Em Soto is an American Hip Hop artist and record producer from Brooklyn, NY. Soto created his own label IV Entertainment in 2013 being the front line artist and producer alongside J. Gordon, and label co owner G-Lyves, going on to form a group known asThe Hafwayz. After the label was created Em Soto was featured on various mixtapes with Styles P (Of The Lox) , Raekwon (Of Wu-Tang), Rappin 4 Tay, Thirstin Howl III, and more. 1 In Music met the artist.

1inmusic: What is unique about you and your music?
Em Soto: The fact that no one can feel my story the way that I do.

1inMusic: What shaped your music and who supports you?
Em: Artists from the 90’s and some from now. My family and friends support me.

1inmusic: When did you realize you were going to make music professionally?
Em: When I went to school for music production and started learning the technical side of the house.

1inmusic: What type of music do you listen to?
Em: Of course Rap, Pop EDM, R&B… a little bit of everything.

1inmusic: Who, to you, is the most undervalued music artist?
Em: Joe Budden.

1inmusic: How do you prepare for your performances?
Em: I usually do a lot of cardio weeks before and do rehearsal runs until I get it down.

1inmusic: What ignites your (song) writing flow?
Em: Listening to the right beat and situation and experiences I go through.

1inmusic: What do you do when you don’t do music (creative or otherwise) and that you are passionate about?
Em: I usually won’t do music if I’m not feeling it because it makes it harder to get the best possible product.