We recently connected with Simpcxty and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Simpcxty, thanks for joining us today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

Learning to do what I do is still an everyday battle of courage and faith. I want to be fully aware of my situation, and be ok with failure. Falling down only gives me more incentive to find another way back up. I first started focussing on become a student of the game back in 2019 after I won a competition to perform in Birminghams first Music Freedom Festival. I started by doing more research on the people in my community versus the artist I see on the internet. I learned a lot more from the moves of creatives who were in better positions than me at the time. I gratefully ended up collaborating with some as well.

Knowing what I know now, I would have definitely stopped comparing myself to others. If I could tell the 18 year old me something, it would be to focus on bettering my craft so that my work could speak for itself. Rather than ranting at a brick wall about how much I loved it. Just simply do it.

Yet again, the skill of passion is very much underrated once channeled in the right direction. I honestly enjoy to share the same space with creativity. Rather it’s me or a friend in the spotlight doing something that makes them want a positive change in the world, it inspires me to do things of my own. Having discipline to stick to a plan despite any emotion, is to this day a battle I wont stand down to. Persistence is key!

I’ve had hurdles in life. But nothing compares to the lost of my Mom Lydia at 17, and brother Mack shortly after. I was just telling someone I loved that I still feel their presence when I’m making any decision on a big or larger scale. The love I have in my heart for humanity has grown so much that I forgot to check on myself as quick as I wanted to for others. Not loving myself properly through past and current trauma I would say has been my biggest obstacle of them all. The journey to healing doesn’t have a destination. So I try to remind myself to not only be my biggest critic, but the biggest example of love by giving it to myself first. For I will know when I show it upon anyone else it is pure for me and them.

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

As I mentioned before my first start was at a music festival won by competition via social media. But before that I was in musical theatre throughout high school and I also sang at my church. I’ve been in plays and musicals such as In The Heights, Cinderella, Violet, and many more. Now in present time I try to focus more on the behind the scene works of my music videos, such as my Simp Session series I do on Youtube. Writing lyrics for future collaborations and music for myself. I have a single called “Saturday” dropping May 15th featuring King Jaaah that i’m very excited about. My management team and I have also decided its best to start my fashion brand where I’ll be selling only custom gear to go along with my merch line. We’re working on a website to release very soon for people to be able to find everything in one space. I take pride in giving quality because I truly appreciate all the love and support I receive from day one people who saw things in me that I didn’t even want to comprehend for myself at the time.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

The self doubt of having my imagination. I think if your mind can grasp the idea of something, the work you put toward it will be ten times better than what your mind grasped it to be at the given time of the actual thought. Before the journey of my artistry I got really in my head about doing stuff to over the top from fear of being judged, singled out, and other bad thoughts. When in reality being singled out could be looked at also as being a one of one, or the only person to do a job, so now thats why they can only hire you, you get what i’m saying? Your imagination is a tool, not an obstacle.

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

I wish I knew about the power of networking as I started to get a taste of a buzz after my first big performance. The power of word of mouth will always be the biggest marketing tool in my opinion. The streets talk and their opinion matters. At the end of the day the art is for the people, to induce conversation, emotion, passion, different topics, etc. All of those things are very strong when you’re to look someone dead in their eyes and have that connection as people. I think something so small gets often taken for granted.

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