Features : Texas rapper Moose Biggz drops new EP and wants to bring his music to the masses

“I’ve heard a few of them say that there’s a dark side of comedy because usually those funniest jokes come from a dark place and I agree with that,” Biggz says. “The great comedians have a niche to tell stories and comedy just happens to be their platform.

“If you have that pain of going through some heartache and you know how to articulate that, I think there’s a little bit of comedian in all those types of people. I could tell you stories of some of the most heart-wrenching scenarios I’ve been through and I can tell them in a manner that would have the room completely laughing or crying, it just depends on how I’m feeling at the time. But I do know how to articulate it because it’s very vivid for me because I went through it.”

That authentic storytelling is a signature of the emerging artist, who’s been recording music in professional studios for more than two decades and is now focused on breaking into the mainstream and getting his music in front of a wider audience.

“Hustle a little harder, think a little smarter,” he declares on the opening track of his new EP, while reminiscing about his mother raising him with a fixed income and food stamps.

“Raised in the hood got me up to no good,” he raps on “Hustle Harder,” and he later declares: “I’ve been a hustler since my actual birth, for what it’s worth…came straight from the dirt without a shirt.”

It’s a fitting introduction to his new five-song project, titled Lucid Dreams, which he debuted on August 16.

“I’ve been saying to myself that my next project is going to be Lucid Dreams and I was saying this over the course of COVID and dropping music here and there,” Biggz says. “I’d pick it up and put it down––two steps forward, two steps back––but it kept sticking with me and I said if I don’t get out there and do it, it’s going to be sitting scribbled on a notebook as a goal you never scratched off the list.”

It wasn’t until Biggz started talking about “Hustle Harder” in interviews that he realized how much the phrase was a reflection of his life.

“It made me realize, like dang, that is me,” he says. “To me it’s just my life. But when I’m actually hearing myself say it, man, I did overcome a lot to get to this point. Just to be at this point is a success. That’s hustling harder––hustling smarter. It doesn’t have to mean you’re doing something illegal, hustling is hustling. You’re refusing to take less than, that’s hustling. You’re grinding to get your A’s, being disciplined and not hanging out with friends to keep the GPA up so you can get into the college you want, that’s hustling harder and hustling smarter.”

The track features renowned Houston rapper Lil’ Keke, an artist who Biggz listened to while growing up.

“He’s a Houston legend,” Biggz says, “and to have him on a song after listening to him for years was really cool for me, it’s something I’m proud of.”

The whole project is the fruit of Biggz’ insistence on high-quality production––“Have a little bit of pride in your work,” he says––which is another reflection of his upbringing. He may have grown up without much, but his mother made sure he and his siblings took pride in what they did have.

“We had to save up to be poor,” Biggz says. “We had a whole bunch of hand-me-downs but let me tell you they were going to be cleaned, my momma was going to iron them, shirt was going to be tucked in. Just because it’s hand-me-downs doesn’t mean it’s not going to be completely groomed and our hygiene on point. We still had pride about how we carried ourselves in public.”

“First, I hope they can appreciate they’re getting some quality with this project and then they can decide if they like it or not,” he says. “Outside of that, I hope they see some range and if there’s a universal emotion they’ve been through that we’ve shared and I’ve touched on it––love or laughter, a party vibe, some pain––these are all emotions we’ve experienced and I hope on one verse or one bar it touches them and brings them to a point where they can relate.”

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