Ferber promises to tell truth about concert

Jason Ferber started young. At age 15, he was handing out his CDs in the hallways of his high school in Minnesota. Once a friend showed his work to the president of Best Buy, Ferber said he knew he would really have to start living up to his work.

After creating a Facebook page promoting his raps using his stage name, Truth Himself, Ferber gained 1,000 fans in one night. Ferber said he knew it just couldn’t be in his head.

Now Ferber plays with friend and DJ Kyle Herbert. The duo just placed in the top 100 of the BroBible College Rapper Database. With this success, Ferber is playing more shows than ever, including two at IU. IU student concert coordinators Tae Na and Will Nordstrom have booked Truth Himself to play a free show Saturday at HugeFest and the week after at Kappa Sigma. Catch Truth Himself at HugeFest or check him out at www.facebook.com/truth himself.

IDS What does it take to become a successful college rapper?
TRUTH Well, I think a lot of college rappers are doing it wrong. They seem to be all about getting into free parties. Personally, I think it should be sharing your opinion and views with similar people. I’ve talked with Mac Miller and Sam Adams and I think Mac is definitely cool with what it should be all about. We’re young and in college. No one knows exactly what we’re going to be doing, and I think music relates us while we figure it all out.

IDS Whom are you most commonly compared to?
TRUTH Pop stuff. Surprisingly, I’ve never been compared to the typical white rapper, Eminem. However, I’ve gotten a lot of Black Eyed Peas — so much so I ended up meeting up with Will.i.am from the group.

IDS What is life like as a traveling college rapper?
TRUTH I love to think music could be my full-time job. Fortunately, I make enough right now to legitimately live on the road, visiting new places and making new best friends for three days. If I get an offer to play, I’m in.

IDS What’s your favorite thing about performing?
TRUTH I like being able to make people have fun. It’s the greatest feeling I can have. That’s who I am. I’m a fun person and so I’m attracted to beats and songs that are fun.

IDS What’s your definition of fun?
TRUTH Catchy and fast pace makes me automatically think fun, but I try to make my music more than just about having fun. I mix catchiness with something a little more lyrical and hopefully I create something that will stick in their heads for a very long time.

IDS What have you heard about Little 500?
TRUTH Honestly, I have never even been to Indiana and I had never heard about Little Five until I looked it up when Tae approached me about coming and then I was like, why haven’t I heard about this?

IDS What are you looking forward to most about performing at IU?
TRUTH I like big shows with loud people that look like they’re having fun. HugeFest sounds like a crazy event, and then performing at Kappa Sigma sounds like it should be a tight show as well. I’m excited.