Music
Bob Dylan's grandson, Pablo, releases new rap mixtape
by Ciaran Thompson
July 22, 2011
The long awaited foray we hoped Bob Dylan would eventually take into hip-hop doesn’t look like it’s happening. Instead, he’s left it to his grandson Pablo.
The teenager, whose dad is Dylan’s eldest son Jesse, has just put out a new mixtape called 10 Minutes and reveals he’s also about to release a single with Young Money’s Lil’ Chuckee.
“We just put out the mixtape 10 Minutes; we got like 50,000 views on that, and I just got back in the studio to work on things and perfect everything,” Pablo told All Hip Hop. “My single with Little Chuckee and Darnell Robinson is dropping soon. Me and Darnell did a song on my mixtape, he hooked me up with all the people and they sent the song back with a hook and few verses.”
Citing Eminem’s fourth studio album The Eminem Show as one of his main influences, the young Dylan says he understands the legacy of music associated with his family and remains undeterred to continue doing what he has come to love.
“I mean, really, my grandfather, I consider him the Jay-Z of his time, and he definitely has a legacy that a lot of people look up to,” he said. “He feels strongly about my music and I love him to death.”
“Of course we do two different things, and I don’t want people to see me for what he has done,” he added. “But, what I have done, I mean from a musical and personal standpoint, is definitely influenced by him. Everyone around me influences me, and I have learned so much from him just listening to his records, but I hope his music continues to live on through what I continue to do the rest of my life.”
Listen to Pablo Dylan’s “Top of the World” from 10 Minutes below.
