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ReXii Dubz · Denver · 6 min · filmed

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A note first: she talks about her brother’s death from an overdose, and it runs through what follows.

Six minutes recorded on a moving bus, mic check and all. “you’re in the tank with Ali V and Rexy Dubz”, the intro goes, “We’re on this crazy-ass party bus in the back of the bus”, and the first question is a compliment: “I think you’re incredibly authentic, and I just like I wanted to ask you what your project means to you”.

The answer goes straight to why she makes anything. “I lost my brother to a drug overdose”, she says, and turns it outward without a pause: “I understand that the community likes to party, but like party responsibly. Test your drugs. Drink your water.” Then “Look out for each other. See something, say something.” Her brief for the work is a joke and not a joke, “I was put here on this earth to heal the world one wub.”

The music is built from where she is from. “I’m also from the birth of hip-hop. I’m from the Bronx”, she says, and the gap she wants to fill is exact: “I have never heard anybody on SoundCloud still till this day remix in dubstep a Big Pun track.” Bad Bunny too, and the rest of her family tree, “I’m also Italian. I’m also Greek”, down to a compilation “it was called Mob Hits” she can still picture: “It was like a yellow CD with bullet holes in it, and it was volume one and volume two.” The through line is edits. “I love remixes. Like that’s what I’m known for”, and the one that moved things was “Ariana Grande Seven Rings, that’s what got my career popping”.

She dates the career precisely. “This is year 6 for me. In June, it’ll be year 6.” It started in lockdown with a rig she could carry, “I had a little Portable speaker that had a light that went to the music, with wheels, my DDJ-500, and my computer”, and sets nobody booked: “Renegade queen, that is what I am.” Also, “I live for 3 AM sets, are my favorite.”

The new tape carries the whole thing. “I just dropped The Roar Tapes Volume 1 on my brother’s death anniversary”, she says. He “molded me to be me”, he brought mixtapes home from raves in Manhattan, and one is where the genre started for her: “he brought me back a mixtape and it had 50 Cent, Rhineapple on a house track, and it was gas.” The tape sits at “9,200 and something plays and counting”, and she is counting. She closes on her friends, and a rule she takes from a cartoon.

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0:00AllieGot it. Rexy Dubz reporting live with Ali V. Mic check, 1, 2, 1, 2. Mic check, 1, 2, 1, 2. Yo, yo, yo, yo, you’re in the tank with Ali V and Rexy Dubz. What up? How y’all doing? How you feeling? We’re recording, we’re good? We’re good. All right, oh my God, that’s incredible. We’re on this crazy-ass party bus in the back of the bus, so we’re like, we’re -- it’s bumping back here. We’re vibing. Uh, we’re absolutely vibing. Um, as I’ve gotten to know you a little bit More on this wild bus ride. I think you’re incredibly authentic, and I just like I wanted to ask you what your project means to you and how you want to impact.

0:00AllieLike, what do you want to do with your music? How do you want to impact the world? So like my thing is is that like I lost my brother to a drug overdose. You know, so like I understand that the community likes to party, but like party responsibly. Test your drugs. Drink your water. Test your drugs. Like, it’s key. Look out for each other. See something, say something. Like, with my music, like, I just -- I was put here on this earth to heal the world one wub. That’s a nice appreciation. And like, I want to do that. Like, and I want to use like my background, like, like my ethnicity, like being Puerto Rican and like using like samples from like certain specific songs and like bringing it in.

0:00AllieOr like, I’m also from the birth of hip-hop. I’m from the Bronx. Like using like Big Pun, who died, RIP, you know what I’m saying? Like, hell yeah. And bring him in because I have never heard anybody on SoundCloud still till this day remix in dubstep a Big Pun track. Straight up. Run it, run it. You know, like, and like Bad Bunny, like I want to bring in like my roots, you know? I’m also Italian. I’m also Greek. Like, like one of my favorite albums, like it’s -- I had it on CD, it was called Mob Hits. Uh, Mob Hits, the greatest mob It was like a yellow CD with bullet holes in it, and it was volume one and volume two.

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0:00AllieI swear, that sounds like they had like they had Datamore, Hang Mambo, like old school Italian songs. You know what I’m saying? Like a little bit of nostalgia. Yeah, like that connects me old school R&B. Like I’m a sucker. Like I love remixes. Like that’s what I’m known for. Like anybody who can tell you Ariana Grande Seven Rings, that’s what got my career popping. Like I did a like I did like a live. Double. And like, now I want to recreate that. I love Ariana Grande. I’m a huge fucking fan. Like, I love her music. So like -- How long have you been mixing for? All right, so what are we in, 2026?

0:00AllieThis is year 6 for me. In June, it’ll be year 6. That’s crazy. And I, I came up during COVID Let’s go. And like, I had my own little setup. So like, when we would do events and they were over, I’d be like, well, I got my babies with me. Damn. And like, I had a little Portable speaker that had a light that went to the music, with wheels, my DDJ-500, and my computer. And so I have videos of me, my boy Larry Euphoric, um, Euphoric Beats, and a bunch of other homies on A1A in Daytona mixing live, walking down A1A. Let’s go! Renegade queen, that is what I am.

0:00AllieI live for 3 AM sets, are my favorite. Let’s go! You got a new, uh, mixtape you just dropped? Yes, yes, yes! Tell me about it. All right, so I just dropped The Roar Tapes Volume 1 on my brother’s death anniversary. Um, my brother, uh, like I said, he did -- he died of a overdose in 2018. He was the most -- like, he molded me to be me. Like, I would not be who I am now if it wasn’t for him. Like, this cool -- like, this fly, the swag. Like, he -- like, he used to go to raves in Manhattan or like in -- like, wherever, and he would bring back the mixtapes.

0:00AllieAnd like, how I just got into EDM music was he brought me back a mixtape and it had 50 Cent, Rhineapple on a house track, and it was gas. I’ve never heard anything like it. And if I’m not mistaken, it’s still in my parents’ fucking thing. But the Roar Tapes is like a mix of like all my favorite songs. It’s literally my best mixing. My Cardi B and Nuff edits in there as well. Hell yeah. Like, I just, I just wanted to put out a mix that like just shows like my skills, who I am as an artist, my music style, sound design, like what I like and who like I I really am as a person.

0:00AllieAnd like, it did just that. Like, right now it’s at like 9,200 and something plays and counting from when I dropped it January 23rd. So like, I’m like, I’m honored. I’m like beyond grateful. I’m blessed. Like, shout out to my friends who like been pumping it and like just showing me nothing but love. Like, shout out to the homies, dude. Shout out to the homies. Shout out to the homies. Your friends are like, your friends are your number one supporters. Find your ohana. Like stick with them. Ohana means family, and nobody gets left behind or forgotten. You know what I’m saying? Like, oh yeah. Amen.

0:00AllieAmen. Yeah. Shout out your Insta. Shout out your Insta. Shout out who you are. Shout out what you’re doing. So Rexy Dubs. I’m based out of Charleston, Florida. Shout out Orlando, Tampa, Kissimmee, St. Pete. Fucking shout out Ally V. I love her. I’ve been vibing with her. She’s She’s an amazing soul. Um, she makes fire fucking music. She plays the fucking saxophone. She’s like the female Sax Daddy, per se. Yo, yeah, I’m Allie Z. Uh, I’m based in LA right now. Uh, yeah, and I love making wonky, sax-y, fun music. Uh, yeah, let’s play. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah.

That was the whole tape.

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