What is your artist name? KEV
What kind of music do you make? It’s really hard for me to pinpoint the type of music I make. My music really doesn’t have a genre I just happen to categorize it as hip-hop. I realistically just make the music that I’m feeling regardless of what genre it may turn out to be. I don’t allow myself to be constructed by one specific genre, music as an art form. I can’t just express myself in a rap song or a hip-hop song. If it happens to be a pop song or R&B or Funk or reggae or rock then so be it. My music comes from how I feel at any given moment. It’s truly my therapy, I could be feeling down and write a song about that or I can write a song about my wife and about how much I love her. I could write songs that are accessible to everyone who listens to them. I’m influenced by so many different artists it would take me forever to list them all. Just a few of them are, Heavy D, Common, George Clinton, Babyface, OutKast, smokey Robinson, Quincy Jones, 2 Chainz, Killer Mike, RCHP, RATM, GAP band, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, like I said the list could go on. My process is probably different from a lot of people. It’s hard for me to really explain how I write a song, I could make the beat first or I could start with the opening line of the song and write that. Ultimately I want people to relate to my music. If at least one person out of 100 people who listen to one of my songs and feel and understand the message I’m conveying, then I’ve done my job.
How old are you and when did you start creating music? 38 and I started writing at the age of 13, mostly poetry and some songs. I didn’t take it seriously until I was 28 and going through the darkest time in my life. My good friend got me in the studio and gave me an outlet for my pain and once I got all that out, then all the good starter to come from it.
What are your goals when it comes to your music career? My goal is to inspire artists to be creative and a harness that I make what they feel and not what they think others want to hear. I want artists to have no fear when creating, I want to show them that you can step outside the box you can carve your own lane and you can drive comfortably in that lane knowing that you’re doing it on your terms. I want artists to know that it’s OK to be vulnerable and it’s OK to be authentically, unapologetically, boldly and fiercely yourself. I definitely want to work and grow with artists and help them realize their potential. I don’t wanna do it for them but I would love to help them find their sound and who they are in the process
What do you want the reader to know about you and your music? My music is me, it’s an extension of who I am. It’s my dark times and it’s my good times. It’s an accurate reflection of who I am, what I’ve gone through in this life and who I aspire to be. Have I made the occasional ignorant song that might be considered a “club banger”, yes I have and have fun doing it, yes I did. Ultimately my music is for those who are too afraid to create something that reflects exactly who they are and how they feel. My good friend and fellow artist Q Dot says “Kev’s is definitely a different door to go into in the music space right now. He has got the trap door, the conscious door, the quasi R&B door and then there’s the Kev door. It’s got all those elements lol it’s got the trap door handle, the conscious door hinges, the R&B door frame, and the door itself is something else lol. I don’t know how else to describe it man.”
IG and Twitter: @AKingAlso
AudioMack: https://audiomack.com/yoitskev
BandCamp: https://yoitskev.bandcamp.com/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/yoitskev
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7a8ktbdXeYvaGm4zE6c3eV
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/akingalso
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