#FMSpotlight: Fedd The God – ‘Speed Racer’ (Listen)

Listen: Fedd The God – Speed Racer

Fedd The God is, in every sense of the word, a go-getter. Reflecting this remarkable quality through his work ethic and pen game, the budding artist aims to connect people worldwide. Moreso, he wants to spread overall positivity. These two reasons alone are what drives him to go hard.

Between the lines of his rhymes, the Taylor Gang signee holds nothing back. After the beat drops, he talks about his burgeoning career, aspirations, money-oriented mentality, and what he hopes the future brings. In other instances, he also drops warning bars for those who try throwing him off the track. As Fedd The God puts it,

 “World domination is the plan; nothing less!”

Sonically, Fedd The God gets revved up from a range of trap beats. Whether it gives off a playful or menacing feel, the Pittsburgh-based rapper delivers his lyrics with poise.

“I didn’t find music. Music found me,” he adds.

His brand new project, Speed Racer, explores Fedd The God’s tenacity to the fullest. Once the laser beam-type sound loop goes off, the emcee speaks his piece about his luxurious lifestyle, dealing with opps/women, getting to the bag, and never folding. Additionally, he raps about remaining loyal to the gang and staying conscious of what and who’s around him. The instrumentals take on different forms of trap, from aggressive to jolly. Speed Racer includes collaborations from Grammy-nominated recording artist Wiz Khalifa and Jimmy Wopo. 

Fedd The God and Wiz Khalifa subtly flex about their ways with women, success, and more on their eerie piano-led trap offering, “Yea Yup.” Additionally, the two rappers deliver bars about individuals that constantly put on a front. Still, the only agenda they’re focused on is making several bands. The two keep things interesting by going bar for bar in a direct fashion. 

“N*ggas always talking small money but I want large amounts/Baddie after baddie I’m f*ckin I think I lost the count,” Fedd The God spits. He also raps, “They know I’m a ticking bomb, don’t know why n*ggas testing me.”

Wiz Khalifa matches Fedd The God’s message, saying 

“I got Big Wiz energy/P*ssy a** n*ggas don’t turn out who they pretend to be.” 

In regards to the song’s creation, Fedd The God told Rap Basement, 

“He just wanted to see what I had, my skillset, so he put on a beat, and he went, ‘Start a song, start a song up,’ and I just started freestylin’.” 

Outside of gaining support from the masses, he’s gotten recognition from even Pittsburgh’s North Side, Happy Day Dessert. The shop has recently named a new French Vanilla ice cream flavor after the beloved rapper. Their French Vanilla flavor consists of light blue food coloring, highlighting Fedd’s style. Fedd’s manager, Will Dzombak, also has a Cookie$ and Crème flavor named after him, including yellow food coloring and chocolate swirls for a black and yellow look. 

About Fedd The God

The 26-year old musician grew up in the rough and less than ideal Northview Heights section in Pittsburgh, PA. 

About his upbringing, he says, 

“Growing up in Northview Heights, on Penfort and Manchester’s 1200 block, man, I’ve seen it all. Sadly, the environment was rough and what is now typical for so many young black males to see; murder, drugs, guns. We didn’t know anything else. I tried to keep to myself, for the most part.”

In 2005 Fedd The God and music became acquainted amidst jokingly making music on a computer with his friend one day. 

“My boy Rico and I made a song called “Shoplifting” on Giant Eagle. We were just messing around,” he adds. “I didn’t think anything of it. But I found myself going back to making music and writing raps, almost as a form of therapy whenever something happened, or I saw something on the block.” 

But it took a real-life experience to push the Pittsburgh native to take music seriously. 

“It wasn’t until the death of my friend Trillzee that I started to take music seriously. He was making music and was about to crack off, so I felt the responsibility to pick up where he left off and keep this sh*t going.”

 Fedd’s inspiration to make music came from listening and watching Master P at a young age, with his motivation coming from his mother. 

“I didn’t have a musical bone in my body, sh*t, I can’t even dance. But sometimes your purpose finds you in the strangest ways.” 

As time progressed, he found himself making more music and realized how much he genuinely loves to move people. 

“It’s like a high when I can hear and visualize people of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexes moving to my music, my art. That’s what drives me. That’s where my passion comes from. My mom told me that this passion and drive is a gift. It’s a gift to be able to connect with other humans with vibrations and emotions.”

 After deciding to take music seriously as a career, Fedd stepped onto the music scene officially as Fedd The God, a play off his last name combined with a popular Dragon Ball Super Sayian transformation, symbolizing the God form. His early days in music were with a collective NWS, ‘N****s Wit Swagg.’ 

“My start in the music scene was with NWS. I was in the studio, and Icey2Times left me the password to his SoundClick profile so I could go through beats. Back then, I didn’t know shit about rap or what to listen for in a beat. I just waited until I found something that spoke to me. There was this one beat called ‘Pittsburgh Nightmare,’ and from the second I heard it knew that was the one. I loaded it up, recorded myself, and made an anthem for my city called NFL.”

 It wasn’t until an ironic encounter that Fedd was about to align with a Pittsburgh legend. 

“I first linked up with Will because I got into a fight with his boy Jr. Will gave me his number to reach out if I ever needed anything. We linked up a few years later in 2018 and started talking about the music business. He had so much knowledge, and I just wanted to soak it up. He put his arm around me, coached up on the industry, put me on game to how things worked. He sent me books about the music business. I really just wanted to learn.” 

Fedd credits Will for introducing him to Taylor Gang head honcho Wiz Khalifa at a show in NYC, followed by time spent in Pittsburgh and LA. 

“I’m the type of person that feeds off the energy and a vibe. That’s what I loved about Wiz and Will and the whole Taylor Gang family… it’s a family. They weren’t trying to push anything on me. It just flowed well. I knew that being Gang would come with music benefits, but they were stand-up dudes before anything else had me sold. They were willing and wanted to teach me about the game. Most artists wouldn’t know half the shit they taught me. It’s a blessing.”

Listen to Speed Racer by Fedd The God below:

Written By: Natalee Gilbert

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