We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful NOR KIN4LIFE. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with NOR KIN4LIFE below.
Hi NOR KIN4LIFE, thanks for joining us today. Let’s talk legacy – what sort of legacy do you hope to build?
I hope to leave people inspired with my story. I am woman who isn’t afraid to pursue her purpose no matter the cost. In a world filled with nay sayers and expectations, I’ve learned to go for what makes me most fulfilled.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers
My name is NOR KIN4LIFE aka Nortographyatl and I am recording artist, emcee, producer, writer, photographer, and videographer. I started doing music way back at the tender age of 8 and I never looked back. My mother was an artist and taught me how to write songs. She would take me to shows and to the studio where I would sometimes sing back up vocals and co produce her records. I guess to some degree I was a young hip hop prodigy. I was able to create music by ear and soon started to produce my own music. My mom got me an electric keyboard and that opened me up to creating melodies and drum patterns that would change my life forever. At the age of 16 I formed a hip hop duo with an emcee from my city named IQ. We would then be known as KIN4LIFE. We recorded so much music from mixtapes to albums and did shows from the east to the west coast. Our hard work had eventually paid off and we wound up opening up the doors from the LGBTQ community in hip hop with our break out hit Make Up Girl. You can just google KIN4LIFE to get more on our great success such as being considered for multiple categories at the 59th Grammy Awards. Throughout my run with KIN4LIFE I co directed our music videos which opened up my passion for the visual arts. My brother Michael shot many of our visuals and I was able to learn by watching what he was doing. Years later my brother and I formed a photography and video company by the name of Twin Lenses where we shot everything from headshots to weddings. As time progressed I moved to Atlanta where I formed my company NORTOGRAPHYATL. I have had the honor of capturing major personalities like Tyra Banks, Steve Harvey, Kendrick Lamar, Gabriel Union and so many more. At this current time my company specializes in cinematic music videos and photos for clients that have a multitude of needs. Recently my brother and I relinked to shoot a music video for my solo music as NOR KIN4LIFE for a record called “Dreamzzz”. I am still making music as a solo artists and over the last few years have garnered 100’s of thousand of streams on just Spotify alone. I am consistently releasing music all while shooting for clients as a career. I am also currently producing and co creating with my up and coming artist and wife Butterfly Feels whom you can check out at Butterflyfeels.com . Together we create and operate our businesses.
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
I realize to grow on social media you have to do a variety of things. It is key to be consistent, posting daily and multiple times a day keeps you in the algorithm and keeps your existing followers engaged. Hashtags are super important as well. So many of my clients find me due to searching hashtags. Communication is clutch. Direct messaging is a great way to have a more personal connection with potential supporters and clients. It makes you more real therefore building more trust. I truly love people so for me each connection is actually something I care about. Lastly be thoughtful about what you do post. It doesn’t have to be the most perfect or high quality but you have to consider what people will feel when they look at it. If it doesn’t evoke do not post.
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
My goal is to live my life to the fullest. I want to only do what I want to do. So many people will try to convince you that to survive you have to sometimes sacrifice your happiness. I want to be living proof that that ideology is dated and needs reconsideration. We were put here to create, to be happy to be free….why waste any moments not going for our purpose.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://norkin4life.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/norkin4life
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NORTOGRAPHYATL
- Linkedin: LINKEDIN.COM/NORTOGRAPHYATL
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/OFFICIALNORKIN4LIFE_
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/NORKIN4LIFE
- Other: Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@norkin4life?_t=8Wyb0YIHJ8Q&_r=1 www.instagram.com/nortographyatl
Image Credits
photos by Nortographyatl and Butterfly Feels