1. What’s your name?
My name is Raymundo Castillo Stage name is Smoke
I’m working on getting my stage name together
2. Where are you from?
I’m from Northern Virginia Winchester Virginia specifically
3. How old are you?
I am 15 I turn 16 November 29
4 .When did you start making music
I started writing music when I was 14 and then a couple months before I turned 15 I started working on my vocals and started to actually make tracks with a friend of mine that is also an artist
5. How serious are you about your career?
I am in the middle I am quite serious I think it would help me out in all types of way whenever I write down my music it helps me put all my stress to the side
6. Have you ever thought about quitting music?
Yes I thought about quitting because some personal issues and people not believing in me even down to family and friends but I am now starting again and I’m planning to come back better than ever
7. Who inspires you the most?
A lot of people inspire me music career wise though is Kodak Black, 22Gz and NLE Choppa there is just something about their music that just inspires me
8.What got you into making music?
I was just in love with music like whenever I have the chance I would put my ear buds in and just start jamming out and then one day I wrote down some bars and said to myself “I’m going to be a rapper”
9.Who is your favorite producer?
I don’t really have a favorite producer if I’m being honest I don’t know a lot of producers
10. What is one of your best songs/beats?
My best and most viewed song on Youtube is “Fake People – (ft-704Gabe) and it was my first song ever recorded
11. Are you signed to a record or label?
At this moment I’m not signed to any record or any labels it’s a dream of mine to become signed though
12. Have you ever performed?
No I never performed if I’m being honest I don’t like being around a lot of people but if it’s something I would have to do to get signed or anything I will do it no doubt
13. Who would you most likely collaborate with?
If I could collaborate with anyone artist in the world it would be Kodak Black he is a big inspiration to me and I love his music
14. If you could open for any artist who would it be?
If I was to open for any Rapper it would be NLE Choppa even though I would need a lot of energy I would try my best
15. What’s next for you?
What’s next for me is to hopefully become the next top artist in my city and hopefully state and if music don’t work out I would probably try out for sports
