Sofaygo, The Boy Who Believed
When Andre Dontrel Burt decided to release the three-track EP, We Are Aliens, as SoFaygo, a new pseudonym to replace his former rap name, Trvllinese, the reception wasnât exactly favorable. âI was getting backlash when I made that transition in 2018,â the 19-year-old rapper remembered, âPeople was not fucking with it. They liked Trvllinese better. I told them, bro, watch, yâall gonna see.â You make it seem like you knew what was going to happen? âI did,â he replied, âI always felt like I was going to be great, bro.â Self-assurance doesnât come in short supply for the Georgia-born teen. His need for a superstarâs resolve dates back to Junior year at Harrison High School. âI started caring less about peopleâs opinions in 11th grade,â SoFaygo recalled, âThatâs when I started wearing different kinds of clothes, dyeing my hair in all different kinds of colors, just adapting to what Atlanta was on at the time.â âBut niggas used to try me, bruh,â he asserted. âI donât know why, maybe because I was different, but they would call me and my music weird.â With a light chuckle, the confident rookie added, âI was having none of that, bruh. I was always âŠ