FSD Feature: Spenzo: Coming of Age

FSD: There is no denying that you are a YouTube favorite amongst the teens. With that being said, what’s your popularity status at your school?

Spenzo: Right now, people watch me when I’m not looking.

FSD: Is it an event when you release a new video?

Spenzo: Oh yeah. When I release a video, I’m calm all day, and people pick with me like “Aw you think you’re the shit since you dropped Go In?” [Laughs.] but they’re all my friends. I don’t think I’m better than nobody. I literally love joking with everybody, whether they are popular or not. It’s good to do that. I have a lot of friends that tell me good job. A few people just handed me their CDs today to listen to them, and I be like “Oh My God!” I actually take the time out to listen to them when I can. It’s about staying humble and not being big headed, and knowing where I came from.

To be honest with you, I grew up from nothing. I grew up on 47th out here. I didn’t have my real Dad around. My Dad that I brought up earlier is not my biological father, but he’s been around since I was three. But to me that’s my father, nobody can tell me different. I want people at my school to know that I act like a regular kid. It’s just hard when people are always in my face, and it’s hard for me to do my work. But the teachers do treat me different, though.

FSD: How are the girls treating you these days?

Spenzo: Sometimes I get DMs from girls like I want to… [Laughs.]. Let me stop [Laughs.]. Man, If I could, I would screen shot them.

Even before I really started rapping, it was like oh he’s a cute guy but now it’s to the point like “Wow, he’s raw and cute—I want him.” I go through slick stuff; I’ll be talking to a girl and her best friend would come around and grab me. I like it! Forget that– I love it! [Laughs.]

It’s to the point where a teacher will talk to me different than what she used to .I got like 200 detentions, and I told my principal I wanted to go to prom. The girl parents wanted to meet me and everything.

You can’t go to the prom if you have more than 10 detentions. So I walked in the office one day, and told her how many detentions I had, and asked does that stop me from going to prom? She said “You just made the Red Eye, you good”. I was like “Oh My God that’s crazy.” Everybody else just clowned that they couldn’t go to prom. It’s not even my senior year, and she let me go.

FSD: Let’s get deeper with your teacher’s infatuation with you, how do you like the star treatment?

Spenzo: I wouldn’t consider it star treatment, because they know that I represent positivity through my music, and with their support alone, it gives me even more drive to reach my dreams. I have the staff’s full support, and I couldn’t ask for anything more. I’m honored to be attending King. That’s why I was able to go to prom. It didn’t go without a lecture from the principal, though; I still have to have my head in those books. [Laughs.] Shout out to all of my teachers.

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