Retro V

Retro V
Born	January 19, 1995 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
💼 Occupation	Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Producer
📆 Years active	2017- Present
🌐 Website	www.facebook.com/retrov317

Trevor Joseph Rivera (Born January 19, 1995), better known by his stage name Retro V, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer from Indianapolis, Indiana. He released his debut mixtape, Retrobution, in 2017, and signed to BYOP Ent. in 2018. His sample-influenced single, “This Morning” received urban airplay in the Midwest and is very influential in the underground hip hop scene. Retro V has worked closely with Mark Battles, Ryan Adkins, Travis "Kold Kut" Moore, DJ Yung1, DJ Danny, and DJ Boogie Bang, overall releasing 3 projects with thousands of digital streams and downloads. Retro V followed up his first mixtape in October 2018 with the release of the mixtape, Vendetta, which featured one of his most popular songs, “Make a Play”. In 2019 another single, “The Last EMCEE”, was released leading up to the latest release of the EP Retro Pacino in August of 2020.

Early Life

Retro was born Trevor Joseph Rivera on January 19, 1995 in Indianapolis, Indiana to parents working as an attorney and dietician. His parents divorced when Retro was about three years old. Retro was born and raised by his mother and grew up living in Indianapolis his entire childhood where he attended Pike High School. When he started high school Retro began to create his own beats and instrumentals for different rappers he went to school with. In his early instrumental production days Retro used the alias Young Prodigy. It wasn’t until he first started rapping when he started using a new alias, Retro V, which is an anagram of his given name Trevor. His first attempt at committing lyrics to paper was around age 14 for a school project.

Musical Career

2011- 2015: Career Beginnings

Retro started learning to produce beats with his boyhood friend Young Libra in high school sometime around 2011. They used the digital audio workstation (DAW) FL Studio or “FruityLoops” to engineer their beats/instrumentals. It was first introduced to them by Young Libra’s father and producer Sean Hardy Sr. As they developed their talents they began to work with several local rappers such as Jade tha Prince and Rooso Fuego on many singles and mixtapes.

2016: Azmyth School of Music Technology

After high school Retro took his talents to the next level by enrolling in Azmyth’s School of Music Technology in 2016 for beat production and engineering where he discovered his passion for recording arts. Retro studied production engineering and shadowed industry engineers and producers Ryan Adkins and Travis “Kold Kut” Moore. Retro began writing and recording his own music and released his first mixtape, Retrobution, following his graduation at Azmyth’s School of Music Technology.

2017: Debut Single and mixtape Retrobution

Arriving on the scene with an old-school style, Indianapolis-based rapper and producer Retro V combines a very fluid flow, playful rhymes, a stoner rapper swagger and hypnotic production influenced by Wiz Khalifa, Mac Miller, Snoop Dogg, Logic and Curren$y. His debut single, “This Morning”, was released in March of 2017 and featured professional recording artist, Mark Battles. This became the headlining track on his first mixtape, Retrobution, hosted by DJ Boogie Bang.

2018- Present: Vendetta the mixtape, and Retro Pacino EP

Retro V followed up his first mixtape in October 2018 with the release of the mixtape Vendetta which featured one of his most popular songs, “Make a Play”, and he had the opportunity to perform his headlining song at DJ Danny’s Hip Hop Showcase on August 11, 2018 at the Citadel Music Hall. In 2019 another single, “The Last EMCEE”, was released leading up to the latest EP Retro Pacino in August of 2020. Two music videos, “No Static” and “The Last EMCEE” were released for Retro V and he is one of the featured performers at Indy’s Underground Sound and other events year after year.

Discography

• Retrobution (2017)
• Vendetta (2018)
• Retro Pacino (2020)

External Links

• Facebook
• Twitter

References

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