When did you know music
was for you?
Well, throughout my entire life,
I’ve known I was suppose to be
a musician. My Mom, Grandma
and Great-Grandmother can ALL
sing their a**es off. You see,
my first CD that I EVER paid for
out my own pocket was “Diary
of Alicia Keys” when I was like 9
or 10 y.o. THAT project was how
I discovered I could sing and it
changed my whole life....like I
legit got my grandma to braid
my hair and my great grandma
to buy me a Keyboard at a pawn
shop AND my Mom bought me
her sheet music. Funny thing is
I didn’t dabble in Rapping at all
until I heard Gym Class Heroes
in Middle School around the first
time I was in a band.
“I’ve known I was suppose to be a
musician”
What artists have influenced
your music?
Jimi Hendrix - Because I love
how organic and natural his
singing voice is like he’s not
trying to sing you know? He just
makes music.
Pink Floyd - They have an
extremely experimental sound
especially for their time as
well as their ability to play with
themes and conceptual rock
pieces
Freddy Mercury and Lady Gaga For theatrical performances like
no other!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - I
LOVE Classic music even as a kid
I use to just sit around and listen
to the Classic station all the time.
However, Mozart was so ahead
of his time he was willing to try
things that not a lot of composers
within his genre were willing to do.
Kanye West Andre 3000 and
Eminem - For constantly evolving
and being some of the most experimental mainstream hip-hop artists.
Kurt Cobain - for being himself. He
just does him which is so hard to
find nowadays.
Left Eye and Queen Latifah - For
promoting positive messages in
their music. They aren’t afraid to
work with anyone and they each
have their own sound.