We were lucky to catch up with MJ0.6 recently and have shared our conversation below.
MJ0.6, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Have you been able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen? Was it like that from day one? If not, what were some of the major steps and milestones and do you think you could have sped up the process somehow knowing what you know now?
First and foremost making a living off anything you doing is an accomplishment that not very many people get to receive so I am very grateful for this but knowing what I know now I would tell my younger self to have confidence. Earlier in my career I felt I needed someone to make me successful whether it was a manager, a producer, or even a camera when in reality all I ever need was my own creativity. Covid saved me in a sense seeing as I was stuck at home for days on end I had all the time in the world to explore my own creativity, didn’t have money for the studio no problem I became my own producer through trial and error because there’s always a way if want to succeed.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I’m MJ0.6 an 18 year old Chicago based rapper, singer, songwriter and producer most notably known for my 2022 singles “Amnesia” and “Summer Vibes”. I’ve amassed over 20,000 followers on Instagram and over half a million stream in my first year as an artist.
What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?
Growing up in Chicago I learned one of the most important things in life is friendship and the loyalty it brings so when given an opportunity to change my life I’ve tried to change the lives of those around me as well. I was always told money changes a person but the darker reality isn’t that money changes you Per se it changes the people around you and how they view you. Allow me to elaborate when I got my first 50k I tried to how they say “feed everybody” but as you grow you realise how many plates should of been left empty. Some many of those friends I grew to love now only see my benefits rather then what they could contribute to me. Everybody is your friend until you’re broke.
Alright – so here’s a fun one. What do you think about NFTs?
Absolutely not!
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mj.0.6/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/Officialmj0.6
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/officialmj06
- Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC7WDtinhtQETlt08YNlxdIw