One on One with BriCold

Up from the hot sidewalks and run down steel mills of the Chicago metropolitan area — comes a rising star, a fastly emerging female rap icon “BriCold.” BriCold completely understands from the start of it all hip - hop was about storytelling. Just as the sound of the movement was created by the creative repurposing of music that already existed, the success of the genre’s MCs was based on their willingness to shatter old forms and wield the shards to create a new style of self-expression. Male and female rappers alike used wordplay, repetition, and extended metaphor to relate experiences that were dark, violent, romantic, or hopeful, casting themselves as a hero, witness, or role model. 

BriCold is an artist who once again shows us how hip-hop has expanded into various art forms and musical subgenres – with rap specifically being one of the most popular musical styles among today’s youth. In “Life and Hip-Hop,”

In this episode, we went one on one with BriCold — we discussed her early life influences, her love for the art form, her thoughts about the music industry today and so much more.