Snapbacks & Tattoos

Album: You Gotta Start Somewhere (2012)
Charted: 73
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  • Nasir Frederick Graham is an American rapper who records under the name of Driicky Graham. Born in Newark, New Jersey, and raised in the small South Carolina town of Oxford, by his mother, Driicky spent most of his summers with his middleweight boxer father, Derrick Graham.

    Driicky was first introduced to music when he appeared in Lords of Underground's "Tic Toc" music video at the age of 3. His mom encouraged him to participate in talent shows where he won recognition for poetry, rapping, singing, and dancing. Driicky was noticed at one of his talent showcases by Mr. Cooper of independent label Nu World Era, in early 2010 and shortly after he was signed as his first rap male solo artist. He subsequently built his fan base while performing in many southern states and also had the opportunity to appear on a two month summer tour with headlining acts Soulja Boy and Travis Porter. This is the lead single from Driicky's first mixtape You Gotta Start Somewhere.
  • Driicky told True Magazine that when he originally wrote the lyrics for this song he was targeting the youth, but now realizes they are relevant to older generations. "Later on I see everybody that have snapbacks and tattoos," he said. "If you look at a movie like Juice, for example you'll see people with snapbacks and tattoos on in that movie so it's something from the '80s but people still feel it."
  • The Snapback hat has been around since the mid-1950s when it became the headwear of choice for baseball players; it's called a "snapback" because the back of the hat can be adjusted with different settings of the snaps. In the early 1990s, hip-hoppers like Ice Cube Tupac Shakur and Dr Dre started wearing snapbacks popularizing them through their album covers and music videos and movies. Today, any fashionable rapper wouldn't be seen without one in their wardrobe.

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