We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful LOGVN. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with LOGVN below.

LOGVN, appreciate you joining us today. Are you happier as a creative? Do you sometimes think about what it would be like to just have a regular job? Can you talk to us about how you think through these emotions?

To be honest I don’t know. Every day I doubt myself, every day I find ways to pick apart the thing that I love to do so much so that it paralyzes me to the point of not being able to do what I love. But I know once the project is out, it feels amazing and resonates with so many people and can truly make a difference for others. Unfortunately for me, since I do everything myself, I spend a lot more time not releasing things, which means I’m stuck in the part of doubt and crippling perfectionism that makes it not feel fun anymore sometimes. Which sounds crazy since I’ve gotten to heights that literally only like 1% of artists ever make it to. The feeling of not being good enough still remains though. I’m trying to have a better relationship with my music/passion as of late, it’s a work in progress though.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Logan Newark. I was born in Cleveland, Ohio. I grew up with my two brothers and my mother, and we were all at the time very poor and very homeless. Though my mother was a strong loving mother who taught us how to be resilient and creative (we had to be to make money) and stand up for what we believe in and have that champion/us against the world mentality.

I was never raised on any hip-hop. I didn’t even know it was a thing, but when I was around 10, I discovered Eminem and my mind was blown. Prior to that I’ve only experienced things like pop, alternative, country, which weren’t bad, but they were just “songs” to me. I had never experienced the openness, the rawness, the storytelling that hiphop presented to me before. And even though I wasn’t a drug user and didn’t have an ex-wife and most importantly I was 10…I still found myself resonating with Eminem, his passion, his lyrics, the hunger. Over time and as I got older I thought “Man, I wish I could do this, I wish I could be that for someone else” and then very quickly I realized, I definitely could be that person!

I started writing in middle school, started as poems as I tried to learn how to write to begin with. Within about a year or so I was already making music. Very quickly, especially in high school, I discovered that people love to just hate on people for no reason. I was a kid making music, not even the hype myself up kind, the emotional, raw, kind. And I was being relentlessly bullied for it, pages on social media were made purely as hate pages to me, friends followed them, anonymous death threats were sent to my DMs, sometimes with my address and times they would be there, Many fist fights in and out of school, all of them were me just defending myself. One even resulted in stitches above my eye. What I didn’t know at the time is that all of this very heavily fueled my hunger for music. It made me a warrior on a track as well as in person. Pushed myself to stand my ground, even if I had to do it alone. It helped shaped the man I am today.

As I grew up I got bigger and better, artists from across the world started to reach out to pay me to work with them, I’d go on to win almost any contest I entered (or at least the finals), been sought after by many labels and huge managers, and at one point built myself up to around 100k monthly listeners, getting millions of streams. I’ve had many fans tell me that my music has literally saved them and made them not take their life because they felt heard and not alone in this world. The exact purpose I set out to accomplish since I was 10.

Unfortunately it got cut short when my step-dad got sick with ALS. This was the man who raised me though, my real dad in my eyes. I had to take a bunch of time away from music to focus on taking care of him and my mom. I had life changing deals in front of me waiting to sign contracts and have all my dreams come true…things just didn’t work out and unfortunately with all things happening in my personal life I had to take a step back from music and lost it all.

We are now about 4 years later and I am coming back this year! Before my hiatus, I was sitting on like 12 songs, now it’s maybe 15-18, a few have music videos too…so I’m ready to go! Just trying to finalize the videos and get going. During my 4 years off though I found another passion as well, the gym. Which is fitting since my music always got added to gym playlists. I’ve made incredible progress with my health and fitness and am actually in an active contest right now and am in the top 3 people of winning for Muscle and Fitness magazine.

All this to say, I’ve been working, and now I’m coming back this year! I can’t wait to release everything I’ve been sitting on for so long!

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

Actually support them! Kind words are nice, but actually buy their merch, stream their music, tell your friends about them, post about them on social media etc. Musicians make such bad money unless you’re the top 1% of the top 1%. Help your favorite creatives do it full time to in turn have them be able to provide you the best content they can make and faster!

Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

I wish I made friends with likeminded people sooner. To be able to talk to and hang out with other creatives is life changing. You won’t find a group of people more excited for your wins and who can relate on your losses. The creative lifestyle is a different one and not a lot of people really understand. It’s another way you can feel alone and isolated, even if you’re surrounded by people, creative people with similar mindsets just get it. Finding that made me feel understood in a way I haven’t been in a while.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/logvnhiphop?igsh=MWxpZHZ4MDhsYjZqcA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@logvnhiphop?si=RByvVMcQzYrJyQZH
• Other: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7yI4dvTi4TMesN6sldSbem?si=4LZRJCkgTNu0NDYm__yo7g