Coming off the heels of his We Must Do Better album, LA native Tre Capital explains why good guys don’t finish last in a recent episode of Myths Exposed.
“A myth I grew up believing for a long portion of time was, good guys finish last, or good guys don’t win being themselves,” Tre Capital says. “You don’t have to be like somebody else. Actually, you are a prophet trying to be someone else. Someone could make money off of you just because you want to be like them so bad. Instead, you could make more of yourself by being yourself.”
When Tre embarked on his first project his tour and merchandise expectations were soon shattered once he figured out that he didn’t have to live up to his predetermined measures of success.
“Once I got started working on my first project, I really wanted to have the craziest tour and lit merch, everything,” the rapper recalls. “Then you realize the work and what it takes to get to that point. For me, I started to destroy that standard myself. Like, I don’t have to be an evil person or a manipulative type of individual just to reach this point in my life. If I just maintain and really focus on who I am, my influences, things that motivate me, and being creative; those are things I have to enhance myself in order to really captivate on to that.”
Tre’s I Can’t Die Yet album released last year and gave him the motivation to continue walking along his own path. With co-signing production features from WondaGurl, Sango, Cardo and G.O.O.D Music’s Charlie Heat, Tre learned that he had to believe in himself and trust his own journey.
“Working with WondaGurl was probably the best thing because I am a music fan first, a student of the game second,” Tre Capital explains. “I learned from WondaGurl that you have to fully believe in yourself, otherwise there is no way you can accomplish it. Going forward I was like, ‘Man I want to do all of these things, but I don’t have the finances to do it. I don’t have the resources.’ Like, I’m trying to figure out how to really utilize it. Once she reached out to me and really gave me that push, there’s no way you could rap with her on her production or even get an opportunity to be in the same room she’s in, to be on the phone calls that she’ll be on if you don’t have a good understanding of how you move 24/7 in your day. Wether you’re uncomfortable, you just have to know how to operate 100 percent fully, inside and out. Have a great understanding of who you are.”