1. Give us a personal background on yourself? (Where are you from, where do you reside, what’s your preferred medium? Are you a cat or dog person? We want to know!)
● CUBAN HERITAGE
● NY ROOTS
● POLISH / ITALIAN
● MAKE MUSIC
● PHOTOGRAPHY
● VIDEO
2. How did you first start your journey towards becoming an artist?
-ACTING AS A KID
-STARTED GUITAR AT 13
-DABBLED IN PIANO AND DRUMS
-FREE-STYLING IN FOOTBALL PRACTICE/ LUNCH
-SWITCHED COLLEGE DEGREE TO FILM
-SWITCHED FOCUS FROM FREE-STYLING TO WRITING
-AFTER GRADUATING MORE PHOTOGRAPHY
-MUSIC VIDEOS
-3 ALBUMS OUT
3. When was the first time you really saw yourself as an artist?
AFTER DROPPING MY FIRST ALBUM
4. What do you think new artists struggle with the most nowadays?
HAVING A SENSE OF SELF; I FEEL A LOT OF ARTIST ARE VERY FOCUSED ON BEING LIKE “ARTIST THAT IS TRENDING” I FEEL BEING ORIGINAL IS A SCARY CONCEPT BECAUSE THERE IS A SORT OF LEAP OF FAITH THAT COMES WITH IT. ALSO KNOWING YOUR WORTH AT FIRST IS A HUGE STRUGGLE
5. How did you learn how to set a price on your art/craft?
I FEEL I LEARNED MY WORTH ONCE I BECAME “OVER BOOKED” IN THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE KEPT COMING BACK TO BOOK AND A LOT OF PEOPLE STARTED REACHING OUT THEREFORE I HAD TO BE MORE SELECTIVE WITH WHO I SAID YES TOO AND MORE FIRM ON THE PRICE BECAUSE IF THEY DONT PAY IT THERE IS SOMEONE WHO WILL
AND JUST STICKING TRUE TO THAT
6. What has been your favorite piece that you’ve created?
THIS CREATIVE SPOTLIGHT BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT ALL OF MY SKILL SETS AS FAR AS MUSIC/PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO
7. Who’s one of your biggest sources of inspiration right now?
CHILDISH GAMBINO; I FEEL HE IS A GOOD BLUEPRINT OF WHAT I ASPIRE TO BE IN THE INDUSTRY. A MULTI CREATIVE TOOL THAT CAN MAKE MY OWN SHOW/FILMS (ATLANTA) AS WELL AS PUT OUT AMAZING MUSIC (AWAKEN MY LOVE) AND EVEN INCORPORATE COMEDY (STAND UP)
MY ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO ONE DAY SELL OUT AN ARENA AS A MUSICIAN AND INCORPORATE A SHORT FILM / STAND UP SET IN MY SHOW
8. If you could pick one of your pieces to represent you as a person, which one would it be and why?
IT WOULD BE MY NEWEST PROJECT THAT I’M WORKING ON I FEEL LIKE ITS MY MOST VULNERABLE PROJECT SO FAR AND I’M NO LONGER FOCUSED ON THE IDEA OF “PROVING I CAN RAP” IT’S MORE SO NOW TO GIVE PEOPLE AN INSIGHT ON WHO I AM AND THE STRUGGLES I’VE GONE THROUGH TO GET TO THIS POINT IN MY LIFE.
9. What has been your happiest moment as an artist?
MY HAPPIEST MOMENT WAS DROPPING MY MOST RECENT PROJECT “CORONATION” ITS THE PROJECT I’VE WORKED THE HARDEST ON AND TO SEE OVER A YEARS WORTH OF HARD WORK NOT ONLY IN WRITING AND RECORDING THE MUSIC BUT TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE STATES TO FILM THE MUSIC VIDEOS FOR THE ALBUM. AND TO SEE SOMETHING THAT TOOK SO MUCH WORK FINALLY COME TO FRUITION MADE ME REALIZE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF MY MIND IS FULLY DEDICATED.
10. Have you ever made any mistakes in the industry that have taught you a valuable lesson?
I’VE MADE A LOT OF MISTAKES, I FEEL LIKE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I MADE WAS NOT GETTING INTO THE INDUSTRY FASTER, DON’T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING THE FASTER YOU JUMP INTO IT THE FASTER YOU CAN GET PASSED THE PHASE OF “MISTAKES” AND THE FASTER YOU’LL GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE PERFECT TIME. THE PERFECT TIME IS ALWAYS NOW
11. If you were a dessert, what dessert would you be and why?
I’D BE ONE OF THOSE FAKE CAKES; I FEEL LIKE LOOKING AT ME JUST AS I AM A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULDN’T THINK IM A RAPPER AND I SHOOT VIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHY SO I’M DEFINITELY LIKE A PLATE OF CHICKEN THAT’S REALLY A CAKE
12. What kind of music do you like to listen to when you work?
I LISTEN TO ALOT OF INSTRUMENTALS I FEEL LIKE I NEVER KNOW WHEN A CERTAIN INSTRUMENTAL WILL SPARK A GREAT HOOK OR MELODY OR EVEN A WHOLE SONG. IF I’M NOT LISTENING TO INSTRUMENTALS I NORMALLY LISTEN TO J COLE KENDRICK OR
DRAKE.
13. What’s your least favorite trend at the moment?
TIK TOK DANCES; I FEEL LIKE IT HAS KIND OF RUINED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY BECAUSE NOW THAT’S WHAT LABELS ARE WILLING TO PUT MONEY BEHIND, A SONG THAT BE “TRENDY” VERSUS ACTUAL MUSIC THAT INSPIRE AND UPLIFTS PEOPLE ITS KIND OF ELIMINATED THE IDEA OF MUSIC WITH CONTEXT
14. If you could leave us with one thought, what would it be?
MY BIGGEST MOTTO IS TO BE YOURSELF, I UNDERSTAND THE THINKING OF DOING WHAT IS TRENDY, BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT ANYBODY CAN REPLICATE WHAT IS ALREADY “POPPING” WHEN YOU ARE BEING YOURSELF THERE IS NO ONE ELSE THAT CAN BE THAT BUT YOU!
