A Close Up With Chaos in the GRDNOFiii

Q.) What is your name / stage name?
Chaos in the GRDNOFiii

Q.) Where are you from?
Atlanta, GA

Q.) What do you do?
Songwriter/ Producer

Q.) How long have you been making music?
I’ve made music professionally since 2011

Q.) What was your first song/project?
My first song was recorded when I was 6 years old over a tape. I released my first official project “Vantablack Project” in 2014 in response to the uproar of police brutality and racism in American culture

Q.) Who’s your inspiration?
I am inspired by humankind. Artists from all kinds of walks of life and mediums have inspired me, but if I’d pick Musical influences I’d say Erykah Badu, Bone Thugs n Harmony, and Lil Wayne probably contributed the most

Q.) What genre of music do you create?
Alternative Hip Hop and Soul

Q.) What are some features you have?
The Letter M, Sensei Bueno, BeeTaylor, mostly in house features, I’m not much interested in making music with commercial artists

Q.) Who’s one person, dead or alive, that you’d want to work with?
I’d love to work with Marvin Gaye. I’d like a chance to write a song for him

Q.) Are you signed to a label?
No

Q.) Do you want a record deal, a distribution deal, or none?
None. I’d only like to sign a contract to your if anything

Q.) Who are your biggest supporters?
My biggest supporters are often strangers, but I have a core fan base in ATL, Kansas City, and California

Q.) Do you write your own material?
Yes

Q.) Do you create your own music video concepts?
Yes and shoot or direct all my videos for the most part

Q.) What’s your favorite music to listen to?
I love to listen to neo soul, raggae, rap and alternative bands like bad brains and Nirvana

Q.) What are you currently working on?
I am currently finishing the mixes for my upcoming project “Broken Peaces Trilogy ” which is set to release March 3 2023

Q.) What is your latest release?
The latest single I released was a Christmas themed club banger entitled Dancer Baby

Q.) When is your next release?
March 3, 2023

Q.) Where is one place you want to travel to perform?
I want to do SxSW this year. There are so many places I’d like to travel and perform to pin down just one

Q.) What’s the biggest crowd that you have performed for?
I’ve performed for crowds with thousands of people but I really do often prefer to do shows for intimate smaller venues

Q.) Who’s someone you can see yourself on tour with?
I could see myself on your with 6lack or Jaden Smith

Q.) Who produces your music?
I produce a majority of my music along with my band and production team GRDNOFiii

Q.) Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
I plan to be iconic. I plan to impact the world with my next release and continue to drop these songs. I have hundreds of songs in the vault. I just want to be heard more than anything