AUSTIN, TX – Rosewood Renegade has a way with words. He
has a natural flow and ease with putting thoughts together that is pleasing to
the ear. And his witty wordplay has been garnering him an ever-increasing group
of followers through Austin, Texas the South. His new single, “Money Mitch,” is
set to launch his career onto the national stage and increase that fandom
tenfold or more.
“Money Mitch” – which drops March 10 – is a song that
started from a sample from the movie “Paid In Full.” Renegade said he built off
that sample and created a song that’s basically about taking nothing and
turning it into something. It’s a song, he said, that illustrates his
versatility as an artist while also announcing his ability to the world.
“I do music,” he said. “That’s what I do. I don’t classify
myself as a rapper. I’m an artist. You can put me on any song, on any type of
track, and I’m gonna do my thing. I can be inspired by anything. I can go
outside and see a butterfly and it might inspire something. And on top of that
I’m a renegade. I’ve never been afraid to say what’s on my mind at any given
time. There’s no box you can put me in at all. I do stuff that certain artists
won’t do – like some are ‘too cool’ to get on certain songs, or ‘too hood’ to
be cool … but not me. You can put me on any song and I’m gonna do my thing.”
Renegade said he first started making music when he was a
child. He said he was inspired by his younger brother, Deezel, whose ability
with making music seemed to get him all the girls.
“I wanted some of the girls, so I started making music,”
Renegade said. “I saw I could actually do it, be good at it, and found a way to
play with words … mastered that, became a thief, and then I got a(way) with
words. I’ve always been into music, and I have a musically inclined family as a
whole. Today I write about a little of everything and I rap about everything.”
More often than not, Renegade said his songs start with a
beat. The beat has to “talk to him” before he can be inspired to flow with any
lyrics.
“But once the beat says something to me and gets my
attention, that’s when the lyrics come,” he said. “I don’t have to be in the
studio to write. I can be in the car in the drive-thru and something will catch
my attention and I’ll go with it. More than anything, I hope people get the
wordplay. That’s the main thing I want them to get. And on a personal level I
want my music to tell other people that it’s cool to be yourself. You don’t
have to be with the trend, just be who you are.”
“Money Mitch” is the first off an upcoming mixtape called “A
Time To Kill,” which is slated to release later this spring. Fans who want to
sample some of Renegade’s music can visit his website iamrenegade.com. And to find out more about
upcoming music releases or live performances, fans can follow him on Facebook
at Jay Jimbo Brown, on Twitter @renegadedotcom, or on Instagram.