Let subversive Estonian rapper Tommy Cash be your internet guide
Tommy Cash is an incendiary, experimental rapper from Estonia. His unique brand of musical and visual anarchy feels like the product of trap, tumblr culture and punk iconoclasm. His concrete beats and laugh-out-loud lyrics – a phenomenon he has described as “Post-Soviet Rap” – make for a subversive, disruptive combination that has established Cash as an underground icon – a cause that was aided by his appearance in Charli XCX’s infamous “Boys” video.
We thought Cash was the perfect guide to contemporary internet culture. Read on to learn what he likes to read online and what strange things people have written about his work.
What would you like to see more of online? How about less?
I actually looove interviews like in depth-ones, old ones. I wish we could get more of that. I love Fortnite, but it’s cancer and we need to get over it ASAP. People will wake up eventually thinking what the fuck did I do for the past year?
What or who is the best account you follow? How about the worst?
I only follow Rick (Owens). But best account is def mine @tommycashworld.
What’s the craziest thing you’ve read about yourself online?
Someone wrote “That’s how all the population in Estonia looks.” under my “Little Molly” video.
How about the worst comment?
That my moustache is ugly :’(
What’s your earliest memory of the internet?
Runescape and unlimited Porn running on Windows 98.
Is the internet a good or bad thing for music?
It’s a two way sword. I would say it’s good.
What’s your favourite meme?
My tour manager and good friend done a lot of “stock” pictures and his pics get used as memes a lot in Russia, that’s fire.
How may followers represent success?
There are levels to this game, what level are you on..?
