We recently connected with Ponyboi Sosa and have shared our conversation below.

PonyBoi, appreciate you joining us today. What do you think it takes to be successful?

Success is entirely subjective and dependent upon the circumstances of the individual. I don’t want to get preachy or parrot the obvious, so I’ll make this simple and sweet with my own spin. STOP COMPARING. Easier said than done, I know. I do it almost every day but I still try my best to not do so.
I’ll take this back to 2017 when I was 17 years old. Graduation time showed the hard work and effort of my classmate’s high school career. On their gowns were different sleeves and colorful cords they received from a ceremony I was made to sit and watch, grudgingly. Having nothing (cord or sleeve) I accepted the reality that my high school career riddled with failure to conform to the standards of evidence-based understanding of a lettering system; Having been in juvenile hall as a “fish outta water”, to developing addictions to cope with the stress of family life and personal issues. I boxed myself into the narrative and believed the lies. “I will never be anything”, the “I’m just like my father”, or “life is better numb”. Barely graduating with just above 2.0, I moved on to the “real world” with nothing more than a love for marijuana and what i call “mental mutilation”.
Having been a lover of music, that was the only “healthy outlet” that brought any type of positivity into my life, yet I carried those self-destructive thoughts everywhere I went and became my own worst enemy. This led me to failing in college, to becoming homeless, and destroying the friendships I had due to my nature of self-sabotage. Now being on the other side of things and with the birth of my son. These past two years have brought a new lens of acceptance and realism that redefines success to me.
Success is in the little wins. The waking up at 6 am when you said you’d wake up at 5:30. The smile you gave a stranger and the way you presented yourself to your neighbor that is conducive to building an empire through positive exchanges. The little wins of the opportunity to do right for yourself for the everybody. Success is a choice, not a destination.

PonyBoi, 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?

I just make music and do little poems about God.
That’s pretty much it.

I go to school currently for business and work on code when I can. I have a project coming out called “PERSONA: a project” about the balance of good and evil through the meditation of the 7 deadly sins. Coming out this September on all platforms

“Ponyboi Sosa” on all plats

I am a concept artist that dreams big. Yet I’m still sleeping. Trying to wake up currently.

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

A resource I wish I knew in starting my journey Is the power of asking. “a closed mouth will never be fed”. Having too much pride and thinking you can do it alone or that something is below you can disrupt the process. Learn to ask for help but also learn in the process of what is “ask worthy” and what is.

How did you build your audience on social media?

Be so far left field that people are forced to talk about it. I used to have 680 followers on IG but I deleted all of them and my account for mental health reasons. Also, Don’t be controversial or attention seeking. Just continue doing what is natural to you because there’s only one you in this world. Forget praise. Forget materials. Just love yourself and practice letting air rest in your lungs around the opportunity to shine. Above all. Thank the Most High that you are able to understand to the level that you do.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: @ponybsosa
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niksosa
• Youtube: Ponyboi Sosa
• Soundcloud: Ponyboi Sosa

Image Credits

PC: Jerick Palacio (aka: J Palace)