Interview by Manny Akiio  / mannyakiio  We recently sat down with St. Louis artist Raysta for an exclusive “Off The Porch” interview! During our conversation he discussed St. Louis being the trenches, the Southside of St. Louis, coping with losing loved ones at an early age, his perspective of life changing after he got shot, being influenced by Hitman Holla, his grind on funding his rap career, his collective Monster Gang, how they were able to form in high school, wanting to be able to take care of his family with his music career, song with Bookie Glockz turning his city up, gearing up to drop a new project on Valentine’s Day, catering a new project to women, experimenting with different sounds, his clothing brand, his talent landing him a song with PGF Nuk, dropping new singles and visuals this year, his new single “One Of A Kind”, working on an upcoming series and more!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices