A film by Harrison Boyce and Nathan Brown of Boyce & Brown.
Pictured (from left): Elijah Austin, Omar Grant, Theophilus London, Aja Grant
“Picking a holiday song is harder than people think,” explains the Trinidad-born, Brooklyn-based rapper Theophilus London. “If you’re not going to write your own modern classic like George Michael or Run DMC, you have to cover something a lot of people don’t know.”
As his crew strings tinsel garlands to prepare the set for his exclusive T Magazine performance, London pours himself a glass of whiskey (Theophilus London is sponsored by Bushmills and carries bottles around with him to hand out as Christmas presents) and explains that come January, he is headed into the studio to complete his next album. He also explains that it will be heavily influenced by the effects of illicit substances like cough syrup (associated with the slowed-down rap genre sometimes called chopped and screwed) and D.M.T., the chemical supposedly released into the brain upon one’s passing, at least according to “Enter the Void,” a Gaspar Noé film from last year with which London is enamored. With all of this in mind, his explanation as to why he picked Marvin Gaye’s “Purple Snowflakes” comes as no surprise. “The original is really stripped down and trippy,” says London, “so it inspired me to make my own weird version.”
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