At just 12 years young, the rapper from Wales, UK is quickly becoming a viral sensation as she spreads motivational messages through her songs. Olivia Sinclair revealed her love for singing publically two years ago through Instagram. Her fresh lyrical talent has been sculpted through the influence and covering of current artists including Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Cardi B and Iggy Azalea.
Despite her ability, Olivia Sinclair found herself a victim of negative online criticism (trolling) which discouraged and disheartened her. She gave up for some time, thinking that she didn’t want to do it anymore. Thankfully, she did pick herself up again and decided to write a song about her experience - here came her debut single ‘Troll Doll’.
We weren’t put on this world to hate, we were put here to love and appreciate. ‘Troll Doll’ describes the hurt feelings of those receiving online abuse and also shames those giving out unnecessary negativity. This show of strength against bullying helped Olivia Sinclair gain positive interest from the media. She was asked to perform at the Kids London Fashion Week, shared her story for Glamour UK’s #BlendOutBulling campaign, and was personally invited to the Kids Voice auditions.
Olivia Sinclair’s career is going strong and she is growing in confidence as she gives herself more to her passion. She has now amassed over 40 thousand followers and has released further cover songs and two more original singles, ‘Fake Friend’ and her latest one ‘Oli Bop’. She has just finished creating upcoming single ‘Anyway’, with a multi-platinum selling producer, and kindly shares her journey with us…
Tell us a little about yourself and how you started singing.
Hello, I’m Olivia Sinclair. I’m 12 years old and I’m from Wales.
Well, I started singing from a really young age because my mum used to be in a girl band, so I grew up with music and she loved it - she still does! I always loved singing.
I started rapping… Well, technically, we were in the car listening to Nicki Minaj and I knew one of the raps, so I started proper hardcore rapping. My mum was like “oh my gosh, you can rap, really?” And I was like “yeah?” … So we decided to make a rap account.
Your initial beginnings brought on negative online feedback (trolls), can you give some motivational words to anyone in a similar situation?
So, yes, I did get bullied. I got bullied in school and I got bullied out of school. And, I was thinking maybe I should just give up and all the hate would go away. But then, I was like, I’m just gonna carry on going…
Just don’t give up on your dream. Just carry on going. The haters opinions
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