#GenV “I always describe a concert of mine as pop music, played like rock music, performed as rap music. It’s just a chaotic show and an emotional roller coaster. It’s all very fun.” At 25, @RoleModel is proving he’s already a cool-as-they-come rockstar. Prior to becoming Role Model, the romantic lyricist we’ve all come to know and love, he was Tucker Pillsbury, an aspiring film student from Pittsburgh. Growing up as a suburban kid in Maine, Pillsbury spent his free time skateboarding and making videos with his friends. And after enrolling at the University of Pittsburgh for film and finding it wasn’t his beat, he turned to music. “My rapper friends left some recording equipment in my dorm room, and I tried my hand at production,” he elaborates inside the pages of our winter issue, V139. “I instantly fell in love with it.” Head to the link in bio to discover the full story where the musician discusses returning to his roots in his latest album, Rx and penning the bulk of the 11-track project in his childhood bedroom in Maine. — From V139 Winter 2022 Photography: @dennisleupold Fashion: @marta.del.rio Makeup: @loftjet Hair: @rickyfraserhair Interview: @kalaherh Editors: @overlyopinionatedblackperson / @matt.velasco