Cape Breton Post

Local artist recently dropped a new music video.

- BY KYLE LARUSIC Kyle LaRusic is a second-year student in the journalism program at Holland College in Charlottet­own, P.E.I. He is on a four-week internship at the Cape Breton Post and can be reached at Kyle.larusic@cbpost.com.

Whitney Pier resident Evan Romard used to freestyle after school with his friends, when they’d turn on an instrument­al version of a song and have fun trying to out-rap each other.

Fast-forward to today and Romard, better known on the local music scene by his stage name of Trill, has just released a music video. Meanwhile, he’s currently working on a mix tape set to drop at the end of the summer.

The title of the music video is “Pier Pressure” and can be found on his personal YouTube channel, Trill-Nation Music.

Since posting his first video a couple years ago, Trill has gained a good amount of views on his videos, peaking at 13,000 views.

He has always had a passion for rap music and decided to pursue it.

“It’s hard to chase a dream and fulfill it if you don’t have a dream,” he said.

Trill’s main goal is to try to create a voice for his community, to help other local talent come forward, while at the same time creating his music he looks to be an inspiratio­n to thers.

“I want to be able to help the younger generation find a passion and stick to it and pursue it. Whether it’s a band or someone who can sing. I want people to see what I’m doing and say ‘hey, I can do that too.’”

Trill also takes this into considerat­ion when writing his music.

“I want my music to be able to help people through a breakup or a hard time in their life. Not just rap about liquor and drugs.”

Trill plans on pursuing his music career and hopes to one day doing it profession­ally.

“’I’m just going to try to follow my dreams and then see where it takes me.”

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SUBMITTED PHOTO RIGHT: Trill is shown in this recent photo performing for a local crowd.

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