Uncovered: Who is D-Truce?
D-Truce: Well D-Truce is D-Truce(laughs),my name is Ebuka Dusten
Anyaise,Dusten is the D in D-Truce,that is my English name,i am from
Anambra State,the first born with 2 younger sisters and my mum,and i am
Nigerian(laughs)
Uncovered:I believe "Truce" means "Peace",what does "Dusten" mean?
D-Truce: Actually its ironical,"Dusten" means "Brave Warrior",so "Dusten
Truce";"Warrior of Peace",if you want to put it in that frame but i wasn't
really thinking about the meaning when i picked the name."Truce" came in
secondary school cos i used to be very quiet and i used to avoid fights,i
was trying to save my "small fine boy"(laughs). So everybody started
calling me "Truce",so me and my friends just coined the name from that
basically.
Uncovered: When did you start rapping?
D-Truce: I started rapping when i was in secondary school like when i was
in SS1 but not officially,it was like a hobby cos back then i was depressed
and the only way i could get past that was to write.With time i started
writing.
Uncovered: So you don't have Ghost Writers?
D-Truce: Nah,i write all my stuff myself.
Uncovered: Your two singles "Hollywood" and "Hold On" were inspired by what?
D-Truce: "Hollywood" was inspired by nothing actually,i was in SuruLere
that day,i hollered at "Decade",i went into his studio,he just finished
making the beat and i was like"i like this beat"and he was like "jump on
it" and that was it."Hold On" is basically me,struggles,stuff i have been
through,stuff i have seen,thee usual stuff every upcoming artiste goes
through.
Uncovered: I heard your mum is very supportive of your music career,how
does that make you feel?
D-Truce: It makes me feel very strong and confident ,at least knowing that
i could bring my problems that i face in the field and discuss it with her
and she gives me her opinion and she is cool with it.It is a very good
feeling.
Uncovered: Hip Hop has evolved over the years in Nigeria,what is your take
on this?
D-Truce: More and more people are trying to become rappers these days and
we all know the outcome of that so all i can say is that there are still
the ones out there that know what they are doing and know how to rap,those
ones have my support anytime any day,there are a couple i can vouch for,so
it is The Good,The Bad and The Ugly,it happens everywhere.
Uncovered:What are your hobbies?
D-Truce: I have a lot of hobbies o!,first of all i love food,i like
sleeping,i love playing video games,FIFA is my favourite game,i play
basketball,i play the drums,i play the keyboard a little bit,i have just
been too lazy to sit down and learn,i skateboard.i just like living a
simple life,yeah and i like money.money is a hobby abi?.That is practically
it.
Uncovered: You have worked with some big names in the game,Mode 9,Cyrus tha
Virus,you must really feel humbled working with these guys.
D-Truce: Definitely,especially the Mode 9 feature cos it happened at a time
when i least expected it,i have always been friends with Mode 9's producer
"kraftmatiks" since 2011,i didn't even know he was putting in word for me
to mode,so one day we were at Koko Lounge,Mode came through,surprisingly
for me he called me out on stage,and we started talking and one day day he
hit me up and said we should do a feature.I met Cyrus on twitter,he
downloaded my song and he liked it,so he called me up and said we should do
something together.
D-Truce: Wow that is a heavy question,you should be asking Mode 9 that
question not me,in the next 5 years definitely Hip Hop is going to be more
accepted,there are new people coming into the game,there is me.Boogie,Lord
V,so definitely,there will be a structure for Hip Hop.
Uncovered: You came 3rd in the Nokia don't break the beat competition.what
encouraged you to go for it?
D-Truce: well the question is not what its who lool, my friend cash bash,
he was one of the organisers, works with nokia, he made me come to the
auditions at koko lounge yo, and that day I had project presentation, came straight from school, in my shirt and tie and all lool
Uncovered: Do you have plans for an album
and when is it going to be released?
D-Truce: well every artiste has plans for an Album eventually.. Abi na?
Lol..
But not yet sha, rounding up work on my mixtape, its call "The Truce Shall
Set You Free" #T.S.S.Y.F its basically a collection of songs that relate to
my everyday life as a regular guy.. And as an Artiste tryna be heard... And
yeah also as a good guy that gets zoned a lot *clears throat* lol
..basically like me telling the truth from my own perspective eventually
resulting to a peace of mind which is "The truce", and the truth shall set
u free innit? Lol you get me?.
Uncovered: How do you cope with the females?
D-Truce: Well Females are wonderful people lol.. I don't know, how do I
answer this question self lool.. When it comes to the females, I'm cool
with the females.. Them never plenty like that hehehe
Uncovered: Is there any lady in your life?
D-Truce: lol next question!
Uncovered: What advice do you have for anyone who wants to come into the
game?.
D-Truce: well, I don't think I've achieved much in the game to give advice
to anyone, sincerely...but well if I have to, all I'll say is.. Don't just
rap, Make Music..if you're good at it, keep doing it.. If you're not well..
Improve, or quit.. Its that simple. *shrugs*
Thank you for your time.
You're welcome, its all good.. God bless. ..
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