For Papa Mbye, art is his chosen language. Papa’s an interdisciplinary artist working with mediums such as animation, drawing, film, and music. As an artist that guides his visions all the way through a natural yet calculated process of creation, all of his work is intertwined and a “consequence of having to express something.” Music happened on a whim for Papa but even when it did, it continued to be an extension of himself like the rest of his art. With two singles under his belt, the elusive, Minneapolis-based artist evokes and maintains a curiosity in anyone who ventures into his work because he never really has to say much for you to understand what he means. We caught up with Papa on a recent trip to Chicago to talk about how his evolution as an artist led him to music, his creative process, and the music that’s to come.
How have you been these days?
I've literally just been chilling with my friends like making stuff I’m interdisciplinary so I like to draw as well as like do animation stuff and paint so I've kinda just been in cook mode.
How did you get into music? Did you always know or imagine it to be a big part of your life?
Yeah I mean I really started doing the music ‘cuz me and my friend used to throw parties and I remember just like on a whim I decided to perform at one of the parties, just like a freestyle or something. Then this dude booked me for a show after that and I literally would just make songs so I could play shows.
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