We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Seekie. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Seekie below.

Seekie, appreciate you joining us today. It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what ended up happening. We’d love to hear about a risk you’ve taken.

My father was an immigrant from Liberia who found sanctuary in America during the Liberian civil war. At the age of 16 he began working at a movie theater along with his older brothers in an attempt to maintain themselves in a society they’ve never encountered. Through this he learned the value of hard work, discipline, and consistency. These core values helped me maintain a great scholastic career even through out college. But, these same values made it extremely difficult to break the news to him that I wanted to quit my job to start pursuing music full time. With only a handful of, what I thought to be, good songs I took a leap of faith and began pursuing music my junior year of college. I quit running track after 10+ years after an award winning season for a new passion that gave me the sense of fulfillment I desired out of life. I had no means of making it happen: no industry connects or knowledge, no studio, and no background knowledge other than the gift of lyricism. My desire to succeed and my faith in God gave me all of the courage I needed to try. I spent around 4 months creating what I thought to be the best songs I could. Finding shows became almost impossible so I decided to have my own. Me and my Roomate bought plywood from Lowe’s and built a makeshift stage in the basement of the bar he worked at at the time and printed off flyers that I designed. We spent two weeks passing out flyers to every person that we could. The day of the show was nothing that we could have prepared for. Going to Appalachian State, the weather is something that you can never predict. There were 20 mile an hour winds and the wind chill brought the temperature down to 25 degrees. The streets were desolate and so was our show 30 minutes before the music started. The bar owner asked us to postpone but something told us to decline. So we declined and waited. 10 minutes later the first group of people came in. 20 minutes after that the entire bar was packed. The basement was packed shoulder today shoulder. It was so cold that everyone that entered the bar stayed. We ended up selling that show out. The publicity from that show allowed me to gain traction all throughout boone leading to festivals and many other shows. once I graduated, I was given the chance to pursue music full time. I took it.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

My name is Seekie I am an Alternative Rap artist from Charlotte, North Carolina. I began my music career in college at Appalachian State University. I was always into music. My favorite artist are Lauryn hill, Jimi Hendrix, Capital $teez and MF Doom. I try to create music that provokes thought. I share my life in my songs; the good, the bad, and the ugly. By being vulnerable in my music, I hope that the lister becomes vulnerable within themselves. I’ve noticed that I have many walls that I’ve built up throughout life wether it be from trauma or attempting to create a particular persona. My music is an act of breaking down those walls and exploring all that I can offer to the world.

Looking back, are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

I wish I knew how independent being an independent artist really is. You are truly on your own boss. Every up and down that you go through is a result of your actions wether they are positive or negative. You are the captain of your fate and you truly have to treat it as such. Most of my success thus far has come from recognizing that simple fact.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

The value of a community is not what you can receive from it, but what you can give to it. The most beautiful moments I’ve ever had in music have all been things I’ve done without the goal of financial return. Money is only a byproduct of consistency and proper scaling. Money comes and goes. It takes many forms. True value is in the people.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://Www.seekiescloset.com
• Instagram: @freemind.seekie
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@seekiee?si=a7s2SMH6925kuI6k