He almost opened for XXXTentacion in Dubai, his songs have racked up hundreds of thousands of listens. What's next for Schama Noel?
six months later. He had hoped that his large Twitter following would give him a leg up in the industry, but he discovered that going viral online rarely translated to real-life opportunities. Larger media platforms such as the Shade Room,magazine and even MTV would share his verses that expertly emulated other rappers, but they almost never gave him credit.
On the brink of turning 21, with a strong online following but not much else to show for his years of hustling, Noel fell into a deep depression."There was a storm of toxicity and negativity that was too overwhelming, despite the success I was having. My mom is a schizophrenic, so I was told that by 21 I would suffer from mental illness, and there you have it," Noel says., in 2015, and quickly realized he wasn't prepared for the kind of attention he had been seeking.
Around the same time, his then-manager booked his first live performance at an underground hip-hop festival in Dubai. He almost met Drake there, but was instead left waiting with the princes of Dubai as Drake made a hasty exit. The pattern of missed connections and near-breakthroughs continued.
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