A musician, rapper, and entrepreneur who hails from Baltimore, Maryland. He makes clean, purposeful, hip-hop music with a strong motivational message and also has his own independent label. He is a voting member of the Grammys and has partnerships with Netflix, ESPN, NFL Network, and WWE, his songs having appeared in TV and movies. He is also planning a foundation to work with the homeless in Baltimore.
"I try to write uplifting music and positive driven music."
"Music... can change your mood, can uplift you, it can make you feel sad at times too, but it can bring up great memories. And, a lot of memories are tied to music a lot of times."
"Music was the right path, definitely, because so many doors have opened for me. I've been able to help so many people, and, just so many great accomplishments in my career so far."
"I do a lot of licensing... A lot of the money I make in my career is through my license deals through TV, films, and games. And so, something I am doing this year is I am signing people on the publishing side to where they can make use of my license deal and I can get their music pitched to very big companies."
"I've been doing working this way and working with producers overseas, people from all over the world for, I would say, the past ten years now."
"I think it's important with engineers that you stick with one engineer once you find the right one 'cause they help your sound grow over time, believe me, because they grow with you as you grow as an artist."
"You just never know who you're connecting with. You never know who can be the next person to bridge the gap in your career and that's always been my mind frame; once you get an opportunity, how can you flip it? How can you flip it and make it something bigger?"
"Sometimes you gotta pass on things that, you might want to do it, but, you're like, 'Ya' know what, is this a good look for my career right now based on all the stuff I've done'?"
"Already this year I'll be heading to Portugal in May and I'm working on Ghana right now and I'm working on going back to Lithuania as well, and Azerbaijan this year, so, I have a lot of friends around the world."
"I'm actually doing work with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra this year as well."
"My heart is just really in helping people. It just means a lot to me that I don't waste my time on this earth not doing for others."
"Fill the Space"
"Force"
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