ARIA award-winning Melbourne rapper 360 will bare his soul at a gig at the Miranda Hotel next month.
Following an epic sold-out national tour earlier in 2018 supporting his critically acclaimed album Vintage Modern, 360 heads to the shire on September 2 with special support from his longtime collaborator PEZ.
To coincide with the tour, 360 has released his latest music video, a moving visual for fan favourite single Money.
Featuring the vocals of Perth singer/songwriter Sydnee Carter, Money has quickly become one of 360’s most beloved songs, finding him in peak form as a rapper, weaving in and out of personal tales about his triumphant rise and rapid fall.
One of those well chronicled tales was his addiction to codeine which came to a head in January 2015.
He passed out on tour in Byron Bay after taking 120 pills — mainly Nurofen Plus — he’d acquired by strategic “chemist shopping”.
After detoxing, in January 2016 he opened up about the incident in a song called I’m Sorry he posted on his Facebook page. It’s now had more than 13 million views.
“It blew my mind,” 360 says. “You’d refresh and it’s jumped 200,000 views in 20 minutes.”
The rapper has now been sober for more than 3 years and his more healthy addiction is bulking up in the gym.
360, whose real name is Matthew Colwell, wrote in I’m Sorry: "If I had nine lives then I’m using them up ... Ninety pills daily of Nurofen Plus."
During his “full breakdown” 360 was deep in the writing process for what’s became his critically acclaimed fourth album, Vintage Modern.
It’s a record that comes on the back of 360 battling addictions to both illegal and legal drugs, including a codeine habit that saw him chemist hopping for the over-the-counter medication.
As he states on Vintage Modern, he’s now tackling his mental health with a mixture of medication and therapy, to help him deal with “past trauma”.
Vintage Modern was originally a Drake-influenced modern rap record with trap beats.
360 flipped the script and remade the album in a week, including showcasing his singing voice on several tracks.
Now equipped to tour sober, 360 is hoping he’s going to literally be able to view the world in a different manner.
“I was lucky enough to travel to America for shows and all I did was sit in the hotel room and do drugs,’’ he says.
‘‘I want to see the world. I want to soak everything in, even if it’s a negative, instead of just being numb. I want to experience life and not just escape from it.”
Fans who get along to the Miranda Hotel can expect 360’s trademark charm, honesty and razor sharp raps with a lush sonic backbone of guitars and live instrumentation, replacing the heavy synths and electronic drops his music is traditionally known for.
360 Vintage Modern tour date at the Miranda Hotel, on Sunday, September 2, from 6pm.
Tickets on sale: 360music.com.au
