1.)What is your music background? (Tell your story.)
My music background is my past experiences. My mother gave me away when I was only three-months. I was born with a birth certificate that the only factual information it consisted of was mine. That means the woman name that was under mother was not her name. Part of my past is lost, and I’m okay with that. My last name is not my fathers or my mothers. I am the beginning of my own legacy. I have learned from being an outcast, and not having anywhere to call my own. I haven’t had a bed since 2010. I have slept on box springs down to the floors, in that order. The crazy thing is, I just got my own bed in October 2014. The woman who took me in deserves all glory. My mother, blood couldn’t make us any closer, but I think that insight is enough. There is no other allante Francois of any sort. Being that music was the only thing I could call mines, the only thing that didn't judge me, bully me, or disown me. Music was mine because I also belonged to it. I remember locking myself up in my room listening to mystikal, PAC, and biggie. They didn't care what they said because they knew and accepted who they where. I could be as angry and aggressive as I want and not get told you are wrong for feeling like that. The older I got the more I went through, making me get into it deeper. I was always doing something artistic either writing or drawing. Simply, I fell in love with it all when I was a child, the rest is history.
2.)What made you first realize you wanted to pursue a career in music?
I couldn't see myself doing anything else, plain and simple. I would sit and think, then go to class and I knew where I was meant to be. I even tried going into the military, for some weird reason that didn't workout. I knew it was God letting me know he had a bigger purpose for me. It's not a night, day, or second im not thinking about making it, or seeing myself on stage. I always said from the time I was around 8 I said I'm going to do what I love because you'll always make money doing it. I also said I'll be rich by the age 24. That will happen. Music is my only thing I know is mine. It's has to be for me I got to blow it's no turning back now I put my all in this. I can't take it back. I have a calling this is it get ready for greatness.
3.)Who are your musical influences?
My mother is one of them. She deserves this deal more than I do in my eyes. She risked her dreams to keep me here on this world so I can chase mine. So when I get signed mom this for you baby!!! Another musical influence is wayne, the mixtape weezy, he was so different and still is. The way he takes something so small and makes it so big within his metaphors is awesome. I’m sure along with wayne, others would agree along aside me that Kendrick, Isiah Rashad, and the rest of T.D.E crew is a big musical influence to them.The aggressiveness that Eminem has is energizing, not only he on my top 5 of all-time list. The whole Slaughter-House is incredible, Crooked Eye and Royce da 5’9” are also artist that influence me. With me having a big poetic aspect in my music PAC is the one of the best. At the same time he is intelligent not just a hood figure. He stood up for what he believed in, and for that he was willing to deal with those consequences. I will always express in my music how important it is to stand up for what you believe in. Naz, Biggie of course, and the G.O.A.T LL Cool J I’m also influenced by. Cool J is a free styling genius also a lot of people forget that he killed a lot of rappers at a young age, and so did the other artist. Logic is another artist that is just amazing, and will be a big threat soon if not already. J-Cole story telling aspect is Picasso himself painting to me. HS87 The Plug click that includes Audio Push, those guys are on their way. Last but not least I can’t forget my home state, the amazing T.I, Andre 3000 and Big Boy. T.I kills every single remix, and the ambition he has along with that big business mind is great. He shows the world you can be street but also be a great businessman. He always stayingbusiness oriented and always tells you to gives your all at all times and as always HUSLTE. Andre 3000 and Big Boy is the true lyricist of Georgia, that made it and alsotruly gifted. When you tell someone from Georgia to name any lyrical artist that truly made it in hip hop, what they say? Other than T.I and Jezzy, and to me they are hip hop and trap music, so the best answer is Outkast. I think that it’s sad that we don’t have more real lyricist in Georgia. We have childish Gambino, and Cyhi Da Prince also that is dope, but I am going to be the next big lyricist out of Georgia. Just watch.
4.)How do you describe your music to people?
My songs are about struggles within life itself, the times of having that one person who cared, the feelings of excitement from it, and the let downs from it. You will hear the good from believing in yourself and others around you, and the spreading of knowledge. It’s the thoughts of a man trying to become more then what was around him, by utilizing what’s around him to change his surroundings. My songs cover the aspect of family, and how it significantly changes. I explain how one’s family may not include anyone of blood relations, the mind frame behind knowing there is no one that has your back, and the acceptance of it all. I also but some fun music in from time to time.
5.)What image do you think your music conveys?
Struggle, pain, hope, anger, deep thoughts, life...I can't explain the imagery of the words I write. You can hear the hunger in my voice I've been told. I couldn't tell you how I would know because of how I work in the studio, I blank out and go to my own world. I love the feeling so going by the fans they can tell. They love it.
6.)What inspires you to do music?
My life. It's not that I came from nothing, it's more of the mental battle I had with everything. Physically nothing hurt me, but mentally and emotionally things was really torn and no one helped me put things together, so I had to help myself. The way I see life and people is so much deeper. The pain, the happiness, the sadness, the anger, all this inspires me I have no other outlet. Music is my plug I run on. The kids back home, even the adults have forgotten the dream and how strong a dream is. I want to make a difference for everyone and change that one child mind from doing something and be another statistic. man y'all going to have to listen up, things about to get REAL in so many ways.
7.)What do you hope to bring to the music industry?
Real new struggle. My story is different from a lot of other artist. New way of thinking. I want to bring more hip hop into more people ears. Show people Georgia ain't just making trap music, and swag music, we have artist just as good that know hip hop and live it. I will show the world that. I'm bringing more real things, more people can relate to. Money don't make you real, neither does the people around you, it's knowing your own self value and honoring just that. If I have to follow, feel not worthy to do something, or come out my character to be something I'm not, I don't want it. If anything it will mold for me. If it's not right I will fight. I'm ready to show the world what I got the question really is are you ready?
8.)What makes you different from other artists?
My story makes me stand out plain and simple. My life story is different, my name is different, and most of all my personality and work ethic are one of a kind. Me not knowing my biological moms is really different for any person. On top of that I'm a male that had neither biological parent so my views have a great ways of being different, and including im a rapper. I'm sure a lot of people will have questions for days just about that.I had to get mines from the dirt, working two jobs, one in the day and the other at night, while going to school full-time. I wouldn’t see the house for 3days straight, without any sleep. Trying to make it is way harder when you trying to do it legally and you broke. When you doing everything the right way, and then you take a loss it hurts way more. I mean, everybody got to do what they got to do, but a lot of those things weren’t for me. I’m not fixing to sit here and act like I never thought about it or been around it. I’ve been around it all, it’s just peer pressure never phased me. I always have been my own man. I raised myself mentally. I’ve had drug dealers show me stacks of money, trying to get me to work for them. They always said they liked me because of how I carry myself. Imagine how hard that is too walk away from that type of money, knowing you see your mother crying in her room every night, because she feel she isn’t doing her job of supporting her child. Bills driving her crazy and me as her son can’t do anything about it to help her. It wasn’t easy, my friends calling me crazy because they know my situation, and my situation wasn’t far from theirs. Truthfully, I felt theirs was a little worse. I saw selling drugs as a short cut, that some just had to take. Nothing more or nothing less, some I understood and told them to keep grinding and others, was lames because they doing it to be cool. Their family never let them want for anything. I don’t respect or condone that at all. I also seen it as if I do it then get locked up my mother won’t have her son, and I felt like that would hurt her the most. At least if we don’t have anywhere to go that’s something we will be going through together. I’m a man got it by pure working hard and believing in himself when nobody else did, and now not only he is going to be signed but going to be successful in his dream and craft. That’s a story worth hearing, because everybody wants to know how the heck you did it. That’s how different from these a lot of these artist.
9.)What are your past projects and achievements?
I haven't got to complete any of my past projects because of the resources in my hometown. Trying to find a good solid place to record was hard. I lost a lot of money trying to help build a studio. Now that I moved from around my old surroundings, I got a solid place to record now. So I'm coming with something new with a promise it will be laid down.
10.) What do you think your “biggest break” or greatest opportunity has been so far in your musical career?
No discussion it's been with industryallaccess. This is everything I've been waiting on failure is not a option. I'm in here, and like I said before I put too much in this, I better blow. I got too many people depending on me. This whole thing is bigger than me and I will carry it. I got the call from industryallaccess and I knew it was god work to make all this possible. So when we started the discussion for me to do this, I took in everything. I was excited but couldn't express it because it was gametime, it's my time, to show everyone my purpose and show god I see what he is doing for me and I'm going to follow his will. This opportunity is going to change my life for the better and open so many doors for the kids and etc. back home. I'm here to stay.
11.)What projects are you currently working on?
I have my album "B.A.R.S"(Believe All Real Sacrifices) and my mixtape "BlackHole City's V.O.D" working at the same time it will be big, stay tuned. It will be everything I described my songs to be. You can expect great lyrics great production. I’m not sure if I’m going to transition it to album or not. The project has a great feel and even better subject matter. Its covers from how different and unusual I am, to how much anger is felt toward my struggle and disappointments. It will be very promising. I also have my trademark called “Black-Hole City”. So I can publicize myself and products. This project will make history for me and the label that signs me, especially my home-town.