of their behavior. In reality I’m pretty conservative and stable. I tend to be a workaholic, I need to chill out. If there’s one thing I would like to change about myself it’d probably be that I wanna be more at peace with my situations and satisfied with what I’ve attained thus far.
What would you say are the most significant themes in your work to date? Are you going in a specific direction with your songs and albums, do you have a rough idea of where you want to be both career and theme-wise in a year? Five years?
The most significant themes in my music would have to be that it’s just good overall … ha, can’t think of no way else to put it. Respectable, real hip hop, regardless of race, just good shit. I mean I try to create something different every time. I have a lot of Asian themes in my music, but lately I’ve been trying to stay away from that. Don’t wanna overplay the gimmick. In terms of the direction of my music, I just wanna create the illest albums right now. Not just one song, but whole albums. I mean I’m all about the challenge, and right now the challenge is getting the non-Asians to bump my shit like there’s no differences between us. I just wanna prove these record companies wrong, there is money in the Asian-American market, until they see that, we’re gonna be invisible.
Many artists feel that they do not specifically decide to be writers, illustrators, poets, etc., but rather, that they are compelled to be. Would you say this was the case for you? What compels you to do this, despite all the obstacles and resistance? What makes it worthwhile?
It was more of a natural progression for me rather than a compelling feeling. One thing led to the other and all the sudden I’m soundin’ alright in the booth. No other profession I could think of matches my personality. I’d just be horrible at anything else, I’d be straight killin’ people if I was a Doctor or something … To know that I’m representing correctly for so many people that are so unrepresented and represented wrongly, it feels good. That’s what keeps me going.
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