Exclusive Interview with Rising Florida Producer: Reptile

Reptile; Jacksonville, Florida

What is your name/stage name?

“My name is Stephen Napoli, I go by Reptile in my music.”

Where are you from?

“I was born and raised in St. Augustine Florida and currently live about 30 minutes from Jacksonville Florida.”

What do you do?

“I’ve been a fry cook for the past 2 years working throughout high school.“

How long have you been making music?

“I started making beats in 2016, so around 6 years.”

Who’s your biggest inspiration?

“My biggest inspirations would be zaytoven, dp beats, and Glohan these 3 producers were massive influences into the beginnings of my sound and have helped me to evolve myself into my own sound.”

What genre of music do you create?

“I make trap/hip hop beats with a unique style I haven’t heard similar; some call my sound underground. I like to incorporate lots of synths with really trappy south sounding drum patterns.“

What was it like working with (collabs?)

“I haven’t had many, but I had a friend in the studio with me and our workflow was very quick creative and all in all we had a blast.“

What are some features you have?

“Jlou (local rapper in Florida) and Bernito (Another local rapper).”

What are some features you want to get?

“My dream is to land a Lil uzi vert placement but all in all any placement would be amazing.”

Who’s one person, dead or alive, that you’d want to work with?

“Juice wrld, Rest in paradise to a goat.”

Are you signed to a label?

“No.”

Do you want a record deal, a distribution deal, or none?

“This is very situational for me it depends on circumstances.”

Who are your biggest supporters?

“I have a fan base on soundcloud i’ve grown of about 500 fans who actively get me about 500 plays a month on my type beats.”

Where did your name come from?

“I have this weird condition with my skin that causes me to have lots of bumps and one day my dad called me reptile and i decided to use it going forward in my music.”

What are you currently working on?

“Currently I’m on vacation away from my computer but before Ileft,I’ve been working on an executively produced album by me with Jlou. He has all the beats just waiting for him to record so we can drop.”

What is your latest release?

“A single with Jlou, “