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Meet Liam Bell aka NRTI Rising Star From Sheffield, UK

Today we’d to introduce you to Liam Bell aka NRTI.

Liam Bell, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Tell us about your background getting to where you are today?

Liam Bell – My name is Liam Bell, also known as NRTI meaning “No Regret To Impress”, and “Never Regret To Impact”. I started writing my own music when I was 15, but I didn’t pluck up the courage to start releasing my tracks until I was 19, many people, even my close friends doubted me and never believe in me at all, but this made me realize that the only person that needed to believe in me is ME believing in myself, so I released my debut single ‘Did it for the fam’, I received over 2,000 streams on SoundCloud and that’s when I realized people do like my music and I can do this.

All my focus from a young boy was mainly on boxing, as I have boxed since I was 13, I am now 23 and just turned over professional, all I wanted to do in life was to become a boxer and make music, when I was younger all I did was train train train all the way through high school (secondary school in the UK), and all the hard work I put in was unknowingly at the time the foundation of my future as an artist, boxing made me so focused and determined in anything chose to do, so when I did start making music I gave it 100% just like I do in the gym, I wouldn’t say I had a bad upbringing at all, my mum and dad worked very very hard to make sure me and my sister Fran had a lovely rough over our head and food on the table, I love them all so much and they motivate me to do succeed, as I was growing up there was always bound to be bumps in the road, it is just how you get past the bumps that really matters, there has been times where I have had nothing in my bank account and there have been times where I have had thousands, but one thing I have learned is that money does not buy happiness whatsoever, I have been broke and happy and I have been well off and sad, the numbers on your screen should not matter, I started working in a restaurant as a pot washer when I was 17, it was the most horrible job ever, it was pure graft and little pay, but this is what made me want to try harder and make sure I didn’t need to wash pots forever, there were times where I felt as though I had literally no meaning in life, but my boxing and music helped me get through the dark times! I continued to work hard and learn new things, until my boss eventually offered me a job as the assistant chef, as he could see how motivated I was to do better, eventually, 6 months down the line, I was head chef, after literally 1 year ago being the pot washer, this just shows anything is possible if you put your mind to it and you give 100%.

Where are you from?

Liam Bell – I am from Sheffield, UK.

How did you get into music?

Liam Bell – When I was younger I liked to mess about sometimes with my mates freestyling, but then

one day I wrote a full track, remembered it all, and performed it in front of them as they

thought I was just freestyling off of the top of my head there reaction was hilarious and I

loved how it made me feel, so from that day on I continued to write music and I continued

to memorize every one of my tracks.

What is the most challenging thing you have overcome in your life?

Liam Bell – This is a very hard question to answer, as there have been many upsetting times in my life that I have had to overcome, but there have also been some great times, so I do try my hardest to not focus on the negatives. It was very hard for me when I found out that two of my grandparents both had alzeimers disease, it was a very tough time for me and my family and it still is at times, but we need to stay strong for the people we love, my Nan still fights Every day, but my grandad Eddie has now passed away god bless his soul.

It does upset me thinking about my Nan but I still try my hardest to take away the positives and think about all the great memories we made together. When it comes down to the hardest thing I had to overcome I would have to say it was when I was only 18 one of my friends I played football with for years decided to commit suicide, I didn’t actually realize the love I had for Josh until he passed away, it was such an upsetting time and I couldn’t believe it, It made me so frustrated how I didn’t just meet up with him out of football or dropped him a message to make sure he was okay, I felt so sorry for his family and close friends, still to this day I think about him and I still wish I could have helped him in some way, this has got to be one of the most upsetting times of my life, and it was hard to get over because I know that I could have done more to help, I just didn’t know he was in such a dark place, he was such a great character and hilarious, he could make anyone laugh, it was such a devastating loss for everyone who knew him.

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