Interview With La’Swan
Welcome 20 year old upcoming artist Delorean Patterson or better known as La’Swan. Coming out of Decatur , Georgia with biggest hit being “Who You Foolin(La’Mix).
How’d you get the stage name “La’Swan”?
“I Came up with the name around 2017 while being On The phone with my bestfriend at the time because at the time they’re was a talent show going at my school and I felt I needed a stage name fun fact when I was younger I've always had a passion for music but as a child I wanted my name to be Young Tru at that time in middle school 2Chainz had released the “T.R.U REALigion” mixtape around that time the song i was listening to at the time was Riot and he adlib. Tru alot and I took it and ran with it at that time but I wasn't a serious rapper or wanted to be a rapper but once Disney Channel came out with “Let it Shine” and the main character stage name was Truth i felt like my name was stolen and that if I used it in the future I’d be referred too or got my name from That movie which wasn’t the case but sitting there trying to come up with a name with him I just ended up using my middle name adding a “ ‘ “ between the La to give it some flare and I've been using it since.”
What was it like growing up in “Decatur, Georgia”?
“Growing up I was going from home to home meaning I was staying with my mother, to staying with her at her mothers house to my mother getting her own place (my mother moved around a lot when I was a kid) to staying with my grandmother on my fathers side to eventually staying with my father (who moved around from time to time also) in stone mountain Georgia I'm from Decatur but I basically grew up in stone mountain but while in Decatur I went to Knollwood elementary school which as ultimately been renamed and i went to Bethune middle school my 6 and 7th grade year to going to freedom middle school my 8th grade year. Freedom is where I meant my long term bestfriend Sir Omar Jackson we’ve been friends since we were 13. It wasn’t easy tho I found myself getting into fights I was arrested my 8th grade year taken into intake because of my sister for fighting another student and I was fighting alot in the apartment complex at the time the apartments were called “Marquis Chase” which is by polo club apartments. I stayed in drame or having to fight most of the time I wasn't a trouble some kid I enjoyed learning and being in school but I also love adventure and having fun me and my bestfriend would walk to school together sometimes I've had my fair share of experiences as a jit Becoming a teenager. Most of the fights I got into were due to my sister or some random having a issue with me at the time.”
What made you want to pursue music?
“Unfortunately writing music became a hobby for me yes it started due to a talent show at my school the first song I ever wrote was called “Distorted” and it was about a girl I was involved with in school who basically Fucked me up mentally and emotionally sad to say but the studio I was in was from one of my classmates at the time he had his own group called “Safari Tribe” and he told me to go to one of his members called “ Dripking” once there i tried recording the song but couldn’t because I didn’t understand how recording worked at the time and I left. He then told Elijah (Which is the classmates name) that I couldn’t rap which made me prove “Dripking” Wrong at that time i went back and recorded my first song called “Aladdin” which surprisingly everyone liked and I just continued from there I was 17 at the time and then music became a hobby every one I met including strangers that I would show my music too or rap them a verse in courage me to take it serious because I can become somebody become somebody big while in the work field I was always told I even had the look of a star and that I shouldn’t be working in general it felt like a sign to me but I still didn't wanna take it seriously until I felt ready.
I didn't plan on taking music seriously up until 2019 where I went thru the worst I had just got fired from my job at the time CVS I was working two jobs at the time and left the job I liked the most which had me depressed I planned on moving out and buying myself a car but I couldn’t my other job was kroger and I wasn't making that much at the time or gaining any hours so I was depressed I then did some really dumb shit regarding scamming which fucked up my account and now there’s someone out there with my identity plus remember how i talked about writing the song “Distored” due to relationship with my now ex from high school well we decided to get back together once we graduated from high school despite me having my issues at the moment she ended up ghosting me on a situation she caused within a week and said she couldn’t have any communication with me regarding the law which I was confused about so I went up to her job at the time and asked her what was going on and she claimed her mother put a restraining order on me regarding us from speaking (Yes this doesn’t make sense) and that it was my fault that things had to be this way which wasn't the case I pleaded her to talk to me and tell me what was truly going on but she lied to me and had me arrested. I was arrested for trespassing which I knew nothing about i was warned to not go back to area but me letting my emotions get the best of me decided to go back to understand what I had done wrong which lead to a hour on foot run from the police i was locked up i wasn't upset or mad at her but more disappointed in myself for letting this one girl destroy my outlook on love relationships and myself that's when I decided take music seriously and leave the past behind me. 2019 was the worst year for me i was struggling with depression mentally and emotionally I ended up working at CHICKFILA and didn’t want too at the Hartsfield Jackson Airport which has caused me more harm then good being that I stay in syone mountain which I have spent countless amounts of money to keep up with the job I was also going broke going back and forth it felt like I was working for nothing it even got to the point where I wasn't able to keep up with my music and effected the way I was writing music which caused me to be even more depressed I felt so alone 2019 that I didn’t have anybody to lean on for real or to actually help me at the time.”
Did any artist influence your style? if so, who?
“ I was influenced by XXXTENTACION after his death I'm not some Random that jumped on the X train once he died but I've been listening to X since look at me and His XXL freshmen class it wasn't until I heard 17 songs like Everybody dies in their nightmares, Jocelyn Flores, Fuck love that got me to look up even more of his older songs. X reminded me of my outlook on life and I felt we were similar his style and way of rapping was something i wanted to do once i got into being an artist but in today’s society you're considered “Soft” or “Emotional” for making meaningful music X was a top tier artist to me and ahead of the game but sadly his life was cut short over 50,000 I really wanted to meet and collab with X. I looked at X as this Understructable guy he was very skilled at fighting and skilled on the mic he was an artist who wasn't afraid to put his emotions into his music which made him very different from a lot of artist out there.”
What was it like writing “Who You Foolin(La’mix)?
“Fun everything came naturally tbh what inspired me to write the song was literally the Anime “7 deadly sins” I nearly watched all the seasons within 2 weeks because I was so interested in it I literally watch bout 5 episodes in one day and The beat to “Who You Foolin” already sounds anime ish if you get what I mean”
What are your goals before 2020 ends?
“My goals for 2020 is basically to be in a better position for the new year at the time of this article I'm still currently at Hartsfield Jackson Airport still struggling still not able to maintain keeping the job at this point my goal is to not lead this into the new year In my eyes this year was the year I was supposed to blow up from my music but its too much chaos going around within the world as it seems but I'm looking forward to quitting and reinventing myself into a bigger and better person and far from this setback. my journey is far from over and the goal isn’t to stop here but to keep going at this point its gods plans for me”
My quote is “ I wanna spend the rest of my days as a picture painted differently from the copied paper because when the ink runs dry youre only left with a canvas” La’Swan
I live by that i stand by that and I am just that
