He’s another scorching sun from the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn with an unforeseen prose. His parents afforded him an enlightened foundation that invited a passion for poetry. "My father played the saxophone and loved Langston Hughes. I love Maya Angelou," he said. HK would sit down and meditate while writing to saxophonist, John Coltrane. "I've really been into poetry since a little kid."
His rhyme flows back to the Biggie era; when BK started to flourish in the game of hip-hop and where his crafts of storytelling and spitting fire started to unfold. “Of the old greats, I was a fan of Slick Rick,” said HK. Storytelling has always been his thing.
According to their music, he's the “parana in the pond”. Growing up in the ol’ school he’s been shy. Today his alter-ego' word-play is transforming him all over the mic- track to track. He’s says, “I be zonin' when I write now, because you stay the same, They gonna recognize how you might sound,” in his song 'East Coast'. Until you feel his message it's gonna be hard to recognize his voice.
On the mic his dynamic voices morph creative whirlpools of righteous stories channeled via captivating flows. “I'm making music for people who find it hard to express their pain,” he says. His parents died when he was only a kid, which in turn caused his family to split up. Left feeling alone without his siblings, HK dropped out of school and stayed true to the “block”; 'School of Hard Knocks'. However, his creativity continued to blossom.
Eventually, a family friend named Jacqueline Rowe took him into her home. “Jackie was like my aunt. She believed in me and knew what I was working with,” he said. Jackie helped HK and his group ‘Seventh Element’ get a deal with Iron Mike Entertainment, considering she's Mike Tyson's sister. The deal fell through after HK ended up getting locked up which led to his having to do time in prison. “It's got to a point where I've see, enough. I might not have seen it all but I've seen enough. Nothing else can happen but great.” HK has six kids and only has the highest expectations when it comes to their futures. “I do a lot with my children,” he says “I've taught myself how not to lose.”As an artist he's adding energy to the Crosstown Mob movement saying, “I have so much ambition that it feels crazy!” It seems like the lows which stagnated his stardom will only be remembered as fuel for future heat. “Now, I'm even more creative, charismatic and diverse,” he says.
Super Sam produces pulsating, 808 knocking beats supporting his chameleon charm on the new East Coast Music Group mixtape. It's expected to drop in September. “It's almost ready,” he says. Representing Crosstown Mob and Bakery Gang including Young Amsterdam, Big Law, Drew Logan, and China Zenith. In the background, bullets are flying as cars race through snare rolls and HK's on the verse. 'The Life We Live' and 'We Do It Big' are tracks off the new mixtape he's working on with Reign, Bugz, and Cage. “The most important thing is that I love the art,” says HK. “As far as I'm concerned I'll never run out of money so it's just gonna be an experience to experience.”
~Simone A. Santos
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