When did you start to get interested in music?

I started at 9 years of age when i began playing the drums at my father’s church; my mother was a drummer and a Legendary gospel singer so music is in my blood.

If you were an advertisement, which would your slogan be?

THE FACE OF HOLLYWOOD

Which is the part you enjoy the most about music?

I love the creation aspect of music it’s the process of turning nothing into something  and then watching the world enjoy something I spent hours even days perfecting.

Most artists say that through their art they learn more about themselves, heal injuries… In which aspects has music helped you?

Music helped me to discover myself. For a while I was confused, lost and uncertain in the direction of where i wanted my life to go. Music helped me also discover my relationship with God. He speaks through me through my music.

What does music mean to you?

Music is my heart beat. Music is the beat of the drum that controls the rhythm of my life. Music literally is life and love is life.

Who are your idols?

Denzel Washington, Tyler Perry, Ice Cube & Dj Quik

If you didn’t like music, what would you like to do?

I would like to definitely do something in the arts because I’m extremely creative. I would probably be a poet, painter, designer of a teacher of the arts.

Do you consider that nowadays there are more or less opportunities for new artists? Why?

It’s a combination of both because you create your own opportunities. Social media and the internet can be your best friend or your enemy, because nowadays the music industry and internet is saturated with so much music and so many new artists. Back in the days it was only a select group of people that could have been heard. With the emerging of the internet now it’s an open playing field. Nowadays your success in the music industry is determined by your work ethic, quality of music and your independent marketing abilities. At the end of the day it comes down to this a hit is a hit and when people hear a hit record they gravitate to it.

What would your idyllic life as an artist be like?

To have the number one song album in the country win Grammys and make Timeless Classic Music that the whole world sings even when I’m dead and gone that’s the vision to be one of the greatest artist of all-time