Meet V Wescott

We were lucky to catch up with V Wescott recently and have shared our conversation below.

V, we’re so excited for our community to get to know you and learn from your journey and the wisdom you’ve acquired over time. Let’s kick things off with a discussion on self-confidence and self-esteem. How did you develop yours?

The consistent amount of support I’ve gotten doing music this whole time makes me certain I’m going to make it. The first song I recorded when I was 17 had my high school friends going crazy ( I did not even think that it was that good myself). This was at a point in time where everybody decided to make music (the Soundcloud rapper era) so seeing that many people unironically love all my songs was a great motivator. At this point in my career, I don’t got over a week or 2 without getting a message from somebody telling me how much they love my song and to keep going. I rarely get any hate comments either: I know it’ll come at one point but a lot of my friends in music get them right now. All this consistent belief in my craft keeps me pushing

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

My name is V Wescott and I’m an artist from New York City. To be honest, I’ve always loved music, acting, and all creative fields but the way I was brought up I fully expected to fall into the coprorate 9-5 route. When I first started university at NYU in 2018, I had recorded music but I was studying economics. As I got older, I realized that this is what I feel like I am meant to do in this world. I’ve been making music for almost 8 years now, and although it has gotten tough at times, I’ve never given up on my dream. That’s what makes it even more special for me: I’m doing this because I love it with all my heart. Having Carribean parents, they support me but they wish I went for something more “scientific” as a career but I feel like my purpose is through music, whether it’s inspiring more people or comforting them through my actions and my creations. What I do goes way further than just “making” music at this point, though. I’m co-owner of an LLC called A.R.M.Y that stands for Art Rules My Youth, where we help creatives with their marketing and social media needs, with hopes of expanding into our own record label. Over at Roaring 20s, an event company based in NYC create by my close artist friends Iz Lamarr and Kenny Dreams, we throw parties almost every weekend with a different showcase of DJs and artists from all over the city. I’ve performed more times than I can count at this point. After signing my first deal at the end of last year, I feel like this is the year where the dream and the plan really all comes together.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

The most important quality to have in my opinion for this career path is blind (borderline delusional) self belief. At this point in my career, I am far from being incredibly comfortable financially, and I consistently hear people close to me concerningly asking if that worries me. And to be honest, of course it does a little but I really believe that once it’s all said and done it will make sense. This is always likely to be a slow burn, unless you blow up quickly (which is more of a curse than a gift long term).
Another important one would be my education around the music industry. I made sure to pivot to a program where I can learn the non-creative side of the music world when I was still in college, and this is something I would suggest anyone in this field to do (not necessarily through school, books and videos do the job). I feel like since I was not even interested in being an artist myself, I’ve heard multiple stories of unfortunate record deals and contracts that sucked the love of music out of many creatives. As time goes on, more and more stories come out, and they get worse and worse. I am glad I was able to learn a lot about it because when I first started getting contacted back in September by labels, it made me take the best decision for me in the long run, whereas without that knowledge I probably would have went for the more immediate relief.
The last skill is the ability to listen, which is hard to find with other rappers and musicians. The blind belief is to be blamed for that: your vision can be so clear at times that you think that nobody else understands it but you. However, criticism is always incredibly helpful, wether you decide to use it or not. It will always have you thinking, and at the end of the day, one of your jobs is to cater to what people want: not everyone wants/sees things the same way.

Looking back over the past 12 months or so, what do you think has been your biggest area of improvement or growth?

My biggest area of growth this past year has been consistency and dedication. I have tried to leave procrastination as far behind as I can, especially when I realized that the main reason I did it was anxiety: I was scared that the results I wanted would not come true if I did what I wanted to do. An example of this is Tik Tok: before 2024, I don’t think I ever went a whole week posting daily, but last year I posted so much throughout so many different accounts I think it has to be over 600 total Tik Toks. And all it took was one to go slightly viral to get me more recognition within the music industry and one of my first hits ever. If I had not put my mind to it the way I did, I probably would not even be doing this interview right now. The craziest part is I’m FAR from being where I want to be in terms of that. I feel like I can be even more consistent and dedicated to my craft, and I’ll try to do that in 2025.

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