What’s your name and where are you from? My name is Keily Edwards! I was born in Sherman Oaks in San Fernando Valley. My mom got remarried when I was 11 and we moved to the Inland Empire. I lived in Rancho Cucamonga until I was 18 then moved back to LA. Why do you love what you do? Making music fuels my soul. It’s an outlet for every single emotion we endure as humans. It’s how I learned what passion was as a child. As a kid growing up in a troubled household , emotions were extremely overwhelming because I wasn’t able to process situations. I was always alone so I turned to doing karaokes on my mom’s desktop with all my free time. It was an escape for me. Music brings me to a different state of mind. It’s almost like I’m in a different reality when I’m creating sound. I’m able to transfer my trauma into a masterpiece that evokes different feelings from every individual that listens to it. What makes you different? I feel like with living in LA, there’s select people out here who are truly genuine. It sucks to say but some of the people I’ve encountered seem to have a malicious feeling behind their eyes. A blank expression of greed or malice intent. All of the real friends I have made out here have at least a few stories of people leeching off them by getting close and then taking what they want. I stand strong on loyalty and always keeping it real even if that means you’re compromising another person’s feelings. Some people need to hear the truth. Sometimes I do too! That’s exactly why I am so grateful for my friends too! We all keep each other in check and on the right path. I am heavy on always trying to remain a good person regardless of my current state of mind. I never want to upset people I care for. I always want to be able to take accountability for my mistakes even when my ego is telling me I am not in the wrong. I try to express a lot of who I am in my music, whether that be my morals, point of view or my experiences. I want people to genuinely feel my music and learn about themselves through my sound as well. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I see myself on billboards and with a fan base that loves what I make. I see myself touring all over the world while inspiring all different groups of people. None of my friends look the same as one another and my listeners probably don’t either. I love that! Regardless of your appearance too, everyone is unique to themselves. No one can be replaced because everyone has a different soul. What do you want to accomplish in life? I want to establish my career and fulfill the dreams I had as a kid which still remain. I want to make my mom and brother proud. I want everyone to see my potential become reality . What do you bring to your industry?I bring a unique look, sound and vibe. I bring hard work and dedication with my chin tilted up at all times. I bring a spark and edge that is unique to me. What do you want to be remembered by? Of course I want to be remembered by my music but I also really want to be remembered by my character. I hope people will remember me by the advice I give and my nurturing care for those I love.
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My name is J’Quan Towns but my stage name is J-Nasty and I’m from CT Connecticut where every artist hate on one another also where the music industry won’t let us in the door for nothing so we must kick it down. I’m 30yrs old I been doing music for the past 16yrs now but started doing music when I was 14. I just hit a million streams on Spotify and my most streamed song is Hot 8 At 8 Hot 93.7 Soundtrack streaming over at 200k. I love what I do because it’s very therapeutic where I can express how I feel, talk about things that people can relate to and touch people souls. Then I love it to help change lives, to put smiles on peoples faces, to really make a difference in the culture things that I have to offer to the game. I love what I do because I got to work with some of my favorite music industry people like Cassidy who I did a song with and co-signed me, Hitman Holla where I did a cypher and I got to shoot the video with him, Dj Flippp where I drove from CT Connecticut all the way to California to make a hit record with him called 40 Hrs cause it took me 40 Hrs to get to Cali, Legendary Dj Ron G who put me on 7 of his mixtapes where I landed on 2 front covers one with Young Thug and Tory Lanez then he got to promote an market me for a good 3 months, also the hot 93.7 radio station team was playing my songs on the radio several times and Burn Poe who did a skit for my song called OverNight that just hit over 100k streams. What makes me different is my story on how I grew up in DCF, taken from my mom when I was 8yrs old because of her smoking crack, just now finding and meeting my dad after 30 years. I’m a true artist that makes real subtitle, concept, storytelling, substance vibing life experience music that’s what makes me different is my story alone it’s too much pain to talk about plus I have 9 siblings on my mom side so we all have a story to tell including my mom since we all grew up in DCF. In the next 5 years I can see myself on top of the world healthy doing so much stuff weather it’s business, music, film, production, label, land and more. I wear many hats to do what needs to be done that most won’t do because most people ain’t build for this. I can see myself giving back to those in need, being a advocate to the kids that’s in DCF to guide them in the right direction show them it’s never to late because look at me I came from the same place and was able to make it out so if I did you can to. Things I want to accomplish in life is for me to be a better me, to work with more industry people, to build a bigger following/brand, get paid to do shows, to get verified on social media, to keep making hit songs, performing at festivals continue to be the best, singing artist, producers, DJ’s and more. What I bring to my industry is a new sound, look, authenticity, products, quality, content, subtitle, money and culture. I want to be remembered by my legacy an all the hard work that I put in for the last 16yrs an counting, the 1k songs that I put out into the world and the work ethic that you need to succeed game/business.
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