Fly In Formation - Thug Shells

I caught up with the very busy and very talented @ThugShells - a Calgary based emcee who brings her freestyle skills to the masses through her Twitch stream, energetic live performances, and monthly local freestyle night.

Unfortunately, the audio on my end suffered from a 2 or 3 second delay, which made it tough to have a back and forth conversation without either cutting her off or sitting there looking dumb for a couple seconds after she would stop talking. Even with that difficulty, she dropped some gems and I’m happy that we got the chance to chat. I did my best to edit the video to be slightly less awkward but there are still some moments where you may wonder what was going on, apologies.

I asked how she learned to freestyle for hours on end (I think she said her record is ten hours straight!), how she's been building such a strong community, how important the roots of Hip Hop are to her, her recent move from Edmonton to Calgary, performing at Twitch Con, freestyling to strangers on the streets, and a lot more.

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