At the same time my grandfather and his music was a huge inspiration in my my life. Musically, because of my generation and my environment, I clung to hip-hop, to rap. So at the same time we were living in Section 8 housing. She was hard headed and stubborn and wouldn't take any handouts. My mom sang back-up some for Waylon, so there were times that I got to go on the road and stuff. They met in West Nashville at the skating rink. My dad was an old West Nashville thug (William "Fat Pat" Harness) from The Nations (neighborhood). Struggle: My grandfather is Waylon Jennings. This album totally embodies that.ĬONCRETE: Can you break down your musical heritage? It's been a journey these last ten years of grinding and doing music to really get to the point where now I'm able to do what the fuck I want to do. A lot of great people came out and supported me on it. Directed by Tyler Clinton from Do.Not.Resist. The first single is called "Outlaw Shit". We just took a lot of Waylon (Jennings) some Johnny Cash, some of the older, what I felt was authentic country, outlaw country and mixed them together. We mixed country and hip-hop, but in the most authentic way that we could. A lot of it is produced by Jody Stevens from right here in Nashville. I got the producers I wanted to use like Will Power. This music really is the music I've always wanted to do. Do what you want to do." So we took it a whole other direction. The label that I've been signed to for the last few years pretty much just gave me the reigns and said, "Make the music you want to make. Just keep at it and never let go of your dreams.ĬONCRETE: What can you tell us about your new project? And regardless of what you're going through you can rise above it. My name Struggle just represents, not so much the struggle but the endurance of the struggle. When I started rapping I started going by Young Struggle. We have the new one coming out next month.ĬONCRETE: How did the name Struggle come about? In late 2009, early 2010 I put out Soundtrack To An Indictment. In 2006 put out a disc called Trying to Eat anĭ sold them independently. In 2004 me and Jelly Roll put out The Halfway House. Struggle: In 2003 I put out an album called Struggle Until We Make It. West Side, a neighborhood called "The Nations", it's right of Charlotte Pike.ĬONCRETE: What projects have you released to this date? His story runs deep and while this interview just scratches the surface it goes more in depth than any we have read. "OutLaw Shit" f/ Waylon Jennings and Yelawolf
Petition and good intent letters can be sent to #FREESTRUGGLE You can visit HIS WEBSITE and donate to his legal fund or purchase some merchandise that goes to the same cause. As of 2 days ago, Struggle was again behind bars. While visiting his probation officer, they locked him up on a new charge. Yet with all the positives in his musical world, the real world crashed down on him again.
AND he is on the cover of CONCRETE Magazine #43 that drops 11-11-11. It smashed through the blogosphere and quickly shot past 20,000 views in 3 days and is still climbing fast. With Struggle's "OutLaw Shit" it's natural and the real reflection of blue-collar American neighborhoods (like The Nations) where pick-up trucks bump both. The song is a mix of rap and country more true and well put together than anyone who has tried to mesh the at-odds-genres before. He just dropped his triumphant video to "OutLaw Shit" featuring Yelawolf and his late grandfather Waylon Jennings. This week has been a roller-coaster of emotions for Struggle that reflect his life as a whole. We've know about his musical heritage and his troubles. Back in 2004 he was Young Struggle, but he's all grown up now. We've known and followed Struggle since we started CONCRETE Magazine.
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