HARRISON SEDMAK and JACKSON PETRAUSKAS –

CV Student Media –

“The only thing more lit than his shoes, are his tracks.”

This is how junior Trevor Bachman described local rapper and Castle View freshman “Boyd Baller”.

Ever since eighth grade, Zach Boyd has been releasing his own tracks and remixes on Soundcloud under the alias Boyd Baller.

“I just pulled out this mix tape from someone I knew, and thought ‘hey, might as well try it,’” said Boyd.

What Boyd hadn’t thought about was the possibility that his tracks would take off.

“It was just a joke at first but people started liking it, so I decided to move on with it,” said Boyd.

Boyd’s most recent track, “New School Gods”, was released onto Soundcloud on October 13th, soon after Castle View’s wins over Douglas County in both football and volleyball. The track has been described as a “diss track” against Douglas County, with the line “claws over paws” repeated multiple times in the song. As of October 21st, it is Boyd’s most played track on Soundcloud.

Boyd stated on October 20th that he has started work on his next track, which should be out soon, as it normally takes him a full school week to finish a song.