How Melii learned to love herself: The FADER x WAV Present Frequencies
- 4 years ago
In the latest FADER x WAV Present Frequencies mini-doc, we spend time with the Harlem-born rapper as she rises to the top.
“In general, my music is for bad bitches,” Harlem-born rapper Melii tells us in the latest episode of FREQUENCIES, The FADER's collaborative documentary series with WAV. Documenting her rise from lost free spirit in high school to the leader of the “Icey” revolution, the 22-year-old says she's on good terms with herself now, though she confesses, “it took me a while to love myself, but now that I do… I don’t want to hold back ever.” Melii says PS197, her high school, is “where I got corrupted” and where she dealt with bullying, which made her start rapping and taught her how to cut back at people. When she was 18, she dropped out of high school because her time in the studio was affecting it, assuring her mom: “I’m gonna go hard in this. I’m gonna do what I have to do to make it.”
https://www.thefader.com/2019/11/26/melii-wav-doc
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CREDITS:
Produced by The FADER and Underhill Productions
Director: Matthew Seger and Dexter Brierley
Executive Producers: Rob Stone, Jon Cohen, Andy Cohn, Anthony Holland
Senior Production Manager: Madison LaClair
Associate Producer: Claire Lilly
Director of Photography: Matthew Seger and Dexter Brierley
Assistant Camera: James Lamberg
Sound Mixer: Jose Villaman
Photographer: Tom Van Scoyoc
Production Assistant: Barbara Barton
Editor: Dior Rodriguez
Color: Josh Bohoskey at The Mill
Sound Mix: Jose Villaman
“In general, my music is for bad bitches,” Harlem-born rapper Melii tells us in the latest episode of FREQUENCIES, The FADER's collaborative documentary series with WAV. Documenting her rise from lost free spirit in high school to the leader of the “Icey” revolution, the 22-year-old says she's on good terms with herself now, though she confesses, “it took me a while to love myself, but now that I do… I don’t want to hold back ever.” Melii says PS197, her high school, is “where I got corrupted” and where she dealt with bullying, which made her start rapping and taught her how to cut back at people. When she was 18, she dropped out of high school because her time in the studio was affecting it, assuring her mom: “I’m gonna go hard in this. I’m gonna do what I have to do to make it.”
https://www.thefader.com/2019/11/26/melii-wav-doc
Download WAV to watch more content like this: http://wav.media/s/532VhCL4
Read the FADER: http://www.thefader.com
Follow the FADER on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefader
Like the FADER on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/11JaNSJ
Follow the FADER on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefader/
Read the WAV Blog: https://blog.wav.media/
Follow WAV on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wav_media
Like WAV on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WAV.Media/
Follow WAV on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wav/
WAV is built for artists. Offering our users unique support, tools and opportunities, we are a community that allows artists to inspire, build, and collaborate through a shared love of music.
CREDITS:
Produced by The FADER and Underhill Productions
Director: Matthew Seger and Dexter Brierley
Executive Producers: Rob Stone, Jon Cohen, Andy Cohn, Anthony Holland
Senior Production Manager: Madison LaClair
Associate Producer: Claire Lilly
Director of Photography: Matthew Seger and Dexter Brierley
Assistant Camera: James Lamberg
Sound Mixer: Jose Villaman
Photographer: Tom Van Scoyoc
Production Assistant: Barbara Barton
Editor: Dior Rodriguez
Color: Josh Bohoskey at The Mill
Sound Mix: Jose Villaman