I've had a diverse career in the arts. Standup Comedy to Improv to Theatre and Film to writing poetry and fiction and even dabbling with drawing and painting. Now what better way to emphasize my midlife crisis by venturing into the world of music and hip hop on top of that. I don't like a lot of contemporary hip hop. Mumble rap, you can have it. I don't really listen to new artists all together either except for Ren, who is amazing. The vibe in a lot of hip hop is so negative and glorifies a lifestyle that is ridiculously stupid. Guns, violence, how many women you can hook up with. It's all just rinse wash and repeat, and it's really boring as a listener. Don't get me wrong, there is still a lot of great hip hop. And hip hop is so much fun to create with all the fun word play and rhyming schematics.
Thanks for reading my first blog post by the way. My major influence when it comes to hip hop is The Beastie Boys, my all-time favorite rap group. I've heard through the grapevine some lashon hara comments about me with the tagline of "...he thinks he's going to be a rapper." Well, I got news for you, I am a rapper/musician, not I think I'm going to be one, I am one. I'm still going to continue my other artistic ventures. I recently just published my third poetry collection and fifth book overall. I'm still going to continue to work as an actor and I'm still going to pursue drawing and painting. I will be hitting it full throttle with the music. I never lose, I either win or I learn. - Nelson Mandela.
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