We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Kwaku thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

For a long time, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do professionally. When I was really little, I wanted to be a pilot. However, my dad ruined that dream when he said I had to be good at math to be a pilot, which was one of my least favorite subjects. So then my next option was to be a cartoonist because I love drawing. But, the thought of sitting to draw for hours ruined the appeal of that career. Eventually I got into dance, which I loved but still felt it was a little limiting. So it wasn’t until my mom got me into songwriting that I felt like I could truly express all my feelings & emotions, on stage and on paper… – I didn’t jump at trying to be a signed artist though. I knew that it would be a long and challenging journey. However, overtime, with more support & encouragement from friends and family, I started to see a real possibility of having a career in music as an artist.

Kwaku, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I’m a Ghanaian-American singer, rapper, dancer and record producer from Boston. I’ve gained over 3 million combined streams from seamlessly mixing hip hop flows with pop melodies to create a truly unique and fresh sound. I started writing remixes in my bedroom for friends & family which eventually led to original songs. Thanks to short-form video platforms like TikTok, I quickly captured more attention from the online music community and have continued to grow as an artist & content creator.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

I think something non-creatives will struggle to understand is that I’ve released a ton songs and only a handful have “taken off”, so to speak, and generated revenue. These few tracks that have gone “viral” definitely helped me grow an audience too but those moments don’t define my success as an artist. The real success comes from the ones that didn’t go viral because I learned to persevere through the disappointment and write another song. I obviously would love to be bigger than Drake and be a billionaire but I think learning from setbacks early in your music career, will do way more for you than any viral/overnight success will.

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

Giving an artist a chance. I know that we all are bombarded with other content & ads, but there are a ton of great artists we never hear about because no one gave them a chance to play or be heard. It really does only take one person to be a spokesperson/supporter. That one person may not make that artist go viral but they can be instrumental in encouraging the artist to continue pursuing their dreams.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.thabostonboss.com
• Instagram: @thabostonboss
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/kwakuofficial
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwaku-adu-gyamfi-aab56ab8/
• Twitter: @thabostonboss
• Youtube: @thabostonboss

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