Tory Lanez Says Fans Care More About Melodies Than Words, Shares How He Taught Himself To Sing [Video]

Here’s part 2 of Hard Knock TV’s Nick Huff Barili interview with Tory Lanez.

In episode 2, Tory and Nick talk about how Tory’s cousin almost convinced him to quit chasing his dream of rapping, telling him all the reasons why he wasn’t going to make it. After a few days of thinking his cousin was right, Tory got back to rapping and soon after found his first manager. Tory says that watching his father doing sermons as preacher when he was young, influenced the way Tory puts on a live show and interacts with crowds at his concerts. When he first started singing, Tory says he wasn’t very good. He taught himself how to sing by studying all the people he wanted to sound like. In particular Tory says that The Dream and Tupac had a big influence on his singing and how to used his voice. Watching Michael Jackson, Missy Elliott and others growing up, inspired Tory to want to play different characters, which explains why he can flow in and out of different styles from his songs “Say It” to “Diego”. Tory takes pride in being labeled a “hook master” and says that now when he hears a beat he immediately goes in the booth and records the first melodies that come to mind without thinking of the words. He then puts the lyrics to the melodies ones he has found his pockets. Tory says that fans don’t care about words as much as melodies and baselines. He gives the example of Kanye and Lil Pump’s hit “I Love It” and how little kids are going around singing “You are suck a fucking Hoe, I Love It” without having much clue as to what that even means. Tory says that the catchy melodies and baselines are what get people hooked and that people don’t event pay attention to what they are actually saying. This episode has much more and we still have two more episodes of this interview!

Watch below.