We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Regina Hicks a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Regina thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?
i’m very happy as an artist it’s a dream come true. Ive always wanted to sing and follow in my father’s footsteps, my dad being Dodd Hicks original member of the Doo-wop Group “The Cashmeres”. I grew up around music and being taught early on about music thru my father’s toutealige and various artist the i grew up loving very much, Like Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and Mariah Carey. I always loved music and wanted to sing I knew deep down I would be have this much happiness and fulfillment on a standard 9 to 5
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?
My name is Regina Hicks I’m an independent R&B artist out of Atlanta Ga i’m the 2018 Independent Tone Award winner for best original song for my single “Trophy” and the UMA (Underground Music Awards) a winner for female R&b artist and best collab I’m the daughter of R&B legendary crooner Dodd Hocks of the Cashimiers my al jm Now or Nevr is avail be on all digital platforms as well as sound cloud I am also a a member of the group S.R.G with fellow artist smokey james and Genuine Smokey having produced the SRG album “Love Letters” which is also available You can find “Now Or Never” and ” Love Letters” on all premium digital stores as well as Soundcloud.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
Being a trans women in the world of R&B has t been exactly easy i e had to make my own lane and face a lot of adversity doing it not only from within the business but from members of my community who didn’t exactly support me as well which was hard but I believed in my voice and my talent and worked to change the view that as a trans women i’m a drag artist that lip sings when in fact I can sing showcasing a 5 octave range that on display prevalently throughout my album “Now or Never”and was first showcased on my debut single Trophy and the follow up “Ultimatum” featuring Atlanta Rapper Luddy B
Any resources you can share with us that might be helpful to other creatives?
wow this is a big one cause as a starving artist sort of speak, lol you really don’t have many resources but your faith in your talent and the money you can earn to invest back into yourself and your dreams having a multi million budget would be very ideal and go a long way but I’m so grateful for my faith that has allowed me to navigate thru life beat the odds and statistics that say someone like me isn’t supposed to be here and be successful. But New Flash. I Am Here !
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