Today we’d like to introduce you to Enzo Dennet.
Hi Enzo, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
My name is Enzo Dennet but I go by Enzo artistically. My story starts in Salt Lake City, specifically West Valley. My brothers & I were raised by our mom. I was very introverted, so I started writing poems about the girls I had crushes on. I had no rizz lol, but my teacher said my poem was good and that was so cool to me. I’ve always been a bit pessimistic about making music but eventually, I met my friend Chris Nito, he was a choir singer, way more talented than me, but for whatever reason, he encouraged me to make a project that would eventually be called “Valley”. From there, a video of me rapping my song “Art of War” on the hood of my car was getting shared by some of the IG rap pages, and we started getting attention, which eventually led to negotiations with labels. With the help of my lawyer Mike, we eventually made the decision to turn it down. Not out of a lack of desire, I would love to work with a label if the right opportunity presented itself, but we would have to see eye to eye in the vision that I have for myself and my brand. I don’t want to act like I’m from California or anywhere for that matter and change my image in order to sell records because I believe in Utah and what its shaped me to be. Luckily, on the journey to dropping my follow-up mixtape “It’s Not You It’s Me” which is slated for 4/26/26, we’ve had some lucky breaks along the way, like Sommer Ray using my song on a tik tok, “Slower” getting some attention in Nigeria. and even the recent interview I did with AlexEz Comedy who happens to be a creator out of Utah as well. I’m very excited about this new project, telling more of my story, and seeing where we can push this movement.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
I think that some of the bigger obstacles have come from a marketing stand point. Utah isn’t like LA or New York where it’s a hub of discovery. You can go do a random show at a dive bar in LA, and Quentin Tarantino might be there or something. Unfortunately, we don’t have that here. So I’ve tried to embrace the internet rather than local shows and things like that. I’ve seen some of the guys that I look up to here do every single local show possible but their career didn’t go where it should’ve, so for me, it’s looking at that and saying, okay, how do we use different tools to try to bring attention this way?
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
A couple tik toks where I was talking about Braza Grill and growing up in West Valley have gone a little viral so that’s kind of funny. Alex had asked me in our interview how it would feel to be the first independent Utah rapper to hit 1 million streams on a song with no feature, and to be recognized or known for that would be really cool, just for the sake of like milestones or whatever. But beyond that, I’m really proud of this collaboration with Moxko called “Slower”. We just crossed 10,000 streams, most of which are coming from Nigeria, South Africa, and the UK. It seems like most of my streams have come from outside of my home state, but for the music to be reaching all the way out there, that’s crazy to me. I’m also very excited about my new project, “It’s Not You It’s Me”. I’ve been releasing singles here and there, but putting out a body of work means a lot to me because you can go into different sounds and take people on a journey with you.
Are there any apps, books, podcasts, blogs or other resources you think our readers should check out?
I’m a huge fan of the books “A Series of Unfortunate Events” and also any Neil deGrasse Tyson book. Currently I’ve been listening to his podcast. The Joe Budden Podcast is also one i frequent because Joe dives into the inner workings of the music industry a lot. I’m also a big UFC fan, so I love listening to Chael Sonnen’s podcast because he gets into the business behind that industry as well. This is going to sound nerdy but I’ve also been into chess lately. and i’ve been reading “QUICKSTART GUIDE TO CHESS” by Bruce D. Richardson. It’s probably the best chess book out there, just for the fact that it simplifies the game and takes what is a very intimidating game to learn for some people and makes it digestible. I’m still kind of buns if we’re being honest, but I can mop the floor with some noobs now, so hey, we’re working on it.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightskinlori/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@EnzoOfficialMusic
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4MC05EP9y2WRYlOEibJnoa
