Q.Who Are You?
A.CHEF NORIEGA AKA YOUNG THONERO
Q. Where Are You From?
A.CHICAGO HTS
Q. What Made You Start Doing Music?
A.I USED TO MAKE SHORT FILMS AND MY COMPUTER AT THE TIME CAUGHT A VIRUS AND COULDN’T RENDER VIDEOS ANYMORE SO I STARTED LEARNING HOW TO RECORD AND ENGINEER MY OWN SONGS
Q.Describe Your Genre’
A.RAP, R&B, RAGGEATON, POP
Q.Who Are Your Musical Influences?
A.TRAVIS SCOTT, DON TOLIVER, TORY LANEZ, PIERRE BOURNE, SWAE LEE, GENE LOVES JEZEBEL, THE POLICE, IMOGEN HEAP, TPAIN
Q. What Inspires You To Make Music?
A.MAKING MUSIC ALLOWS ME TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS AND CHANNEL ANY GOOD/BAD ENERGY. IM ALSO INSPIRED WHEN I HEAR OTHER ARTIST WHO HAVE A SIMILAR SOUND AS WHAT IM CURRENTLY WORKING ON. IT LETS ME KNOW MY MIND IS IN THE RIGHT SPACE.
Q. Where Do You See Yourself In 5 Years?
A. RUNNING A LABEL OR STUDIO, ACTING, OPERATING MY CLOTHING LINE AND FINANCE BUSINESSES
Q. When Do Your Creative Ideas Usually Come To You?
A. IRONICALLY IN THE MORNING TO MID DAY ANOTHER BLOCK FROM ABOUT 8PM-1AM DEPENDING ON THE VIBE.
Q. What are some of your past projects & how did they benefit you?
A. NIGHT RIDER EP AND UPTOWN CHEF. BOTH SHOWCASED MY ABILITY TO PUT A PROJECT TOGETHER. ONE A FULL LENGTH AND THE OTHER A SHORT PROJECT
Q. Which one of YOUR songs is YOUR favorite & why?
A. MY FAVORITE SONG RIGHT NOW IS PRINCE OF PERSIA BECAUSE I INSTANTLY KNEW I HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THAT ONE THE MOMENT I HEARD THE BEAT
Q. Where Can Your Music Be Found?
A. ANY STREAMING PLATFORM
Q. What’s Next???
A. I HAVE A LOT OF MERCH COMING FOR MY CLOTHING LINE, MY POP PROJECT “ROBO CHEF”, AND A FEW VISUALS AND SHORT ACTING PROJECTS IM A PART OF. I ALSO HAVE A SPANISH PROJECT ON THE WAY.
Albums:
Uptown Chef: Album Link
Night Rider EP: EP Link
Illumbia 2: www.chefnoriega.bandcamp.com
Press Kit:
Soundcloud: Clanclanradio / Chef Thonero
