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

Alright, Leeryck thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

Unfortunately, all of my projects are passion projects that’s just my operating system I always lead with my heart. As of late my most meaningful project is my clothing line Bloodline Unlimited a brand that I created to exude Love-Loyalty-Lineage. A way to represent family in all ways, not just the one that you were born into but also your chosen family. . Bloodline Unlimited was birthed as a solution to a problem, trying to find outfits that matched with my younger nephews and step children at the time and being unsuccessful. I thought to myself “I can’t be the only person with this problem!” From there I just began doing research to find the sets and getting into colors palettes until I found exactly what I was looking for. When COVID had us all in quarantine the matching sets became a very popular trend, I figured that was the perfect time to tap into that need but make it meaningful as well as stylish.

Leeryck, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My creative journey began at a very young age with singing and poetry, I sang my first song publicly in Kindergarten but no one really noticed that I could sing until I was around 11 and I use to just sing whenever music was played. When I was 15 my mother noticed that I was actually talented and I’d been in talent shows from that moment on until I recorded and released my first studio album in 2012 entitled “Conundrum”, but before that I was a published author of 3 poetry books that were created as a tool that I was using to flirt and someone suggested I wrote a book and I never thought anyone would care about what I thought were only my feelings and I was wrong. I published “Heartbeat Translated”, “With no voice, still I couldn’t be silenced” and my most popular poetry book “Sexcapades” After becoming a published author I set that aside and decided to turn my poetry into songs and went on to record 2 full length albums before creating a company called So Arrogant LLC, which houses So Arrogant ENT, which is an independent record label and So Arrogant Film & Photography which is self explanatory. I was furloughed from my job in April 2020 and I went through a multitude of emotions during that time but once I gathered myself with the help of my Bloodline, I began to read more and really nurture my creativity. I woke up one morning saying I want to try writing a novel and 7 days later my first manuscript was written for my first novel “The Chase for Destinee” three days later I began on my second novel “If I were a boy” which took me 4 days to write. Those accomplishments fueled me, I became so motivated to continue being creative. In 2003 I had an idea for a script and in 2021 I began writing my first script for a show that I won’t name just yet but I do plan on pitching to networks by the end of 2023. I then just decided to continue being creative and unique and be solutions to my consumers problems. What I am most proud of is actually being approachable to my customers, fans and supporters and constantly providing things that make them look good, feel good, overcome situations and just feel like they aren’t alone navigating in this unpredictable world. I am also proud to announce my non-profit organization Music’s Messenger Foundation that will serve as an outlet in underserved communities to provide an affordable program in the Arts to decrease the number of deaths, crimes and incarcerations of young African Americans between the age of 12-19 but that’s an interview all it’s own.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My mission in my creative journey is broken up in a few parts first, I want to retire my mother for good and provide a life for her that she can completely just live, see places she’s only dreamt of going, doing things she’s never thought she’d do. Second, be a blessing and an inspiration to as many people as I can in an impactful and positive way. I don’t have children but I have raised dozens. I enjoy every moment of being able to mentor to young people, helping those realize their purpose and aide in navigating them to reaching whatever heights they strive to reach. If I wasn’t a creative I would probably be a business consultant and provide packages to start ups to help them bring their visions to life.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

When I first began my journey on pursuing the arts, it was late 90s early 2000s and the way things were done were different back then. My plan was to send music to the radio stations and mail my project to all the major record labels and it would be just that easy however, once I actually had the music and had the project social media was becoming a thing. Record labels wanted you to already have the fans, already have the budgets and the videos, they weren’t in the business of artist development anymore. The need for actual talent wasn’t the main event anymore and that became extremely frustrating to me and impacted my journey a lot because I never wanted to not love what I was doing, my dream was to do what I love and call it work! The era became about selling pretty pictures and putting a beat behind it, as long as it looked good we could manipulate as much as we want to make it sound good enough. I think I might’ve quit music once a year, until I had to realize I don’t do music for the likes, I do it for the love that I have for music and I had to get back to just doing it for me. I had to make music that I was proud of and that I wanted to hear and appreciate the few people who might’ve felt the same way. the support I got in the beginning was amazing but as social media grew it became harder and harder for me to obtain true supporters and not just fans. I still find myself going through this with not just music but with my books, with me apparel just not really being able to figure out how to reach the masses when I’m seeing everyone else around me become millionaires. I cried some days, I quit others, I questioned GOD and that’s when it hit me. God has a greater purpose for me and I continue to do things according to my plan and not his plan and I just had to surrender and believe that’ll it get greater later and each time I got out of my own way he made a way for me. So I learned to just stay the course and follow the path that has been laid out for me and let my purpose be revealed.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.soarrogant.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/bloodline_unltd
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/rnbanomaly
• Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/Star04191983

Image Credits
Models – Shanika Logan, Prince & Tias Climes, Jomar Garner, Kemarquo Jones Photographer – So Arrogant Film & Photography