In the midst of social distancing to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, SOCAN continues to conduct video interviews with our members – now online via meeting apps – in our new video series, “Staying Home with…” Today, it’s Snotty Nose Rez Kids.
Formed in 2016, the Haisla Nation hip-hop duo from Kitimat, B.C. – composed of rappers Yung Trybez (Quinton Nyce) and Young D (Darren Metz) – have won both Best Hip-Hop Artist and Breakout Artist at the Western Canadian Music Awards; have been shortlisted twice, back-to-back, for the Polaris Prize; and have earned a JUNO Award nomination. In a video interview with SOCAN just after the release of their new EP Real Deadly, Snotty Nose Rez Kids talk about, among other things, new musical directions; how the song “Real Deadly” anticipated the coronavirus situation; how they’re doing with, as Tupac Shakur said, “all eyez on me”; and the concept and sound of their next full-length album.