Hip Hop: My Final Frontier

Throughout my life, I’ve explored just about every artistic medium available. I started with stand-up comedy, perfecting the art of making strangers laugh while secretly questioning my life choices in real-time. Then, I dove into improv—where I learned the importance of saying “yes, and” even when my scene partner handed me an imaginary live grenade. From there, I found my way into acting, both on stage and in film, where I discovered that pretending to be other people was an oddly effective way to figure out who I was. Writing followed—poetry, fiction, even the occasional grocery list written with poetic flair. And then came visual arts—painting, drawing, creating in ways I never thought possible.

But now, here I am, standing on the precipice of my final artistic frontier: hip-hop.

Making Hip-Hop Fun Again

Hip-hop has been an incredible creative challenge—an adventure I never expected to take but one I now embrace fully. And I’m here for one mission: to make hip-hop fun again.

Listen, I love rap. I respect the pioneers, the innovators, the artists who truly have something to say. But let’s be honest—too many modern rappers are stuck in the same, tired loop. Guns, gangs, crime, womanizing, drugs. Lather, rinse, repeat. It’s like a never-ending Mad Libs of self-destruction.

And honestly? It’s just boring.

Where’s the depth? The originality? The fun? Hip-hop was built on creativity and storytelling, yet so many artists today seem content to copy and paste the same overdone themes. Sure, the beats slap, but what’s the message? What’s the takeaway? At some point, don’t we all get tired of hearing the same hollow brags over the same 808s?

A Different Approach

For me, hip-hop is another way to tell stories—stories that matter. My music is clean-lyric, but that doesn’t mean it’s shallow or lacking an edge. It’s deep when it needs to be, playful when it wants to be, and always, always uniquely me. I want my music to be something you can actually enjoy without feeling like you need a shower afterward.

And while rap is my current medium, it’s ironically not even my favorite genre to listen to. If you catch me jamming out in my car, chances are it’s to reggae rock. I love the laid-back vibes of Sublime, Matisyahu, and Dirty Heads. I’ve been playing guitar since my middle school days at Jefferson Middle School in Midland, Michigan, but funny enough, I don’t use it in my own music at all. Instead, I geek out over DAW software and beat-making, crafting retro funk grooves that sidestep the usual mainstream rap formulas. I want my sound to stand out, to be different, to feel alive.