Stunna Sandy is a rapper from Brooklyn, born to Egyptian immigrant parents. In 2024 she released her debut single “Make It Look Sexy”, a track that established her as a rising voice in the city’s new wave of artists. With her own unique perspective, Stunna Sandy’s music often touches on themes of self-empowerment, femininity and confidence.
Issue 12 features Stunna Sandy in conversation with POST VSOP.
POST: I mean, obviously you stunning, but we want to know, where did you get the name Stunna Sandy from?
STUNNA SANDY: I got that name from my handle when I made all my social media accounts in 2020. I just thought it sounded good, so I made it my handle, and I just kept it.
POST: What was your introduction to hip hop and rap music?
STUNNA SANDY: I’ve been into hip hop since I was a little kid. But really getting into making it? Around 18 or 19. That’s when I decided I was gonna do music. I tried to be a DJ first, and that led me to what I’m doing now.
POST: Who were your biggest musical influences growing up?
STUNNA SANDY: Definitely 2000s. I used to love Young Money, Nicki, of course. As I got older, I got into New York drill. And J. Cole, I listened to a ton of J. Cole.
POST: Nicki really shaped a lot of people. And she’s Trinidadian, that’s my people. Cardi too. What was the moment you realized music could be more than a hobby for you?
A lot of my music is very New York inspired. I rap about everything I’ve lived and seen in Brooklyn, especially Crown Heights.
-Stunna Sandy
STUNNA SANDY: After going to the studio three or four times. That’s when I knew this was what I wanted to do.
POST: Who got you into the studio that first time?
STUNNA SANDY: It was for fun. I was bored, didn’t have a job, and my friend’s cousin was a producer. We went to this little ghetto, makeshift studio.
POST: That’s where the classics happen, always the little setups. How did your environment shape your sound?
STUNNA SANDY: A lot of my music is very New York inspired. I rap about everything I’ve lived and seen in Brooklyn, especially Crown Heights.
POST: Crown Heights got character. Jamaicans everywhere out there.
STUNNA SANDY: Exactly.
POST: When you sit down to create, lyrics, beats, vibes, what does that process look like for you?
STUNNA SANDY: Thank you. Honestly, it depends. Sometimes I write first, then—
Read the full interview with STUNNA SANDY in Living Proof Magazine Issue 12, , available on the Living Proof Patreon and Online Shop.
Photographs by Sam McKenna
