This is not our traditional country Spotlight. He sat down anyway. We pulled up to the February album release party and it was freaking awesome. That is the whole point of living in this town.
Starlito is Nashville — Jermaine Shute, Grind Hard, twenty-plus years of Southern rap that did not wait on Broadway to decide it counted. Cash Money chapter. Cold Turkey. The Step Brothers run with Don Trip. Then Not the Country You Know with Bandplay — Unhappy Hour and Last Call — cowboy hat on a farm, I-40 to Arnold’s, Black Nashville in the frame, not the postcard. The short film that goes with it. CMA Fest on the calendar too.
Newest chapter: Starlito’s Way 5: Catharsis. Same writer. Different room than the honky-tonk circuit, same city.
This Spotlight Series sit-down is him on his terms. We did not try to make him country. We just turned the camera on.
Interviewed by Chris Ramos of Sons of Lions for The Country Note.
This is TCN Spotlight Series. A different artist every day. Pour something, watch the video, then come read the story.
Starlito socials
- Website: grindhard.com
- Instagram: @starlitogrindhard
- X: @LITO615
- YouTube: Grind Hard TV
- Spotify: Starlito