Mother And Rapper Sheila D Gets Raw On “Ratchet Royalty”
Sheila D Yeah’s determination leaves little room to second guess what she spills onto a track. The writer has been doing her thing musically way before becoming a mother in 2016. If you ask anyone on the B-more music scene, she’s an undeniable rapper. From Baltimore, Sheila took her talents and her toddler to L.A. where she ran into a few hiccups, but it hasn’t stopped her from living out her musical dreams.
On her latest release “Ratchet Royalty“, the lyricist discusses her unique struggles as a single mother trying to make a way in hip hop; Very different content from what’s popping with usual women in rap today.
To kick start the EP, Sheila includes a voicemail from an aggy A&R on the intro, and dude straight up tells her no one wants to work with her because she had a baby.
“Unfortunately [inaudible] has lost interest. The concern is, and this is probably why she has never gone anywhere…she’s a mother, she has a kid and there’s no father in the picture. If you look a billboard Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Cardi…they don’t have kids. Cardi B may be pregnant but she can do that…Everyone is not interested because she has a child.”
It starts at the 1:00 mark:
How discouraging, right? Do you think it’s a fair or foul decision to not sign a contract with someone because they are a mother? Sounds cruel.
Congratulations to Sheila for getting her EP off, despite haters! Hear “Ratchet Royalty” here:
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