URicardo Valdez Valentine, aka 6lack, ungumdlali we-rapper waseMelika kanye nombhali wengoma. Umculi wazama izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezimbili ukuze afike esiqongweni se-Olympus yomculo. Izwe lomculo alizange lithatheke ngokushesha ngethalente elincane. Futhi iphuzu alikho ngisho nakuRicardo, kodwa eqinisweni lokuthi wahlangana nelebula elingathembekile, abanikazi balo baphendule i-rapper yaba "isigqila" sabo iminyaka engu-5.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-Free 6lack yakhe yokuqala, lo rapper waziwa emhlabeni wonke. Ukuqashelwa nokuduma kwehlela phezu kwakhe ngo-2016. Namuhla u-6lack useqokwe inqwaba ye-Grammy Award, kanye nomnikazi webutho lezigidigidi labalandeli. URicardo ukholelwa ukuthi imfihlo yempumelelo yakhe ilele othandweni lwakhe oluqotho ngalokho akwenzayo.
Ubuntwana nobusha 6ukuswelakala
URicardo Valdez Valentine wazalwa ngoJuni 24, 1992 eBaltimore, eMaryland. Lapho ngineminyaka engu-7, umfana nomndeni wakhe bathuthela Atlanta (Georgia). I-Atlanta ayibanga nje indawo ekhululekile yokuhlala, kodwa futhi ikhaya lesibili.
URicardo waba nesithakazelo emculweni kusenesikhathi. Wathola ulwazi lwakhe lokuqala esebenza esitudiyo sokuqopha ngenxa kayise. Kusukela lapho, lo mfana ubelokhu ebhala izingoma.
Esikoleni umfana omnyama wayebizwa ngo-6lack. Phakathi nesikhathi esifanayo, le nsizwa yathola umhlaba womculo. Wabamba iqhaza ezimpini zendawo futhi wabhala izingoma zakhe zokuqala.
Umgomo oyinhloko wezimpi awukona nje ukuhlazisa isitha ngekhono, kodwa futhi nokuletha izinto zomculo "njengezihlwabusayo" futhi zangempela ngangokunokwenzeka. URicardo wayevame ukushiya imincintiswano enjalo ngokunqoba ezandleni zakhe. Lokhu kwashukumisela umfana ukuba athuthukise amakhono akhe ezwi.
Indlela yokudala 6ukuntuleka
Ngo-2010, uRicardo wathuthela eMiami nabangane abambalwa. Lo mrepha akagcinanga ngokulandela umgomo wokunqoba imboni yomculo. Wayefuna ukuphunyuka edolobheni lakubo, ngoba ngaleso sikhathi iningi labantu abasha lalisebenzisa izidakamizwa noma lafa ngaphansi kwezinhlamvu zezigelekeqe.
Ngemva konyaka, uRicardo watholwa ngabasebenzeli be-International Music Group, ilebula yaseFlorida. Bamnika inkontileka. Ngaleso sikhathi, lo rapper wayengenaso isipiliyoni. Usayine inkontileka ngaphandle kokufunda zonke izici zesivumelwano. URicardo wayethemba ubuqotho bamanxusa, kodwa kwavela ukuthi wayeyize. Iminyaka engu-5, umculi wazifaka ekhejini ngezandla zakhe.
Abahleli belebula ye-International Music Group bebefuna ukwenza isihlabani se-pop ngo-Ricardo. Bafune ukuthi lo mculi acule ngendlela ye-R'n'B. Umrepha akazange azicabange ekulesi sici. Evela ezindaweni zobugebengu e-Atlanta, wayefuna ukucula mayelana namaqiniso okuphila. Ezothando nezomculo azizange zihlangane nezwe lakhe langaphakathi. U-6lack uthe kwenye yezingxoxo zakhe:
“Ngimemezele ukuduba ilebula le-International Music Group. Angizange ngishukunyiswe yimali enikezwa umsebenzi. Ngelinye ilanga ngafika esitokisini sami ngathi ngeke ngisabhala izingoma ezingahambisani nesithombe sami...”
Ukushiya Iqembu Lomculo Lamazwe Ngamazwe
Ngo-2016, ngokujabulisa uRicardo, inkontileka ne-International Music Group yaphelelwa yisikhathi. Lo mrepha ekugcineni wazizwa eyindoda ekhululekile. Wezwa injabulo engapheli, futhi lokhu, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi wayengenayo indlela yokuziphilisa esele. U-6lack wahlala emgwaqeni, kodwa umcabango wokuthi akaseyona ingxenye ye-International Music Group "yamfudumeza".
U-6lack ube nolwazi olulinganiselwe ngeSpillage Village. Leli yiqembu lobuciko ebelihlanganisa ama-rapper amahhala, amaqoqo nabakhiqizi abavela e-Atlanta. U-Ricardo ushiye uphawu lwakhe kumathrekhi amane ku-EP Bears Like This Too (2015).
Ngemuva kokuhluleka kwelebula yangaphambilini, uRicardo wayeziqaphile izinkampani ezinjalo. Kodwa yayingekho indlela yokuphuma, ngoba umrepha wayengakwazi “ukubhukuda” yedwa. Ngokushesha wasayina inkontileka ne-Love Renaissance. Ngaphansi kophiko lwale lebula, umculi uqophe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Free 6lack. I-albhamu ikhishwe ngo-2016.
“Kungijabulisile ukuzikhulula ozankosi ngokubhuntsha ukusebenzisana nelebuli yaphambilini. Ngigcine ngizithole ngaba yikho,” kuchaza u-6lack isihloko somdlalo omude.
I-6lack yamahhala ikhishwe eshadini le-Billboard 200 enombolweni engu-68 futhi yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-34. Phakathi kwamathrekhi adume kakhulu ku-albhamu, izingoma ezilandelayo kufanele ziqashelwe: I-Prblms ne-Ex Calling. I-Prblms akuyona nje iplatinum yokuqala ka-6lack e-United States, kodwa futhi ingoma yakhe edume kakhulu. Ama-remix amaningi adalelwe wona.
Imiklomelo yamaciko nokusebenzisana
U-6lack wamahhala ubesethubeni lokuwina i-Grammy Award ye-Best Urban Contemporary Album ngo-2018. Kodwa-ke, ukunqoba, maye, akuhambanga kuRicardo, kodwa ku-Starboy, i-albhamu ye-Weeknd.
Umculi waqala ukudala ukusebenzisana "okumnandi". Umsebenzi we-duet waqala ngengoma ethi OTW, eqoshwe noKhalid noTy Dolla Sign. Ukuqanjwa kwethulwe kuthathe indawo yama-57 ku-Billboard Hot 100. Kamuva waqashelwa enomculi u-Rita Ora. Abaculi baqophe iculo elithi Only Want You.
Ngo-2018, i-discography ye-rapper yandiswa ngenye i-albhamu. I-albhamu yayibizwa ngokuthi i-East Atlanta Love Letter. Kulokhu umdlalo omude uthathe indawo yesi-3 ku-Billboard 200. I-Vocals ka-Future, u-J. Cole, i-Offset kanye no-Khalid ingazwakala emavesini ezivakashi. Ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu kwandulelwe izingoma ezidume kakhulu ezithi Shintsha nethi Nonchalant.
I-East Atlanta Love Letter iyisilandeli se-albhamu yokuqala ka-Free 6lack. Futhi uma umrepha enikezela i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala esikhathini esedlule “esimnyama,” kusho ukuthi irekhodi elisha liphenduke “elilula.” U-Ricardo wabelane nabalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe mayelana nezikhathi ezijabulisayo zokuphila - ukuhlangana nowesifazane ayemthanda, ukuzalwa kwengane kanye nezinhlelo zekusasa.
Impilo yomuntu 6ukuntula
Ngo-2017, i-rapper yezwa mhlawumbe omunye wemizwa emnandi kakhulu. Waba ubaba. Igama lendodakazi yakhe nguSix Rose Valentine. Lo mculi ubhale ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ekhuluma ngalo mcimbi. Uthe esezongena esteji, wathola umyalezo ovela kowesifazane wakhe wokuthi uyiswe emtholampilo ngenxa yokuncinza.
“Umhlaba uye waba mkhulu ngengelosi eyodwa. Ngaba ubaba. Ngijabule kakhulu ukuthi ngingabelana nawe ngale njabulo,” kuphawula uRicardo.
Ngokunokwenzeka, umculi uQuin wazala indodakazi ye-rapper. URicardo uthumele izithombe ezimbalwa nale ntombazane ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ngothando umbiza ngomnyuziyamu wakhe nomlingani wakhe wempilo. Ngaphezu kweqiniso lokuthi lo mbhangqwana ukhulisa indodakazi evamile, banamathrekhi amaningana namavidiyo ndawonye. Okuhlaba umxhwele kakhulu kubo isiqeshana sevidiyo sengoma ethi Fav Mushroom Chocolate.
Abanye abalandeli bakholelwa ukuthi umama wendodakazi yomculi angase abe omunye wesifazane. Ngo-2016, u-6lack wacula ngomuntu angamazi ongaqondakali owathi, ngaphezu kothando, wamnikeza ubuhlungu obukhulu nokudumazeka. U-Ricardo uyakugwema ukuphawula ngalesi sihloko.
Namanje akwaziwa ukuthi uQuin uyintombi ka-6lack noma unkosikazi osemthethweni. Umrepha akathandi ngempela ukwabelana ngemininingwane yempilo yakhe yomuntu siqu. U-Ricardo uvame ukubonisa indodakazi yakhe enhle ku-Instagram. Kwenye yezindaba zakhe zakamuva, ukhombise ukuthi intombazane enhle ishanela kanjani phansi. Ubeke amazwana:
"Kunezinto ezimbalwa okufanele uzenze ngenkathi inhliziyo yakho ishaya: yenza okuthandayo, thanda umuntu futhi udale impilo."
Njengoba sibona, umculi uphumelela kahle kakhulu. U-Ricardo ubukeka emuhle njengobaba osemusha.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo mayelana ne-rapper 6lack
- Lapho uRicardo ebuzwa ukuthi ubani owathonya umsebenzi wakhe, waqamba abaculi: Sade, T-Pain, The-Dream no-Usher. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umculi waphawula ukuthi wayehlale ezama ukuthola isitayela sakhe sokwethula izingoma, ezazizokwaziwa kubalandeli kusukela emizuzwini yokuqala yokulalela izingoma.
- U-6lack wayeka isikole ngenxa yokungaphumeleli kwesivumelwano ne-International Music Group. Kodwa umrepha akazisoli.
- Ikhava ye-East Atlanta Love Letter ka-6lack ihlanganisa u-Sixx Rose Valentine endwayimaneni.
- Kuze kube yilapho kuzalwa indodakazi yakhe, uRicardo wagcwalisa amaphrofayili akhe ezinkundla zokuxhumana ngezithombe ezimnyama nezimhlophe. Ukuzalwa kwendodakazi yakhe kwashintsha isimo sengqondo somculi - impilo yaqala ukucwazimula ngemibala ehluke ngokuphelele.
- URicardo uyavuma ukuthi uwumlutha wokudla okumnandi. Izindaba zomrepha zivame ukuba nezithombe ezivela kumakhefi nezindawo zokudlela ezahlukahlukene. Uthando lokudla okumnandi alumvimbi umrepha ekubeni sesimweni esihle somzimba. Ngenxa yokuzivocavoca okuvamile, umzimba kaRicardo ubukeka umuhle ngangokunokwenzeka.
I-Rapper 6 ayinakho namuhla
Ngo-2020, lo rapper wacishe waqeda ukuvakasha esekela i-albhamu ye-East Atlanta Love Letter. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abalandeli bafunde ukuthi njengamanje ulungiselela umdlalo omusha omude. Ulwazi lokuthi umculi usebenza kwirekhodi lukhonjiswe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. U-Ricardo wabhala:
"Sekuyiminyaka embalwa kwakhululwa iFree 6lack, kodwa ngiyathembisa ukuthi i-LP yami elandelayo izoba ngcono kakhulu kune-albhamu yami yokuqala."
Ngemuva kwalesi sitatimende, abalandeli bebelindele ukwethulwa kweqoqo elisha. Futhi “abalandeli” babengenzi iphutha ekucabangeni kwabo. Ngo-2020, uRicardo wethula i-albhamu encane engu-6pc Hot EP. Iqoqo lamukelwa ngokufudumele hhayi abalandeli bomsebenzi ka-6lack kuphela, kodwa nangabagxeki bomculo.
