We had the good fortune of connecting with Donyae Crockett and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Donyae, what led you to pursuing a creative path professionally?
Oh Man Where do i start I’ve been surrounded by music my entire life and My name Being Donyae And growing up hearing Kanye west, Tpain and tory lanez and instantly falling in love with the sound of Autotune and Just digital music in general, Not to mention Leon Thomas and watching Victorious that kinda cemented the oh i wanna do this for the rest of my life at first i wanted to be a professional drummer which was cool for a time i went on 2 tours but after a while i wanted to do more so i went to college to study audio engineering and from there it was a wrap.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I started professionally doing music my junior year in high school and ran into the problem of i didn’t sound like the pros so i decided i wanted to go to college to learn how to record and mix my self and turn that into one part of my career. the next challenge i ran into was my live performances i ended up getting an internship at Rapalot records Through my Professor in college 2 years later, and from there the only way was up. i started getting bookings and more people started to notice me as an artist. when i learned to apply my knowledge i learned in college my live performances went to another level and hopefully this summer id be able to go on tour with Tpain and in the future id love to Perform and Go on tour with Tory lanez and kanye Two more of my biggest influences. all i can do is keep my head up and work like there’s no tomorrow

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
there’s so many places to start its impossible but id have to say id spend most of my time in deep vellum start off at the arcade and hit sirius pizza i could honestly eat pizza for breakfast lunch and dinner i blame any cartoon from the 2000s growing up

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I would like to Shout out Tpain, Tory lanez And last but not least Kanye West Because without these Genius there wold be no Yae

Website: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ulPfBlwANQ1oe7CUsfyTS

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dxnyxe/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/just-yae-580433196

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustYae

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWllMzRFotvUi7XL23OPk2w

Image Credits
@philo.optics @dopeont

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