The energy is just lit.A post shared by katrina on at 6:10am PST Other people feel the energy for sure but, I feel like my best shows are in my city. Especially in my lyrics when I’m like “I’m from New York, hoe suck my …” I feel like they get it. We saw you on the Rolling Loud stage last year, do you have a stage or city that gives you the best energy when you perform? The energy I had from Rolling Loud in New York, I don’t know, people understand it. Everything happens for a reason, that’s how I think of it. I made my hit single “Lit Bitch” before the pandemic happened, it just all came together during 2020. It wasn’t a rush or ‘lets just put something out’ but we had time to really body some records. I had time to just sit there and focus on my craft to come out with stuff I never came out with before. SMD was something I made during the pandemic. I had nothing but time to sit there and create so many different records. How was this process different from creating a mixtape or singles? During the whole pandemic I was just working on SMD. Your first album, SMD, released in June 2021. Oh that for sure! We are already working on that. It hit me a lil’ differently.Īre there any interests your supporters may be surprised to know you have? I had time to sit there and be with my son, and just chill out, relax and give my brain time to analyze what I really wanted in life. I got to relax my brain a little bit and actually plan out how I wanted to come back strong. I feel like it was a kind of a reset for me. How did the pandemic change the dynamic of being an artist? Unfortunately, a lot of people didn’t get to work because of Corona. “ Everything happens for a reason, that’s how I think of it.“ Chinese KittyĪ lot of people are trying to find their way, especially in the last few years. I was like “you know what this is what I want to do” and I just followed through with it. I started out on Instagram posting pictures, I just didn’t know what lane I wanted to choose. I really didn’t want to do anything else but this. It wasn’t really until I let life hit me and I was like “okay you have to follow your dreams and aspirations”. Growing up it was always something I played with. Speaking of these artists, any dream collaborations? It’s crazy my favorite person is Rihanna so, I do mention her a lot.

When I talk about women, whatever I mention is a viral song or something everyone knows. How important is it to support other women in music? I think it’s very important because I feel like females, we get so competitive with each other that we don’t realize we are all in it for the same reasons. You often reference female artists in your lyrics, with bars about SZA, Rihanna, and Saweetie. “I put money on your head, then put money in my purse.” Thot Box by Hit Maka featuring Chinese Kitty, Dreezy, Latto, Dream Doll, and Young MA Not to say I got my raps from them but, there are people that set the tone and that inspires you. My hard lyrics and my tone is more a Lil Kim thing. Growing up, I would listen to a lot of Nicki Minaj obviously, and I loved how she was able to play with different tones which is not only relatable to New York. Chinese Kitty: The way I rap is very much New York but, I can get versatile.

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