Oshi is creating his own lane of wonky, emotional bass that's making an Impact

How’d you go about learning?

To this day people still ask me if I’ve had any classical training, and the answer is no. I just sat on YouTube all day, didn’t go outside. I was avoiding some serious shit outside! I’d rather be indoors all day teaching myself Mozart than being in a gang.

You now live in LA. What inspired you to move here?

I dropped out of high school when I was 15 or 16. School wasn’t for me and I couldn’t focus. I had no grades and couldn’t get into any colleges, and after that, I sort of lost all my friends. I started making friends on the internet when I first started posting stuff and was like, “Damn, most of these people live in America. In Los Angeles.”

I realized then that I had one chance to do the music thing and I couldn’t wait because the opportunity would pass me up. I visited New York first and met some friends and it convinced me. I connected with them instantly and it was better than I could’ve imagined.

I was depressed and anxious in England, I wasn’t happy at all. The first time I experienced true happiness was when I came to New York and met my friends. So I was just like, “yeah, let’s move to America!” Totally underestimated moving to America at 17 though. Oh boy, it’s been an experience.