Marc Payne is one of the most successful, young entrepreneurs and rappers of his time! He is changing the world, and we want you to meet him on RIZZARR! (Photo Credit: Ashley Blackeney)
Age is truly no longer a factor anymore when it comes to pursuing your dreams. In fact, imagine pursuing a huge, successful music career while going to school at the same time.
Would you be able to handle it, or would you give into the pressure? And, could you even be able to inspire others to work with you and help you fulfill your dream?
Well, renowned rapper, entrepreneur, and producer Marc Payne didn’t. A graduate of the University of Southern California, Payne is still continuing to inspire and immensely impact the world through his career!
We are truly inspired by Payne’s career, and how he has managed to change the world through music! He is the epitome of what it means to have a dream and to go after it wholeheartedly, while also even putting education first!
Make sure you check out RIZZARR’s interview with Payne below!
FAST FACTS
Full name: Marc Payne
Age: 23
Birthplace: City of Fallen Angels
Favorite Song You Wrote: Whichever will make me the most money (that’s like asking which one of your kids you like the most)
Your Favorite Song: Dream – “Mr. Yeah”
Your Favorite Quote: “Stay positive, tomorrow ain’t promised today”
INTERVIEW
1. How long have you been singing/rapping for and what inspired you to want to pursue this career?
Payne’s career simply began with a vision that he went after: “It all started in Economic$ basement with the bootleg version of Fruty Loops. We didn’t even buy the official version, we just got it for free in the Napster, Kazaa era. From there, we found a $20 microphone at radio shack and proceeded to do work.”
It all started in Economic$ basement with the bootleg version of Fruty Loops. We didn’t even buy the official version, we just got it for free in the Napster, Kazaa era. From there, we found a $20 microphone at radio shack and proceeded to do work.
The quality was terrible, but it was the foundation of what we do now. We built a studio, produce our own instrumentals, and record our own music.
We are an independent company and make the music we want to make. Economics, Med, and Turner Classic have been making music since high school and college. Just like anything in life, after enough practice you begin to get good at it. The more time you put in, the more you will get out of it. Music just happens to be what we put our time into.
2. How has being a musician/ rapper impacted your life?
There have been up’s and down’s. I have lost friends because of the life I live. I have also gained a lot of people in my life because of the music industry. Music is my happy place like Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore said. “We all need a happy place we can escape to sometimes.” Music is my escape and I know being a singer will impact my life for the better. It’s my passion. It’s my life.
Payne finds that he is inspired by defeat: “When someone tells me that something is not going to work and I feel in my mind it will, I challenge the doubts.”
3. Who inspires you, and why?
I’m inspired through defeat. When someone tells me that something is not going to work and I feel in my mind it will, I challenge the doubts.
I have always challenged authority since I was a kid so it’s only fitting I challenge all the Bulls*** that gets thrown at me today.
4. How have your family and friends helped you in your development into a musical artist?
Everyone around me is extremely supportive of my dreams. They just want to see me happy. They know music makes me happy so they want to see it all work out. I’m very blessed to have my team around me.
My team is also very realistic and down to earth and they have no problem stating their opinion and letting you know if they disagree. Someone would have been “pulled my card” if I didn’t have talent to become a successful musical artist.
5. What was one of the most memorable experiences you have had in your career?
Performing in Tokyo Japan. The audience shows a different type of vibe and love that makes you always want to go back and make music. It’s like a drug or a high you never want to end and get hooked on. It made me want to travel to all the cultures and see reactions in different countries to something I had a part in creating.
6. Tell me a little bit about your experiences as a musical artist. How were you able to balance your career with school?
Payne believes that you can still pursue your education and be successful in your career. Even while pursuing his B.A. from the University of Southern California, he worked hard at his career and it became immensely successful!
I’ll perform in Vegas one weekend and Sunday night catch a flight to make it to class for a midterm on Monday. Sometimes I’d perform in Atlanta and my teachers would work with me through my schedule. I was a Communications major.
When I learned that after you communicate, people are willing to work with you I had an easier time. I just told my professors my schedule and my passion and they supported me and tried to make it work. I graduated so it all worked out.
7. What are your hopes for the future? Where do you hope to see yourself in five years?
I’m assembling this tour right now, I really want to travel and make as much money as I can when I’m trending and relevant. My hope is to make enough money to provide for my family and those I’ve seen struggle and can use a hand out. So many people in my reality have been working there whole life and never got a hand out.
If I am blessed with the reward I am trying to make, I will be able to help a lot of my community. In five years I see myself gaining more Money, Power, and Respect. I’m hungry to compete with the top artists on the charts and I want to connect with a worldwide audience. I will be meeting a lot of people in five years and I know I will see myself wiser in five years.
One of Payne’s most successful albums, Keys to the City.
8. What advice would you give to anyone who is trying to pursue his or her dreams?
Mama Payne told me “Practice makes perfect” and it’s true with your dreams.
You just have to keep at it.
Even if you start and you are discouraged, if you are passionate about it, you will continue to put the time into it in order to make you great. Worry about the content and everything else will fall in place…
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