"Light Up"

Hello all. Wow, what a journey this has been. It’s been a while since I did any music. It has been even longer that I did any music that was just me. I cant say that it was easy to hop back into-it wasn’t. But I received so much love and encouragement from friends and family, that I felt like I would be letting more than just myself down, if I didn’t pursue music once again.

One thing I want to get off my chest is this: This is in no way, shape or form, a diss to Drake. He put out a (honest opinion) tolerable hip-hop-ish album that I will be listening to for years to come. I wanted to include beats from his new album exclusively because I felt like everybody was going to love his album, that it was going to be the hot new ish on the block. So why not reinvent something fresh, hot and new? Why take a smorgasbord of songs that nobody is listening to and turn them into worthy experiments of mine? No need. No, instead I would take what everybody is calling the “best”, and make it “better”. This is how “You’re Welcome” was born.

You’re Welcome isn’t just a play of words of Drakes album title. It also serves as an invitation into this side of my life. A lot of you may only know me as an actor. I’ve been a lyricist just as long. I didn’t say the word “rapper” on purpose. Some people, were born rappers. I believe I was born a poet. Over the years, I have evolved into a rapper. I am still learning, and honing my craft.

I didn’t want to take Drake’s whole album, and give it a do-over. Honestly, it was just plain unnecessary. So I took five of my favorites. Mixtapes are usually longer, I know. But for this first dive back into the pool of rap, I decided doing only one type of stroke was all I needed to get to the deep end of the pool (metaphor! Lol). So I gave you guys, the audience, just a taste of what’s to come on future projects. I will be doing a full fledged mixtape due out in the heart of the fall, and if all goes well - an album may be on the horizon. =]

So welcome to the start of a new journey. A longer, and more rewarding journey. Years from now you could be saying, “Wow, I remember his first mixtape….it was pretty good, and he’s actually a lot better than he was back then.”…..at least that’s what I hope you’ll say. So this is me, not claiming to be the best. I’ll let you be the judge of that. And if you wanna thank me, don’t worry about doing it now, or later, or at all for that matter. I’ve already said “You’re Welcome”.