When it comes to making viral songs, the list of Black women who dominate apps like TikTok and Instagram Reels isn’t very long. There is one artist, however, who continuously brings fans hit after hit to use in their videos. St. Louis’ own, Big Boss Vette knows what the streets want to hear, and she’s ready to showcase the range of her talents in her upcoming EP, “Resilience” releasing this Friday.

21Ninety visited Republic Records NYC headquarters to sit down with the biggest boss to get the scoop on her upcoming EP.

Big Boss Vette Setting The Standard

“This is my art. This is my work.”
Big Boss Vette

“I really make hits,” she proclaimed while sitting in Republic Records’ front office. She was comfortable as if this was a second home to her. “You know, I just want everyone who counted me out to know, now you gotta come back and see about me because this is big.”

She continued, “I also want them to know like, this is my art, this is my work. So I really appreciate them for even liking it, you know, because I know they’re gonna love it.”

Vette has been ready for the world to hear her sound. She made it very clear that she is not nervous about the EP dropping, just excited for people to see what she brings to the table, especially with her St. Louis sound.

“To be honest, I feel like St Louis has been in my music since I first started. It’s in my accent because I’m country as hell,” she explained. “We haven’t had too many females come up out of the midwest, you know? So it was very hard for me to even come up out of it, honestly speaking.”

A Girl’s Girl

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Big Boss Vette’s “Pretty Girls Walk” single has taken over social media. It has become the anthem for women all over the world to feel confident in themselves and show off how much of a boss they are. She said that these women feel empowered through her music.

“That is just the most powerful message that I can ever push because I know at times, we need to hear that,” she said.

It can be easy for the rap industry to pit women against each other making it seem that there is not enough room at the top for everyone to win. Vette says she aims to give positive energy in all of her interactions with people.

“I just really feel like it is free to be nice,” she asserted. “I have never been a mean girl, I don’t push that narrative. Like I am such a welcoming soul when you first meet me.”

Vette prides herself on the fact that she makes other women feel welcomed. She says she never gives into thoughts that people may not like or accept her.

“I don’t ever think like that because the more that you do, the more that you attract that energy. I feel like I’m well protected because I don’t give off mean girl,” she said.

Growing and Glowing

Vette has gone through a lot to get to where she is now but she knows that her journey was needed for her to appreciate what she has. She explained that she was once a fighter and got bullied often but in 2016, after being shot due to an incident she was involved in, she decided to change her life around.

There was even a point in time when she gave up on music. She began to sell hair and clothes to make money but it was her manager, Rose, who talked her into getting back into the game. She hopped on a beat that ended up going viral and she got back into the groove. From there, she was on the radar of several labels and had a team of support behind her to make sure she achieved her goals. Thirteen label offers later, she found a home with Republic and is excited to drop her first project.

“I aspire to just keep on working to just see what I can become because I know that I’m destined for greatness,” Vette said promisingly. “I’ve always had this feeling that I was gonna be big. Never knew what I was gonna be doing, but I knew that I was gonna be big.”

Her path has been a long one coming and she has so far to go.

“I knew that everything was gonna come together at one point in time in my life and it was gonna make sense. now it’s finally coming together,” she concluded.

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