We recently connected with Reggie Kincaid and have shared our conversation below.

Reggie, appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

The most meaningful project I’ve worked on is my new album entitled “TEARS”. I started working on this album in Summer of 2021 right after dropping my project “The Lake Show”. This album is an accumulation of emotions I built up over the last two years. The album addresses topics like police brutality, stereotypes, relationship issues, sexuality, ego, repressed emotions, emotional abuse and acceptance. It feels like something the collective conscious has been thinking of or talking about.

Reggie, 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 name is Reggie Kincaid but I go by my artist name “Lakewude”. I’m 22 years old. I was born in Murfreesboro, TN and raised in Cobb County, GA. I started writing music at 9 and started dropping music at 16. My stepdad was a DJ and my auntie and uncle both rapped, so music was always in my family. I entered the Atlanta scene when I turned 19 through Playlist Academy. I continued the momentum with my former group UGLYNATLANTA for 3 years after. In between that time I dropped my project “Kincaid” in 2020, performed at Stankonia Studios and Lotus Rosery, shot a music video the first time I ever went to Cali, got second place on the Genius Co-Sign series and dropped a podcast dedicated to the Lake Show. What set me apart from other artists is my ability to balance introspection, musicality and just straight energy. I look back and smile at all these great times and can’t wait for many more.

: Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

My goal is to bring the community of Atlanta together. Music and art aren’t embraced enough amongst the youth so I wanna help bring back a positive influence where it’s needed. I also plan to fund the Boys and Girls Club and Patterson Community Center back home in Tennessee. I remember being a kid in these settings wishing for a hero so I truthfully wanna be that for other forms of youth no matter what age.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

I feel like the best way society can help creative youth is for schools to get more funding towards art and music programs. Personally I feel like staying in an after school program and doing what you love can keep you out of so much trouble or growing up too fast. I feel like these days kids are forced to grow up early through desensitization on social media and they don’t have a true outlet to express themselves. It’s just a thought that maybe those programs really could help.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Instagram.com/lakewude
• Twitter: Twitter.com/lakewude
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCAt8pD6hPTONXZFDl5Gg0OA

Image Credits
@angelcger @myguy.george