Lio Rush discusses his new single, working with Bobby Lashley and his WWE run (Exclusive)

For me, the best thing about Scenic Lullaby is that it is rap, but with you being a wrestler, it feels like a promo with a beat behind it. The lyrics have meaning, there's rhythm - you tell a story and it just happens to have a great musical to help it along. Do you think wrestling was the inspiration or were there particular musical inspirations for it?

There wasn't really any musical inspiration, I feel like it was something... I feel like a lot of the time, I can be misunderstood because I'm usually a pretty quiet guy in person, I'm pretty laid back - which is completely different from what people see on television.

I feel like I'm never as good with my words when I talk to people, and that's why I usually don't talk, but I just felt like putting things down on paper, putting down my thoughts and why I feel this way into music definitely helped me express myself in ways that...I'm not going to say I'm incapable of doing, but I find it very difficult doing in person, so that's why I did it through a song.

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Now, of course we also need to mention the wrestling. You’re such an incredible talker, and you made the world take notice on your latest WWE run. Did being a great speaker on television help your rap career, or did it come from another place altogether?

I think it's come from a whole other place as one, but I feel like the promos helped with my confidence. That was something that I never felt I'd be able to do, was speak in front of a crowd like that and have such an impact when I speak or say anything, and have people wanting to see me talk - literally put up a microphone to my face and people are like, "What is he going to say?"

Having that power helped me so much in music and being able to write, and having that confidence that when I put something out, people will listen.

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