D0le of Lithuania, East Europe on Life, Lessons & Legacy

Žygimantas ‘D0le’ Sivilevičius shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.

D0le, a huge thanks to you for investing the time to share your wisdom with those who are seeking it. We think it’s so important for us to share stories with our neighbors, friends and community because knowledge multiples when we share with each other. Let’s jump in: What is a normal day like for you right now?
These past few days I feel like I’ve been trying to find myself lowkey. Like for the longest I felt like I know who I am, what I want and what I’m gonna do but quite recently this illusion came crumbling and now I’m trying to recollect myself again. I’m not complaining though, I feel like that’s the beauty of life. Not knowing everything even when you think you do and being able to rediscover something that you think was already discovered for the longest. Hell yeah.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hello everyone reading, I am an underground rap artist from the eastern block of Europe, Lithuania to be exact. I go by D0le and my goal is to be able to resonate with people while also providing them with a good time. Shoutout A.I.M., my music collective full of talented people aiming to the stars. One thing that I feel would be interesting for y’all to know is that even though I’m a native Lithuanian speaker all of my creative work is being done in English which I feel sauces up the whole listening experience to the native English listeners. I used to be really insecure about my accent in my music once I first started though now both the accent and my confidence is way better and I feel like it’s one of the components that help my music stand out more.

Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
All I’m gonna say is that I’m the same kid I was 10 years ago. Even better. I feel like back in the day I had way more restrictions when it came to how I act or how I should be. But once I learned how to move past that (it took me about 18 years to master this skill) I felt the most free than ever before. And I still do. Whenever there’s someone questioning me I manage to defend my position without getting into an argument. I feel like that is the path to true personal freedom.

Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
Oh of course. More than I could think of. Especially nowadays with all the new burdens of life. But when moments like that arrive, I tend to look back at the journey me and my team made so far (it’s nearly 4 years since the beginning of it) and it gives me the extra strength to keep it pushing. I feel like my team IS a huge part of why I’m still doing what I’m doing. I feel like it would be a way easier choice to just finish collage, get a nice paying office job and just chill out for the rest of my life. I KNOW that I could do that. But what’s the fun in that you know? What’s the fun in wasting your life doing whatever when you can do whatever makes you happy AND meet some dope likeminded people while you at it. Hell yeah.

Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
Getting freaky foreal.

Nah but on the real though, I’m pretty positive that my team knows how much the whole human to human connection in this world means to me. With me being a Christian, I feel like we hold way too much negative energy against each other when it’s super unnecessary. I bet if you did go and ask my friends what really matters to me though they would present you some out of pocket stuff. Luv them though, I wouldn’t be here today without them.

Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. If you knew you had 10 years left, what would you stop doing immediately?
Well I already have things that I wish I could stop doing without even knowing how much I got left. So I feel like I could name some stuff I would think I’d stop doing but then come to think of it, I can’t confidently say that I would manage to do so. And I don’t think that it’s necessarily a bad thing. Come to think of it, it only shows that I’m living my life with as little regrets as possible. And while I’m not perfect and I would do some things differently, looking at the grand scheme of things I feel like I would be pretty happy continuing on my current path. Not to say that I wouldn’t be improving myself while I’m at it of course.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/D0le
• Instagram: @prodbyzheg
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@D0le
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dolepie?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
• Other: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/73UEn8pZTOLFeqkrLQYpZ5?si=3JyaCQ9XSSuc_Nr49nLXTQ

Image Credits
chinabomber, SpookyWafflez, AlanasMHD