{"id":45322,"date":"2025-08-30T17:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/yovngchimi-talks-new-album-prison-time-fan-support\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:04:29","slug":"yovngchimi-talks-new-album-prison-time-fan-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/yovngchimi-talks-new-album-prison-time-fan-support\/","title":{"rendered":"YOVNGCHIMI Talks New Album, Prison Time, Fan Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLast year, everything was lining up for Puerto Rican rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/yovngchimi-latin-trap-puerto-rico-1234981424\/\">YOVNGCHIMI<\/a>. After releasing a string of catchy trap tracks, Bad Bunny recruited him as a guest on his album <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/bad-bunny-nadie-sabe-lo-que-va-a-pasar-manana-1234855236\/\">Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Ma\u00f1ana<\/a>,<\/em> drawn by the strength of CHIMI\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/yovngchimi-features-ozuna-french-montana-wlgs-album-1234921838\/\">hits<\/a>, fan acclaim, and genuine street cred. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/yovngchimi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_yovngchimi\" data-tag=\"yovngchimi\">YOVNGCHIMI<\/a> was also part of Rolling Stone\u2019s 2024\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/future-of-music-2025\/\">Future 25<\/a>, continuing his meteoric rise as part of Latin trap\u2019s second wave. As he put it in an interview that year, \u201c[I was] just too good to ignore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBut CHIMI\u2019s career hit a potentially life-altering roadblock. In December, he was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of firearms violations and subsequently arrested and held without bail in Puerto Rico. This July, a third charge accused him of conspiracy to traffic weapons. As recently as this month he was again denied bail, with prosecutors alleging he was a flight risk, among other objections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe origins of his case are complicated, stemming from the arrest of another rapper, CDobleta, suspected of participating in the ambush and murder of a police officer in March of 2024. Authorities allege voice messages found on CDobleta\u2019s phone during that separate investigation implicated CHIMI in his current case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBefore his arrest, CHIMI had been hard at work on what is supposed to be his sophomore album, titled <em>SVPERSTAR DEMON<\/em>. Earlier this month, he dropped the first single, the house-y trap bop \u201cMcLaren\u201d alongside rising star Clarent. The newcomer did CHIMI a favor during the music video shoot: Since CHIMI was \u2014 quite obviously \u2014 not available on set, Clarent dressed up and posed as him for his parts, hiding his face and mimicking his signature body language.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAs CHIMI trudges through the steps of his case, which has yet to go to trial, he spoke exclusively to Rolling Stone about what\u2019s keeping him going, how he\u2019s planning to finish his album in jail, and what the support support of fans and colleagues in the industry means.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Did you have to record some verses now, or was most of it already recorded before you went in?<\/strong><br \/>No, I haven\u2019t recorded anything from here inside because, to be honest, I don\u2019t like how this phone records, how it sounds. The other day I tried. I recorded a song with Hydro just so he could listen and test what it sounds like with a beat, but nah, I don\u2019t wanna do anything over the phone.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>You must have confidence in your team, not being able to be present during the process and give your insight and notes.<\/strong><br \/>Of course, of course. I always trust my team, with my life. When it comes to music, my producers Hydro, Nyxto, Yecko, they all know my essence, my color, my flow. They can mix my songs without me being there, which has already happened before because sometimes you\u2019d be away for other reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>From what I\u2019ve heard, this album is definitely showing a CHIMI that\u2019s more commercial. What inspired you to make that pivot for this project?<\/strong><br \/>I\u2019ve had commercial songs that have been hits before like \u201cTU$$I,\u201d \u201cMODELITO,\u201d \u201cBandida Fina,\u201d and \u201cLa Ruta\u201d with Arc\u00e1ngel, and in this album I wanted to be more all-around and not just malianteo, y\u2019know? I wanted to put that commercial touch so people can hear that I\u2019m good at everything, and so I can keep growing my audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>While making the album, did you get any advice from other artists about how to make more commercial music while still maintaining your edge and essence?<\/strong><br \/>I\u2019m very private when I\u2019m recording and working on my songs, but since I have a lot of collabs on this album with a lot of big name artists, I listened to what they had to say, where to put in a chorus, where to intone or put extra backing vocals\u2026 anything to make the song better. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dei-v\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dei-v\" data-tag=\"dei-v\">Dei V<\/a> is one I can mention; he always gives me advice whenever I have a doubt or question.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tRelated Content<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>You have quite a few heavy collabs on the album, including Young Miko, Omar Courtz, Myke Towers, Eladio Carri\u00f3n, Rauw Alejandro, and Arc\u00e1ngel &amp; De La Ghetto. Were they all set before your current situation or did some of them hop onboard after the fact in support?<\/strong><br \/>No, they were already [onboard] because I\u2019ve been working on this since I was still outside. I like to work on projects far in advance. This was a surprise, obviously. It wasn\u2019t in my plans to be in prison and all that, so I was collaborating with these artists all the time, getting the album ready, picking the right songs. Almost all of them I finished while I was still outside, and others I gotta finish while I\u2019m inside because there\u2019s still a little bit of work to do. There are people who wanna work with me and from here where I am I\u2019ll tell \u2018em \u201cChoose [a song], see which one you like.\u201d But almost all of them I recorded while I was still on the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Arc\u00e1ngel mentioned the song he recorded with you for this album and said he was a fan and was excited about the track. What can you share about that, and your relationship with him?<\/strong><br \/>That track is heat, and I\u2019ve always told [my manager] Veneno that Arc\u00e1ngel as an artist is one of the examples I want to follow. How he\u2019s managed to stay relevant for years and evolve his flow and sound. When I asked him to do a song for the album he said of course, and it\u2019s a great song, for the girls. And aside from Arc\u00e1ngel, [the song] also has De La Ghetto which, y\u2019know, they\u2019re a dynamic duo. I think it\u2019s fuckin\u2019 great, honestly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Is there any other track that you\u2019d call your favorite, or that you\u2019re particularly proud of, that you\u2019d like to mention?<\/strong><br \/>All of them, honestly, I\u2019m hyped about all of them. I got songs with JC Reyes and Omar Montes, who are from Spain, and I\u2019m also cooking stuff up with the kids from Chile. I\u2019m trying to fire everything up with the singles coming out, starting with \u201cMcLaren\u201d with Clarent which is a different flow, a lil\u2019 bit house which is hot right now. But if you\u2019re asking me a favorite from the album I can\u2019t say, because we haven\u2019t finished it yet. It\u2019s like 95 percent done right now, any moment I could stick a new track there and that could be my favorite. And God willing if everything goes well with my case, I got some more new things that\u2019ll triple expectations for the album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Have you kept writing these last few months, while you\u2019ve been inside?<\/strong><br \/>Of course, I got a whole notebook almost full, and I\u2019m about to start a second one. I just recorded a reference track with Hydro called \u201cSupermodelo\u201d which I know is gonna be heat, and if God gives me the chance to record it, I\u2019ll put it on the album too. For now, since I\u2019m in here, I only recorded it as a reference track, but I know it\u2019s good, and I got lots of other great songs ready too that if I get a chance to record, like I said, expectations are gonna be way higher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Other rappers in the past have found themselves in your current situation. Have you reached out to any of them for advice on how to deal with having something like this happen in the middle of your career?<\/strong><br \/>I\u2019m gonna be honest, I haven\u2019t talked with anybody who\u2019s been through this, but I have talked with Dei V who is like a brother; he\u2019s family to me and has always supported me. With Ozuna, too, who has always given me his support. But artists who have been through this, no, no one.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<strong>Is there a message you\u2019d like to send your fans? How are you feeling these days?<\/strong><br \/>I\u2019m grateful because every time I hear or see things in here \u2014 online or in the news \u2014 I see that people are still behind me and still support me. Here, new people come in, fresh off the street, and they\u2019ll tell me, \u201cBro this hasn\u2019t affected you, [your music] is still hot and people are waiting for you, they\u2019re still listening to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe biggest message I can send my fans and the people supporting me during this difficult time is just lots of thanks; thanks for continuing to listen to my music, thanks for keeping it real, thanks for supporting me, and I promise that they\u2019re gonna get the best YOVNGCHIMI when I\u2019m back on the street with good fuckin\u2019 music. <em>SVPERSTAR DEMON <\/em>will be out on the street soon. That\u2019s why I called it that; because we reached that level, \u201csuperstar\u201d status.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/yovngchimi-new-album-prison-svperstar-demon-1235419304\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, everything was lining up for Puerto Rican rapper YOVNGCHIMI. 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