Age: 20
Hometown: Moreno Valley, CA
What do you do?
I write lyrics then rap them to create songs that inspire everyone who listens to them. Simply put, I’m a rapper.
Why did you start ?
As a child I always had a passion for music. I would walk
around the house with a tape recorder singing my favorite
songs at the age of three. Originally, I wanted to be a singer, but
my singing voice never developed because my voice became
deeper before everyone else’s. I had already fell in love with hip
hop around the age of 8 so I decided to rap.
What was the first Album you ever bought?
The first album I ever bought with my own money was Naughty
by Nature’s self titled album, Naughty by Nature. I had heard a
song on the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 soundtrack and had my
mom buy it for me at a Wherehouse Music store. Shortly after,
I got into albums by Nas, DMX, and 50 Cent. That’s where my
heavy east coast influence comes from. This was around the age
of 8/9.
Embarrassing moment ?
I’ve had a million embarrassing moments throughout life but
the most crushing one that involved music had to be writing a
song for a girl and her not really saying anything about it. My
friends and I had done a love song over Jay-Z’s Song Cry our
freshman year in high school and it was a hit throughout our
school. Girls in summer school had it as their ringtone and you
would hear it in the halls randomly. The girl I wrote my verse
and chorus about had heard it and when I asked her about it,
her reply was “oh, it’s pretty good”. She didn’t find it to be sweet
or make any other comment on it. I was devastated but it got
me attention from plenty of other girls that summer, so I guess
it lessened the blow as time went on haha.
The Tribe Akashic is a Atlanta-based collective, consisting of some of the world’s
finest young artists & visionaries. Each member having a different place of origin along with the
group’s universal influences helps shape a sound & look as distinct as the name. Emcees such
as Shyy Centauri, Caine Falco, Slumpoet, T.A.E. & more deliver the messages. While producers
like RBT JNS, Take F. Light, EnKore & Ursa MaJor assist in shaping the vibrations around them.
When you add young Dancer/Photographer & Videographer/Graphic Artist Shawn X, you get
one of the most unique brotherhoods in existence. Through the tribe, spirit of ancient scribes &
storytellers live one and help paint vivid pictures of today’s reality. Their debut project “Planet
Naskalameen” contains subject matter that at times expands further than matter itself.
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