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UP-AND-COMING HIP HOP ARTIST KEEZY IS CREATING HIS DREAM LIFE THROUGH MUSIC


Hello Keezy
, Thanks for coming to Honk Magazine to talk about your career.

Tell us a little more about when you first got into music? 

I always loved to rap but I dropped my first song in 2019

 

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If you could describe your sound/style in one word, what would it be and why? 

Unpredictable, I make raps that when the listener sings along the listener actually sound like a rapper also.

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What would you say to any aspiring recording artists who look up to your work? 

KnE the squad, tap in lil nigga 

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What quote or mantra do you live by?

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“A couple niggas u gotta love em from a distance”

 

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What is your hobby outside of music?

Basketball, I just wanna play 3 vs 3 basketball with celebrities that’s my goal right now

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Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Playing basketball with celebrities  

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What are your “5 things I wish someone told me when I first started” and why.

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 When I was young my big homies used to tell me “fake it till u make it” I was young as fuck so I didn’t really understand but now that I’m older I kinda understand now. 

PS I’m not finna write you a story for each example  this ain’t the Bible fym.

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Which tips would you recommend to your colleagues in your industry to help them to thrive and not “burn out”?

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 Lil bro fake it til you make it 

Do you have anything new or upcoming we can expect to see from you?

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I just dropped some new raps I’m finna hit the studio again with the squad soon 

 

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What is the inspiration behind your latest song?

I just want everything new I make to sound harder than my last work

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How can our readers follow you online?

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My IG is Kne_keezy

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