{"id":37507,"date":"2025-08-11T22:28:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/zeb-powell-interview-top-5-rappers-snowboarding-w-travis-scott\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T22:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:28:52","slug":"zeb-powell-interview-top-5-rappers-snowboarding-w-travis-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/zeb-powell-interview-top-5-rappers-snowboarding-w-travis-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeb Powell Interview &#8211; Top 5 Rappers, Snowboarding w\/Travis Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Need It<\/span><br \/>X-Games gold medalist snowboarder Zeb Powell is dead set on bringing hip-hop culture to the mountaintop.<br \/><em>Interview:\u00a0Joey Echevarria<\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Editor\u2019s Note: This story appears in the\u00a0Summer 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands\u00a0now and available for sale on the XXL website.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>World-class snowboarder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zebpowelll\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Zeb Powell<\/a> is just as passionate about hip-hop as he is about the world of extreme sports. In fact, the athlete often dubbed as the most creative man on a snowboard describes rap music as something he can\u2019t live without.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Zeb Powell became the <a href=\"https:\/\/shawneemt.com\/black-history-in-snowsports\/\" target=\"_blank\">first Black snowboarder<\/a> to win a gold medal at the Winter X-Games, the sport\u2019s premier competition event. The Waynesville, N.C. native takes immense pride in breaking down that barrier and uses hip-hop as a conduit to add more diversity to his<br \/>sport.<\/p>\n<p>Zeb tapped in with <em>XXL<\/em> via Zoom during a springtime snowboarding trip to Colorado. Here,<br \/>he tells tales of shredding the slopes with top-notch hip-hop artists, the tracks he vibes to, his<br \/>top five rappers and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>XXL<\/em>: How would you describe your relationship with hip-hop?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeb Powell:<\/strong> Well, sh*t, I can\u2019t really live without it. Half my life is just hip-hop, whether it\u2019s mellow or energetic. Rap music is so influential to everyone. Whether it\u2019s relatable via what they\u2019re saying, what they\u2019re rapping about or just the energy in the song. Everyone can relate to at least one rap song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a top five favorite rapper list?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have a pretty prominent top five. Off the bat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/mac-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mac Miller<\/a> is probably first, just because he covers so many genres. Not just his party music, but all of his music and everything. His producing, I think that sh*t\u2019s so sick. He just matches every vibe that I have. Then, I got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/freddie-gibbs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freddie Gibbs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/travis-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Scott<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/don-toliver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don Toliver<\/a>. But oh, my God, the list goes on.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/isaiah-rashad\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Isaiah Rashad<\/a>. That\u2019s a big one for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What have been your most memorable experiences with rappers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We got the opportunity to take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/asap-ferg\/\" target=\"_blank\">A$AP Ferg<\/a> snowboarding. That\u2019s really when I saw a different<br \/>energy on the mountain. I really didn\u2019t know how to introduce myself or introduce this whole snowboarding thing to him, but I put it into perspective by saying that there\u2019s only been two fellow Black [pro] snowboarders. Russell Winfield and Stevie Bell were the first to do it. [Ferg]<br \/>really resonated with it. Just to see him approach the mountain, that\u2019s when it really was like, Oh, my God. This is such a different energy. It\u2019s so cool, and it was captured beautifully.<\/p>\n<p>I linked up with Isaiah Rashad. The way that we kick it when we are in front of our audiences is very similar. It\u2019s just mad genuine. I was with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/bia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bia<\/a> the other week. She pulled up to our event, Red Bull Heavy Metal in Boston and she\u2019s from Boston. She popped out and I got to kick it with her. She\u2019s mad cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you ever snowboarded with a rapper who surprised you with their skills?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I snowboarded with Travis Scott. He was pretty good that day. I think he was recovering from his knee injury, so he was a little rusty, but he FaceTimed me from Aspen a few weeks ago with my homie. I saw the clips of him boarding and he\u2019s mobbing them. He was following my friend off the X-Games jumps. He wasn\u2019t hitting them, but he was filming them and those rollers, it\u2019s like you\u2019re dropping off a building. So, it definitely takes some skill to go down that. He\u2019s in the mix, for sure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What songs are on your playlist when you ride?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Off the rip, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/sahbabii\/\" target=\"_blank\">SahBabii<\/a>. The song <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7EiTZtbZGbmusELjWbhJUD?si=222140baa44c4c1a\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOn Film.\u201d<\/a> I got \u201cSkinny Suge\u201d by Freddie Gibbs. \u201cILMB,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/sheck-wes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sheck Wes<\/a> and Travis Scott. Dude, that\u2019s fire. That\u2019s been on repeat at the moment. \u201cThat\u2019s Not Gangsta,\u201d Young Nudy is another one on my top, whatever. \u201cNice N Slow\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/cash-cobain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cash Cobain<\/a>. That sh*t\u2019s addicting right now. \u201cBelieve It\u201d by SahBabii. \u201cOlympian\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/playboi-carti\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playboi Carti<\/a>. I\u2019ve been bumpin\u2019 that one a lot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you like to accomplish that would strengthen the relationship between hip-hop and extreme sports even more?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to do a festival that just clashes my world with the hip-hop world. We\u2019re definitely on the right track. I\u2019m just getting all the things in place, building my team, living and learning from events. Something like that\u2019s on the way. I\u2019m making these connections with these rappers. Just trying to be intentional with them and build energy.<\/p>\n<p>Realizing where I am and the impact I have, I\u2019ve been trying to get the snowboard world and sponsors to let me break into this world of culture instead of just fully doing the snowboard thing. I want to do these community events that bring energy and connecting the rappers to do them, that\u2019s the next step.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Watch <em>XXL<\/em>&#8216;s Interview With Zeb Powell<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center\">Watch Zeb Powell&#8217;s Snowboarding Highlights<\/h3>\n<p><em>The summer 2025 issue of XXL magazine featuring Zeb Powell&#8217;s interview is available to <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.xxlmag.com\/collections\/freshman-2025-capsule\/products\/xxl-magazine-freshman-class-2025-issue\" target=\"_blank\">purchase here<\/a>. 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