PITTSBURGH, PA – In the days and weeks immediately following his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army National Guard, William Fowler (better known on stage as “Willfowl”) often found himself restless. He began working at the bank, and every day on…
GARY, IN – If there’s one message you could boil down Cairo Mitchell’s music to, it would be this: It’s not you, it’s God. That’s not to say that this diverse artist out of Gary, Indiana can be boiled down into…
PHILADELPHIA, PA – When Nassir Evans was growing up with his mother in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there was one thing he could always count on: that every desk and countertop and table would be covered with sheet music and leaflets with hand-written…
SACRAMENTO, CA – Like many others who have grown up in the foster system, Monte Stacks didn’t have the best of experiences. His father was in the penitentiary for most of his young adult life, and by age 8 he…
ATLANTA, GA – History has always been a favorite subject of the young hip-hop artist from Atlanta, Georgia known as Sphinx. When he went to college, History was always the thing he was most interested. While he was learning about things…
EUFAULA, OK– One of the paradoxes of life that most confuses Klout is that everyone in the world exhibits unique qualities within their personalities – thereby making them individuals – yet so many of them chase trends or try to follow…
MIAMI, FL – When Grimass was a young child growing up on the streets of Little Haiti in Miami, Florida, he had a reputation for always doing things out of the ordinary. He was always willing to do crazy things that…
BRONX, NY – There’s a sickness in the American culture, and the New York-based hip-hop artist known as NUG wants the world to know that he has the cure. Born of Latino and African decent, NUG was raised in the…
ATLANTA, GA – Everything about Shenica Coleman’s life is an attempt to inspire and empower other women. From the moment she was born into a family made up of strong, powerful women, Shenica has felt a calling to lead other…
CAMBRIDGE, MD – Fatal Da Cannon and OG Bang have known of each other since their youth. From a young age growing up in Cambridge, Maryland, the two have grown to love music and experience life through two different perspectives…