Shid Latta is an up and coming hip-hop artist from Baltimore, Maryland. He is bringing a new element of realness to today’s music he says. He incorporates his life into all his music and is working on changing the rap and hip-hop industry for the better. He believes in being true to himself, and making music that reflects that. He feels that he is one of the most real and most genuine artists to ever create music of any kind.
Shid Latta or ShidLatta666 isn’t some random combination of words that sound cool. It’s actually his name. Shid’s real name is Rashid Latta. He felt that since he is making music that is so true to himself and who he is, shouldn’t his rap name be his own? No other words better reflect who he is, or are worthy of being associated so deeply with his career.
His whole life in conveyed in the music. All the situations he’s been put in and had to go through, to the things that he experiences everyday are reflected. “My mindset and my life and everything in it, good or bad. The money, the drugs, the sex, and the people and situations involved, and all that makes me, me. All my music is based on my life and true to my heart…” He said in an interview on jamsphere.com.
Combine the sounds of Outkast, Biggie, UGK, Jay-Z, Eminem, Jay-Z, add a bit of rock and pop, and you have a sound close to Shid’s. It’s not really possible to perfectly describe his sound, or any artist’s sound. The best way to put it, is that it’s his own shit that sounds great. Shid says the most dominant emotion is his music is passion. Happy, sad, whatever message the music and lyrics are conveying, the passion at which he brings is always there.
Unlike most people who were “introduced” to music, that wasn’t the case for Shid. As a child, he was immersed in all different types of music. From Queen, to Metallica and Nirvana. Music was part of his life. There are many musicians and singers in his life that have played a large part in influencing him to be the musician he is today.
Shid has been around rap his whole life. The first rap he ever wrote was only when he was 6 years old. That’s talent right there. How many people honestly write lyrical music when they are that young?
Shid hasn’t been rapping his whole life. He got into it abruptly when he realized that all the music that was new and popular was basically boring shit to him. It had no message, and he felt they were lying about who they were in those songs, and the way they portrayed themselves. He decided he could do better. And so the grind began to be the realist and most genuine artist in the business.
Unlike many up and comers today, Shid’s main concern isn’t to be famous or to win a Grammy. He says his main goal is to be able to in a few years say that he is making a living do what he truly loves. And if that isn’t the case, he wants to be able to look back on his life and be truly happy with what he’s done and how he pursued his dreams. Isn’t that what we all really want in life? To look back at our years and be proud of how we spent them? But hey, fame and a Grammy award never hurt anyone either.
You can find his music on a few websites. He is on YouTube, Reverberation, Soundcloud, and other sites that he has absolutely no clue how he got on. You can listen to his music for free, and you can learn about him and his life. The best site to listen to his music is on Reverbnation. You can find him at https://www.reverbnation.com/shidlatta666 There, you can listen to his new single Bet That (Prod by Sibling Jointz). This single will be on his next album titled Love and Other Drugs. His first CD is titled “Heath Ledger Chronicles: Vol. 1 Why So Serious?” Vol. 2 is titled “Toxicology Report”.
Upcoming album ‘Love + Other Drug$’ will be released in October.
Website: www.shidlatta.com
Twitter: @ShidLatta666
