Therefore, it’s by looking at those young people, at the American mentality that he would have not only gained confidence but also had a better understanding of HipHop.įor Loopy, Hip-Hop is about being confident, for self-confidence to be like second nature, an integral part of the DNA. He then understood that there was no reason for him not to be as confident and that he was trying too hard to met people’s expectations, that those unending questionings were slowing him down as a person but also as an artist. He indeed explained that one of the first things striking him in the US had been the behavior of young Americans.
This change from Teezy to Loopy can be explained by the fact that the rapper no longer recognized himself in this name. It’s only over 2014/2015 that he finally settled on Loopy, with which he became famous. You can still find those stage names on the track I AM from Holic’s mixtape Parallel – Holic was a member of the crew Young Creation by the way, along with Nafla, Bloo, and Young West to name but a few! Until 2011, he went by the name Momentee, and then went for Teezy. The first thing to know is that Loopy hadn’t always been Lee Jin Yong’s stage name. This country move had several effects on the rapper. Initially, the idea was to pursue his studies in the school his sister went to. He studied at Sehwa High School, Gray was his senior) and then his military service, around 20 years old, the rapper decided to left South Korea to move in Los Angeles, California. However, after finishing High School in South Korea (E.d.
He didn’t talk that much about his family, but based on his part on Boomin a track from Sik-K, or on his track Molla and Goyard, he wouldn’t be the only child and would have an older sister. Lee Jin Yong was born on September 9th, 1987, and grew up in Seoul. An Early career marked by a self-questioning
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