Reading Festival 2024: Denzel Curry talks ‘King of the Mischievous South, Vol. 2’ and cancelling his show with KoRn
nme.comDenzel Curry has spoken to NME about his latest album ‘King of the Mischievous South, Vol. 2’ and opened up about the decision to cancel his massive London show with KoRn last week.Catching up with NME backstage at Reading Festival 2024, the Floridian rapper also teased details about his long-awaited comic book Hell Trials, which he first told us about in a 2022 cover story.‘Vol.
2’, released on July 19, is a sequel to Curry’s 2012 mixtape ‘King of the Mischievous South, Vol. 1’. The new record features a host of rappers, such as TiaCorine and 2Chainz, who hail from the American South, a region Curry has always been outspoken about representing.NME: Hi Denzel!
So, why go back to the ‘Mischievous South’ more than 10 years after ‘Vol.1’?Denzel Curry: “When I was making the project, I wasn’t even thinking about the name being that.
When it came down to project being completed, my manager said, ‘Yo, everything’s tight about this, but you just gotta change the name.’“Originally, it was called ‘13lood In 13lood Out Reloaded’ ‘cause I was making another ‘13LOOD 1N + 13LOOD OUT’ after the [2020] mix I done.
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