Creative CTRL

dyl sits down with his friend and rapper Nate Rose, discussing their cross-faith friendship, philosophy, and going to church together. They dive into writing camps, hustling CD's, and performing in front of the MTSU basketball team. Nate challenges Christian artists to live into their calling and talks about the need for rap that deals with the tough questions of life.

dyl. sits down with his pastor, mentor, and friend Trevor Atwood to discuss the connection between rap lyrics + writing sermons, curse words, and how there’s no such thing as “secular” art. They dive into their relationship and how art shines light on the deepest questions of humanity.

dyl sits down with nobigdyl. to talk about his album process, his favorite songs, + the need for controversial art. They dive into what it's like to be a festival director of Holy Smoke!, and drop names for this years' indie institute. dyl. gets dyl. to talk about rapping in Big Smo’s, writing his thesis on CHH, why he has a problem with his alma mater showing love to Lecrae, and

dyl sits down with his friend and newest member of indie tribe, Torey D'Shaun as they talk about the indie tribe roster being closed, why some christian rap is corny, and how God uses secular music to save people. Torey educates on his home town of East St. Louis, and they reminiscence on meeting at Legacy Conference where dyl blocked a girl on Torey's phone.

dyl sits down with his friend and Christian rapper Aklesso as they talk about how tragedy birthed his career. While touching on shootings, loss, and absent fathers, they debate if Christian rap is ministry, talk about crazy stories from the early days, and determine that Miles Minnick is right.

dyl sits down with his friend and fellow member of indie tribe DJ Mykael V as they discuss working together, the practice of gratitude, and how good art helps people grieve. They share crazy stories from tour and dive into how movies have helped with understanding death and spirituality.

dyl sits down with rapper, entrepreneur, father and husband, and mentor Derek Minor as they discuss how they met, working together, and why he ultimately FIRED him. Diving back into 2014, they bring back the crazy stories from on the road with Winter Jam and what it was like to be broke. They talk about what authenticity and humanity means to artistry, what draws a fan to an artist

jon + dyl discuss owning their own music festival (HOLY SMOKE!), + then argue for 35 minutes straight. their debate covers what constitutes a rap song + if the psalms fit the prompt. along the way they reveal the unreleased nobigdyl. x Lil B collab + what ice spice and jon keith have in common.

jon + dyl discuss the origin of indie tribe and joke about jon’s questionable approach to being a new father. the two converse about the cognitive dissonance between how God tells his story in scripture and how some Christian music portrays the christian life. Jon dives into using music with darker sounds & themes to push against a false view of The Way.

nobigdyl. sits down with singer-songwriter Sarah Juers to discuss creativity and spirituality. Sarah opened for dyl.'s Unplugged show in Nashville, and they discuss their prior collaborations. Sarah attempts her "Ellen" moment and throws in a few dance moves throughout. Sarah talks about her creative process and how she believes God has given her these songs to share with the world