the name behind the number

Go on then I’ll start off with a cliche, music has always been a huge part of my life. I genuinely can’t remember a time that I wasn’t doing something musical growing up, whether that be dancing in school plays, joining my church’s youth choir, learning to play piano or just binge watching a bunch of disney channel movies with my brother. It hasn’t always been my passion though as I found many different outlets that I thought I would later on pursue as a career, like many kids do. Graphic design interested me for a while. I trained in athletics for about 4 years and there was no desire in me to jump on a stage and sing my heart out to a bunch of people staring at me. 2017 changed a lot, on the 7th of December heaven gained my Uncle and I lost a father figure, my Uncle Frank introduced me to rap even though he probably never knew that. I grew up listening to gospel at home, sometimes reggae but mostly gospel, so when I got into Uncle Frank’s car it was like I stepped into a portal of rap. When he passed away, I thought to pay him homage with a poem that slowly turned into a rap. After performing it at Uncle Frank’s funeral with my little brother, my pen took a break. I picked back up my pen when my GG passed away, a piece of me went with her but I think my love for rap helped fill up that space a bit. After rapping for GG at her funeral, it kinda just picked up from there, my passion grew because nothing else felt similar to writing something that perfectly describes feelings unable to be said out loud. I write, I post, I perform and try my best to make it in this scary music industry.

One of my best personal accomplishments so far has been writing my song “Soft at heart”, it feels like the epitome of my mind in song form and it’s something that I’m so proud of. Now I can say that some of my best nights have been rapping on a stage and having strangers support me like they’re my own blood, which is something that I will forever be grateful for. My favourite thing about rap is being able to create something beautiful out of things that may have been sent to destroy me. I’m Seven, a 20 year old rapper from South London, Croydon.

This is my name behind the number.