2020-09-25

DeCarlo Tatum, Jr.

DeCarlo Tatum, Jr. (Atlanta, Georgia)

Atlanta-based rapper DeCarlo Tatum, Jr. emerged in 2014 as a member of the Atlanta rap trio, Rebel Forest. The group flourished creatively under the tutelage of southern hip-hop pioneer Rico Wade and released several singles, most notably “More” and “Drugs” in 2015. 2020 marked DeCarlo’s second full-length release on Rare Dope International. The project, titled DEVOTION, introduces listeners to the key principles of DeCarlo’s sound. The album follows the rhythmic pattern of the ceremony that proceeds a church service. In other words, it is meant to sound like the jam session before the main church event. The lead single, “Project Baby,” features Damain.OG.

Interviewed by Holly Hobbs, 09/25/2020.

Holly Hobbs

Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic

Jr., Atlanta, Georgia

Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Society for Ethnomusicology