{"id":110402,"date":"2025-08-01T13:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110402\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:56:13","slug":"get-to-know-dallas-rapper-s3nsi-molly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110402\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know Dallas rapper S3nsi Molly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Marissa \u201cS3nsi Molly\u201d White, 26, is best-known for her breakout hit 223 featuring Lil Brook. What started as a fun freestyle featuring the Arlington native eventually gained the attention of Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty, who would later feature on the remix. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Since then, White has built a steady following, with more than 16,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. She\u2019s worked with notable artists like Drakeo the Ruler, HoodRich Pablo Juan and Soulja Boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cI never knew that I would have a song with Lil Yachty or a song with Soulja Boy,\u201d White said. \u201cI used to be 9 years old cranking it. It makes you keep going. It makes you feel like you\u2019re able to do whatever you want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">White talked to us about the Dallas music scene and using music as self expression.<\/p>\n<p>News Roundups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-cta-social-module__zWZy- mb-4\">Catch up on the day&#8217;s news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This interview has been edited for clarity. <\/p>\n<p>Related:<a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__82BFj\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/performing-arts\/2025\/07\/31\/dallas-black-academy-of-arts-and-letters-shares-plans-for-renovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas\u2019 Black Academy of Arts and Letters shares plans for renovation<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>When and how did you get into rapping? <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I started rapping when I turned 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I\u2019ve always loved music, but I didn\u2019t think being a rapper was realistic because I thought you had to be famous. So I just started writing rhymes in my book and freestyling to YouTube beats, and then my friends were like, \u201cBro, you should do that for real.\u201d So I found a studio, and I started rapping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>What\u2019s the story behind the name S3nsi Molly?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">A lot of people read it and they just think it says Sensei but it\u2019s really \u201cSen-see.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">S3nsi came from an abbreviated word that I\u2019m not good at pronouncing and it means no seeds in your weed. It means like good weed, basically. Molly came from the [Migos] Hannah Montana song \u201cI got Molly, I\u2019ve got white.\u201d I\u2019m like, you know what? I\u2019m gonna name myself Molly. Molly white, because my last name is White. Yep, S3nsi Molly, I blended the two together and that\u2019s me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>What was it like growing in the Dallas music scene? <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Right now, people are kind of sticking together more than they used to, so coming up it was like I had to push myself and push people to gravitate towards me and what I\u2019m doing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">It\u2019s still kind of hard, but I know that my rank is still at the top. It\u2019s a lot of talented artists out here actually that don\u2019t get recognition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1080 \/ 864\"   class=\"dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"1080\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/QOATI4VLMZCLLK32P3MOTLWUAQ.jpg\" alt=\"White has worked with notable artists like Drakeo the Ruler, HoodRich Pablo Juan and Soulja...\"\/><\/p>\n<p>White has worked with notable artists like Drakeo the Ruler, HoodRich Pablo Juan and Soulja Boy.<\/p>\n<p>DeMarcus Williams \/ courtesy<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Does fashion, music videos or other visual aesthetics play a role when you\u2019re making music? Are any of them Dallas-influenced?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I\u2019m not going to lie, I make all sorts of different music. A lot of the music that I have out is kind of one genre because I wasn\u2019t really sure how to put my other styles of music out, but me creating music definitely depends on what I\u2019m wearing. How I\u2019m feeling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I could dress super girly or I could dress like a tomboy and that affects my mind and how I view things, but I view things in so many different ways, I\u2019m able to create in different types of ways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I like Kelis. Her style is me. I love old-school stuff. I like to be cute and back-in-the-day type vibes. Real 2000s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Do you believe Dallas has a specific flow or sound the way other areas are easily identified like Atlanta, New York and California?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">To be honest with you, no, because a lot of the artists that have their wave, they all sound different and they all gain traction due to their sound. Right now, New Dallas has their wave, but I think that\u2019s just their own thing. I don\u2019t think the whole metroplex sounds like them.<\/p>\n<p>Related:<a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__82BFj\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/books\/2025\/07\/31\/grapevines-talking-animals-bookshop-launches-a-summertime-literary-crawl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grapevine\u2019s Talking Animals bookshop launches a summertime literary crawl<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Yeah, especially how people in Dallas consider themselves Dallas folks and Fort Worth has their own area. Is there something about the Dallas music scene you wish more people outside the city understood or appreciated? <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Everything\u2019s bigger in Texas, so respect us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>That\u2019s honestly so real. What kind of challenges have you faced as a woman in hip-hop? <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Gaining my respect and getting credit where it\u2019s due. Like I said, I\u2019m real independent and hands on, so I do everything mostly myself. It\u2019s hard to find the right people to network with or connect with in order to build your team. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>What are you working on now? And new projects or performances?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I have a few singles that I\u2019m going to release, and they\u2019re really personal. I got some turn-up songs that I want to release but I got personal songs that help me get to where I am right now, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m really focused on \u2013 how I want to release them, how I want my roll out to be, and everything. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">I am going to drop a project in October. I don\u2019t know the name yet. I\u2019m still deciding on that. That\u2019s my hardest part of working on a project, thinking about the name. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><b>Where do you see your music going in the next few years?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">On plenty of movies, plenty of shows, plenty of tours, plenty of stages, plenty of cities. I\u2019m just gonna be everywhere. I see it and I feel it. I\u2019ve been working so hard and I\u2019m finally getting the recognition that I deserve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Arts Access is an arts journalism collaboration powered by The Dallas Morning News and KERA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This community-funded journalism initiative is funded by the Better Together Fund, Carol &amp; Don Glendenning, City of Dallas OAC, Communities Foundation of Texas, The University of Texas at Dallas, The Dallas Foundation, Eugene McDermott Foundation, James &amp; Gayle Halperin Foundation, Jennifer &amp; Peter Altabef and The Meadows Foundation. 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