Do you miss it at all?Īustin Tolliver: Eh, football is different to me. And I’m really proud of where we’re at right now.ĪllHipHop: I know you were a great football player. Without him calling me and challenging me, I don’t know if I’d be where we’re at right now. I owe my buddy Ty for my start in the music business. A buddy of mine, Ty Clark, bet me that I wouldn’t go to a studio and beat his song, so I said ‘bet that…bet I could get a record deal before you.’ Sure as s# here we are, and he still yells at me. My dad used to jam to Tim McGraw, Vince Hill, Garth Brooks, and Trey Lewis…his musical taste inspired my love for it.ĪllHipHop: When did you realize you could do music for a living? Was there a turning point?Īustin Tolliver: No, really it was all a bet. I fell in love with country when I was a kid. I grew up on country music, hip hop music, blues music, everything. We had to come up here and help raise my brother-in-law’s while they were going through high school.ĪllHipHop: Is that when you fell in love with country music?Īustin Tolliver: Nah, I’ve been a country music guy my whole life. My wife’s family was already living here. I tell everybody: if you go to Louisiana, you’re going to Louisiana to awaken your spirit because it’s going to show you a different world.ĪllHipHop: When did you move to Nashville? I know you were playing football in college.Īustin Tolliver: My wife and I moved to Nashville about 7 years ago. That’s what Louisiana taught me and that’s what it teaches everybody that goes down there. I’m trying to send this message of positivity out to where people can understand it doesn’t matter what’s going on in the world, we could all party together baby.
None of us had a problem, all of us got along, because we all grew up in the same neighborhoods on the same streets and jamming the same tunes. It’s really cool because I went to a public school that was almost 50/50 down the middle: white, black, whatever you want to put it at. Louisiana influenced me in a musical standpoint from the ability to blend cultures together, because we all grew up together. My whole thing is a gelling of sounds to give everybody something that they can hold onto.ĪllHipHop: You’re from Louisiana, how does that play into your life and career?Īustin Tolliver: Louisiana is wild as hell! If you’ve been to Mardi Gras, you know it can get even more wild. Because I grew up in a time in Louisiana where you could listen to all genres at a bonfire from George Strait, Garth Brooks, Vince Hill, and next thing you know Tupac, Nelly, and Luda came on. Arriving on April 22nd, the 12-track project boasts lead singles “Yodelay You Down” and “Ride 4 Me,” showcasing his talents as a songwriter and simultaneously eager to bring the tracks onto the stage as a performer.ĪllHipHop: How would you describe your sound?Īustin Tolliver: A lot of people say country rap, but I don’t like to put myself into a particular category. Either way, I’m just a down-home boy who loves to get down and have a good time.”Īnd now, he’s ready to unveil his debut full-length album titled Ride 4 Me. If you want to call me that, totally fine. I’d like for everyone out there to know I am the white Nelly and I take that moniker with pride. In describing himself, Tolliver states, “I consider myself to be an eclectic man. His ability to fuse both genres of country and hip-hop into one is one that does not go unnoticed, drawing influences from the legends from Tupac and Nelly to Tim McGraw and Billy Ray Cyrus. While the Louisiana native played football at New Mexico State University and college baseball at Texas Tech University, it was during his move to Nashville that he truly became enthralled with music.
#RIDE 4 ME AUSTIN TOLLIVER PROFESSIONAL#
With his father being a professional football player in the NFL for over 13 years, the recording artist was always destined for greatness - only he’s here to tackle the music industry versus sports.
With songs like “Ride 4 Me” and “Tip My Hat,” the rising star proves he has what it takes to become one of the greats, and mediocre is certainly not in his vocabulary. Austin Tolliver is here to put on for his own genre: country rap.
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