I am.
Pretentious as it is I've always had trouble elaborating a biography past that one oversimplified sentance. I exist. I dream. I create. I love. I love very deeply. I drive through my lifescape under the intense influence of passion. I very commonly say self important crap like that.
I was born nearly halfway through 1982 in Baltimore, Maryland. I had a decently eventful childhood, littered with the kind of misadventures and environmental dysfunctions typical of an artist. My parents both loved me, though their definitions of love were rocky over the years. I'm not one to hold grudges or settle with blame and I am blessed to say that my family is much more stable now in its current format.
When I was eleven years old I would draw up comic book characters, write up their back stories, and make little trading cards for them with their attributes and abilities and such. I had a file cabinet filled with all of the characters I created but never managed to actually draw a single comic.
By the time I was sixteen I sketched aliens and superhumanoids less in favor of graffitiesque logo designs. A group of my childhood friends and I had built a little crew of notebook warriors who doodled taglines across ruled pages in to the beat of saturday night Trancemissions in clouded rooms. I can't claim too many accomplishments from that time period, but I definitely grew a lot then as a creative individual. This was also the birth of my philosophical interests.
My spirituality grew immensely as I started writing poetry. I wrote mostly in freeform with fluid structure and abstract imagery, though I dabbled from time to time with song lyrics and short stories. By the time I left high school I started writing music on computers using a cheap program that came with a friend's sound card. The music was utter junk but I loved it at the time. After a few years of making odd instrumentals and experimental soundscapes I got into freestyling with friends and officially entered the genre of hip hop.
When my son was born I found myself with a newfound focus and purpose to match my passions and started working on polishing my substandard production skills. Over the past five years I've worked in making more legitimate projects as opposed to the sloppy, self centered art-fuckery of my earlier days. I especially focused more on writing lyrics.
Nowadays I'm perfecting my chrysalis and preparing my exit into the new life I've been slowly brewing. I have a few albums that I may actually complete, and my own "label" for them to be released through. I've made relationships with like minded artists and have two beautiful children with a wonderful woman as my partner and muse.
I am...happy.