247 Ink Magazine (August/September) 2017 Issue#16 | Page 92

would be in shock , spend $ 150 on a ticket and we ’ d get sold out shows . I just couldn ’ t stop thinking about this idea of creating something like that especially with my father . My father was really really animated about that . Then Anthony Anderson the drummer hit me up on Instagram because he had heard a video of me singing and playing guitar . He was like “ Yo , are you down to form a band ?” He said , “ I play drums and I ’ m pretty badass ” and I was like “ Are you really badass ?” “ I ’ ll meet you , I ’ ll talk to you but I ’ m in this for real .” I wasn ’ t going to form a band that just stands and plays music and wasn ’ t about anything . I was like “ I ’ m trying to take over the world and I need you to come with me or you ’ re going to be left behind .” So we ’ re up in Harlem at this burger spot , milkshakes and burgers . It was way before I became vegan because I was tearing that burger up . He was like “ Soleil I ’ m wit it , I ’ m wit it !” I had came in the biggest combat boots and in all black in the hottest weather just so he knows that I am serious ; I wasn ’ t playing around . So we had our first rehearsal and I was like “ He ’ s pretty ok , I ’ m going to keep him .” Time flies and we have other people in the band coming in and out . Honestly they were wack . We needed to find the right people . Not just people who can play but people who look like freakin superheroes when you look at them . We needed to get people who were crazy . So I went to the Bronx man ! Adrian heard of us through a friend of his . He was actually at the Steve Wilkos Show . He was in the audience talking to a friend about Quantum Split while somebody was trying to figure out their family

would be in shock , spend $ 150 on a ticket and we ’ d get sold out shows . I just couldn ’ t stop thinking about this idea of creating something like that especially with my father . My father was really really animated about that . Then Anthony Anderson the drummer hit me up on Instagram because he had heard a video of me singing and playing guitar . He was like “ Yo , are you down to form a band ?” He said , “ I play drums and I ’ m pretty badass ” and I was like “ Are you really badass ?” “ I ’ ll meet you , I ’ ll talk to you but I ’ m in this for real .” I wasn ’ t going to form a band that just stands and plays music and wasn ’ t about anything . I was like “ I ’ m trying to take over the world and I need you to come with me or you ’ re going to be left behind .” So we ’ re up in Harlem at this burger spot , milkshakes and burgers . It was way before I became vegan because I was tearing that burger up . He was like “ Soleil I ’ m wit it , I ’ m wit it !” I had came in the biggest combat boots and in all black in the hottest weather just so he knows that I am serious ; I wasn ’ t playing around . So we had our first rehearsal and I was like “ He ’ s pretty ok , I ’ m going to keep him .” Time flies and we have other people in the band coming in and out . Honestly they were wack . We needed to find the right people . Not just people who can play but people who look like freakin superheroes when you look at them . We needed to get people who were crazy . So I went to the Bronx man ! Adrian heard of us through a friend of his . He was actually at the Steve Wilkos Show . He was in the audience talking to a friend about Quantum Split while somebody was trying to figure out their family

90