Interview: Zeu$ The Psychadelic

By Julian Cuebas

Music from Zeu$ The Psychadelic:

I caught up with my favorite Rastafari in Chattanooga. Check what Zeu$ has to say about art, Gods, and free-thinking in this profile Interview!

1Who is Zeu$ The Psychedelic? Have you had past rap names? What are some of them?
Zeu$: I have tow rap names: Zeu$ the Psychedelic and Zeu$ the Rastafarian. I got the Psychedelic from my first two rap names: Zeus the Savage and Zeus the Buddah. I put them together and got the psychedelic. Because of the duality of the names and a psychedelic trip (a good or bad trip). I got the name Zeus from my horoscope sign, Sagittarius. Each sign has a ruling planet and mine is Jupiter. If you know anything about Greek or Roman mythology, they share the same gods. But the Romans used the names of the planets to define their gods. And to the Greeks, Jupiter is translated to Zeus.

What genre would you put yourself in?
Zeu$: I would consider myself to make Psychedelic Hip-hop and Reggae Hip-hop.

Who are you inspired by? (Rappers/musicians/anyone)?
Zeu$: I’m inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G, Kurt Cobain, Flatbush Zombies, Tyler, The Creator, Wiz, A$AP, Snoop, Outkast. I’ve got way more. I’m inspired by revolutionary’s. People who come through the music industry and change the norm.

Music theory or Musical Intuition?
Zeu$: Musical intuition. Intuition has to deal with having a good connection with yourself and a higher being. And music gotta come from the soul and the heart.

What are your main impulses to write about?
Zeu$: My life experiences.

What does your creative process look like?
Zeu$: A lot of ganja smoking, and meditation to help free-thinking.

Who do you write music for?
Zeu$: I write music to change the world, and inspire people to make this place we’re living in better.

What is a project you’d like us to check out right now? (Yours or anyones).
Zeu$: My EP, The Smokin’ Herb EP, is out on soundcloud and YouTube. And I gotta new album coming out soon, I’m keeping things on the low about that now lol.

Anything else?
Zeu$: Thank you for the interview. Peace, love, rastafari.