President Sly is a multi-genre artist from Buffalo, NY. He makes rap, hip-hop, and R&B music. His latest project is called President Vol. 2. He tries to release 2 – 4 songs, including music videos, within a 2 month period. One of his biggest goals for 2024 is to become a household name.
President Sly stated that he travels to at least 2 -3 different cities and states every month. He explains his greatest challenge as an artist.
“I remind myself never to feed into the hater’s because they will always be there.”
He said that seeing legends like Michael Jackson, Usher, 2Pac, 50 cent, Missy Elliot, and Busta Rhymes had a major influence on him creating music, including himself. Sly also spoke of his plans outside of music.
“I’m working on a movie titled Hidden Agenda, and I’m working on a few other things. You’re just going to have to watch and see.”
President Sly makes a few of his great achievements as an artist.
“I did a track called Hard Times With Cassidy. Cassidy is a legend in The Rap game and battle league. Another Would Be Promoting Like I’ve Never Done Before. I’m Proud Of Me.”
His favorite lyrics from one of his songs released is,
“Dis Is Real Life. Don’t catch uh slug from da sawed off. Over dice games niggas doe like takeoff. Gone stand back da learjet about da takeoff,”
Featuring Champion titled Wlecome 2 Buffalo.
He mentioned how his top 5 mainstream artist are, J Cole, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Jada Kiss, and Millyz. He said there’s no particular order.
He has been making music for 14 years as of 2024. He tries to spend atleast 4 hours in a studio session. He feels that the 5 worse artist in the music industry are, Westside Gunz, Bow Wow, Benzino, Nick Cannon, and Soulja Boy. President Sly advices all upcoming artist.
“Never change for anyone, always believe in you, and remember what you stand for.”
His most valued song is called Grey Sky’s featuring J-Rugged.