The Tryadz are an up-and-coming group that has started to make some noise locally, and I got a minute to ask a few questions to Kilgo, one member of the group.
Who are the Tryadz?
“The Tryadz” are Me (Ryan Kilgo), LeNard “O.T.” Smith, and it seems like our third member is anyone that wants to be down with whats going on. Like a NBA crowd being the sixth man on court type of thing.
How did the group form?
It started with Me, LeNard, and our friend Corey “C-Hill” Hill. Around our middle school ages we met when we moved to Redford. Corey and his brother Myron lived down the street, and LeNard moved across the street from them soon after I moved to the neighborhood. Every day we would have friends from school come to my house to rap and play games and chill, i was the youngest at like 12. Lenard moved in with me soon after we met because of some family problems. After we all got a lil older and started going our separate ways, Me, Lenard, and Corey stayed close. Everyday we would get together, go in on sum good weed and have fun like we had been doing it all our lives. One day we were at Corey's house and i said it would always b us 3, and said we r the “Triads”, and thats how we got the name. I actually got my Tryad tattoo when we were in that stage. It still says Triad instead of Tryad.
How is each member different?
Thats a hard one. I think we balance each other out. I've been known as the smart one, Lenard has been known as the creative one, and Corey has jus been so down and cool he’s hard not to like. Whatever we’re down for, he’s more than down for.
How do you work together with the different opinions of each member?
Me and LeNard would be the only “Rappers” from the original Triads, but theres never really any opinion clash at all. We actually feed off each other a lot. He can have a beat of his playing and we can vibe out to it and freestyle a little, ill say something that catches his ear and we just roll with it. A lot of times we make our beats separately but as for opinions for songs we really seem to feel the same. I put my twist to our music, and Lenard does his. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Who are some of your influences?
My biggest inspiration is Lil Wayne, dude is a genius. My favorite producer has to be Swizz Beats. But I love Drake, Jay-Z, Eminem, Ludacris, Wiz, Big Sean..haha a lot of people, I love rap music.
What is one non-music fact that people wouldn't expect from you?
I love technology! Im in college for computer engineering and i think im addicted to video games. I use emulators and play games like Pokemon in class...dont judge me hoe!
How is Tryad World different from your other projects?
Haha its actually kinda not. We usually are just constantly making songs, and when we want a mixtape, pic from the collection of old or new songs based on the vibe. Tryad World starts off with Space Flow, just a song to vibe to. The rest are songs that we just really like to listen to.
What are your future plans for projects?
To get the popularity up and working with anyone who wants to work with us. We’re always more than happy to collab with people. But we really want to get ourselves out there so they can really see what we are about. We have a main mixtape we been workin on since the begginin of this year called “Lets Party”. All of those songs will be 100% made and produced by us. We want these to be summer songs, sum stuff to have fun to when it gets hot out.
Where can we check you out on the web?
The best way to check us out online is Facebook. Im “Ryan Kilgo”, O.T. is “Lenard Smith”. You can also search “The Tryadz” on Facebook or add Tryadz on twitter. We will have an official Tryadz site up soon.
“The Tryadz” are Me (Ryan Kilgo), LeNard “O.T.” Smith, and it seems like our third member is anyone that wants to be down with whats going on. Like a NBA crowd being the sixth man on court type of thing.
How did the group form?
It started with Me, LeNard, and our friend Corey “C-Hill” Hill. Around our middle school ages we met when we moved to Redford. Corey and his brother Myron lived down the street, and LeNard moved across the street from them soon after I moved to the neighborhood. Every day we would have friends from school come to my house to rap and play games and chill, i was the youngest at like 12. Lenard moved in with me soon after we met because of some family problems. After we all got a lil older and started going our separate ways, Me, Lenard, and Corey stayed close. Everyday we would get together, go in on sum good weed and have fun like we had been doing it all our lives. One day we were at Corey's house and i said it would always b us 3, and said we r the “Triads”, and thats how we got the name. I actually got my Tryad tattoo when we were in that stage. It still says Triad instead of Tryad.
How is each member different?
Thats a hard one. I think we balance each other out. I've been known as the smart one, Lenard has been known as the creative one, and Corey has jus been so down and cool he’s hard not to like. Whatever we’re down for, he’s more than down for.
How do you work together with the different opinions of each member?
Me and LeNard would be the only “Rappers” from the original Triads, but theres never really any opinion clash at all. We actually feed off each other a lot. He can have a beat of his playing and we can vibe out to it and freestyle a little, ill say something that catches his ear and we just roll with it. A lot of times we make our beats separately but as for opinions for songs we really seem to feel the same. I put my twist to our music, and Lenard does his. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Who are some of your influences?
My biggest inspiration is Lil Wayne, dude is a genius. My favorite producer has to be Swizz Beats. But I love Drake, Jay-Z, Eminem, Ludacris, Wiz, Big Sean..haha a lot of people, I love rap music.
What is one non-music fact that people wouldn't expect from you?
I love technology! Im in college for computer engineering and i think im addicted to video games. I use emulators and play games like Pokemon in class...dont judge me hoe!
How is Tryad World different from your other projects?
Haha its actually kinda not. We usually are just constantly making songs, and when we want a mixtape, pic from the collection of old or new songs based on the vibe. Tryad World starts off with Space Flow, just a song to vibe to. The rest are songs that we just really like to listen to.
What are your future plans for projects?
To get the popularity up and working with anyone who wants to work with us. We’re always more than happy to collab with people. But we really want to get ourselves out there so they can really see what we are about. We have a main mixtape we been workin on since the begginin of this year called “Lets Party”. All of those songs will be 100% made and produced by us. We want these to be summer songs, sum stuff to have fun to when it gets hot out.
Where can we check you out on the web?
The best way to check us out online is Facebook. Im “Ryan Kilgo”, O.T. is “Lenard Smith”. You can also search “The Tryadz” on Facebook or add Tryadz on twitter. We will have an official Tryadz site up soon.