Rapper Danny Brown has said that he is writing his children’s book inspired by Dr Seuss in order to “right all my wrongs!”

Speaking to Dazed Digital following his recent Red Bull Music Academy lecture in Glasgow, he explained that the book will teach young girls about self-esteem. “The first one I want to write is about self-esteem, in terms of women,” he commented. “Because I talk so much about getting my dick sucked, and so much misogyny, I gotta right all my wrongs! I have a daughter. You can’t have all negative, you gotta have some positive to it. So if I make these rap songs about all this misogyny, I need to write books.”

On the Dr Seuss influence on the book, which he revealed he was writing earlier this year, he commented: “Dr. Seuss played a big part in my life as a kid, and I don’t know nobody else that he’s passed that baton to. And with me being a rapper, and all the props I get from that, the spotlight from that, I think it’d be easy to transition into the books and for people to get into it.”


The rapper is currently working on his fourth studio album. His debut, ‘The Hybrid’, was released in 2010, with ‘XXX’ following in 2011 and his third effort, ‘Old’, arriving in 2013. Speaking about the new LP to Dazed Digital, he said: “With ‘Old’, I made songs for me to perform at festivals. With this album, instead of me making songs that would fit at a festival, I’m trying to create my own songs to perform at a festival.”

He also spoke about his desire to work with Serj Tankian from System of a Down. “‘Toxicity’ is the number one album right now that’s influencing my new album,” he explained. “The way that the concept and the attitude, the way it was sequenced is one of the biggest things for me. You knew there was a social awareness to it. When you listen to the album ‘Toxicity’, it’s actually talking about drugs. The fucking drug situation in America. And if you look at Danny Brown, my music, the sidekick to all this shit’s been drugs.”

