DDG lately went viral for revealing his much-deeper “actual” voice, which he’s apparently been hiding due to his insecurities about it.
In a brand new vlog titled “The Reality About DDG Actual Voice” posted to his YouTube account on Saturday (November 26), the Michigan-bred artist defined why followers have gone all this time with out understanding how he actually sounds.
“I did like, a podcast a bit of bit in the past and I uncovered my actual voice – and this simply goes to point out why I don’t use it. I simply get actual insecure, I don’t like to essentially, like, expose myself like that,” DDG says simply after the 21-minute mark. “I like to remain low-key and simply be who I’m. And lots of people be like, ‘Rattling, why don’t you simply discuss in your actual voice or rap in your actual voice?’ I simply really feel prefer it’s too mu’fuckin deep, so I be making an attempt to love, discuss common.”
He went on to say that he feels the voice he’s been utilizing is extra relatable to followers, and that the deeper, actual voice would garner extra jokes than something.
“It’s simply simpler for me to develop as a musical artist, creator and shit,” he added. “I simply really feel like if I exploit my deep voice, plenty of y’all wouldn’t take me critically, and it’d be like, humorous. I see lots of people laughing about it and shit, and that’s identical to, that’s why I don’t like actually utilizing it like that. A variety of motherfuckers take that shit prefer it’s a motherfuckin’ joke, however it’s simply me like, opening up.”
This isn’t the primary time the YouTube star-turned-rapper went viral this yr. Again in September, DDG got here underneath fireplace for feedback he made concerning the lasting affect of Dr. Martin Luther King’s work.
Showing on Bootleg Kev’s podcast and discussing the backlash his girlfriend Halle Bailey acquired following for her upcoming function as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, he [allegedly] joked that he thought MLK had ended racism.
“I didn’t know individuals was this racist,” he mentioned. “I didn’t know this was a factor. I assumed this shit was gone already. I assumed Martin Luther King canceled that shit out.”
After individuals began calling him ignorant and uneducated upon the clip going viral, DDG took the chance to make clear his assertion in a touch upon The Shade Room.
“I used to be valedictorian in highschool,” he wrote, “clearly mlk ain’t cease racism.. it’s referred to as exaggeration lol see this what’s flawed with our individuals as of late. We assault one another all day on a regular basis & nobody else smh.. #BLM [fist emoji] y’all have a blessed one [heart emoji].”