Rapper/Songwriter/VO Artist

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I've been rapping and making beats for probably 20 years on and off. The last few years I have been focused much more on making beats, but I find the client work I do is mostly focused on lending vocals to tracks or doing VO work.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Eclectic, yet traditional. I make gritty, boom-bap beats mostly but they still have a quirky spin on them that I feel make them distinct. I find as a rapper, I tend to stick with my style of delivery. I'm not a chameleon that tries to mimic trending styles or cadences, I'm just me. I think technically, I can achieve those things if a client requests, but in my personal music, I put a big emphasis on making sure I'm presenting myself as fully and honestly as I can.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: As a rapper, I would love to work in the studio with Rick Ross, i want to observe his writing style and process. As a producer, I think Benny Blanco, DJ Dahi, Bink, or Alchemist.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: i think the discipline to execute. I stopped being the kind of artist who has to wait around for motivation or inspiration years ago. i find i get much better results from continually putting in the reps, even on the days i may not 'feel it'. and I find that I tend to thrive with deadlines.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: with songwriting i start with writing out ideas, concepts, even just words that i feel like might work with the beat, and then i will slowly build a verse from there. there's continual editing, i find that i might start a verse with the middle or the end and work backwards, or i'll work from start to finish. it aways depends on the beat, and the concept or brief. For vocal narration I like to discuss the intent, mood, motivation with my client, and ask questions to make sure I am going to be heading in the right direction for the deliverable.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I keep a minimal setup so I can work from anywhere currently, but for larger scale projects I will book time in a local studio.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: I'm also a video professional in my life, so I would ask similar questions to clients here. I definitely want to know the use case for the deliverable, if there are any reference tracks or a mood board or anything they can share so I can have some sort of direction for the project, and also what success for this project/brief looks like to them.

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: latop, FL Studio, audio interface, Mic, midi keyboard

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: I can find something positive about most all music I hear, but the genre I am most experienced with, is hip-hop. After that, I found I've been making more dream pop lately also, I think as a challenge to get outside of my comfort zone, and I just really love the sound of some of the bands in that genre.

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: Songwriting (rap) Vocal Performance (rap) Voiceover/Vocal Narration

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: DJ Dahi Aesop Rock MixedbyAli Rick Rubin Schoolboy Q DJ Toomp Cyhi Alchemist Dom Kennedy Curren$y Matt McGhee Stephen Redhead Donald Glover

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: I submitted instrumental music that was placed in a Narrative Fiction Podcast called 'The Football Battalion' about soccer-playing soldiers in WW1(apparently the battalion itself was real, but the writer/producer created a fiction story based on the real events). It premiered on one of the biggest soccer podcasts around, Men in Blazers. While that's pretty cool, I am most proud of how I was able to produce an instrumental for it based off the vibe the producer requested, and nail it.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I have a new beat tape releasing on November 25th, and I will be continuing to drop new instrumentals regularly in 2026 as I work to position myself more firmly in the music production/composition space.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: Stephen Redhead, a great songwriter and artist who is easy to work with and just a great guy.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I don't think there's a need to choose. I use a Presonus Analog Preamp and compressor which runs into my USB interface. That allows me to get a unique vocal sound when working from my home studio. I have a digital camera for my photography work, but I still use a film camera when I get that itch as well.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I love being able to think of an idea and follow it until I have a final product. Listening to a completed song or beat, is just as satisfying as looking at a music video I just finished editing or eating an excellent meal I just prepared.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I think I bring a unique approach to lyrics. In my personal work, my lyrics and songwriting tend to serve as a personal journal or document of my life. I like to bring that sort of honesty, along with quirky creativity to the projects I'll create for my clients as well. I want to help you make something that is authentic to you, while still being of high creative caliber.