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BEFORE IT BECAME THE TITLE OF A MIXTAPE CLASSIC, KEIJANA BACKER AKA KAY ANTHONY WAS BORN JUNE 5, 1995 IN THE HOOD OF FLATBUSH IN BROOKLYN, NY. GROWING UP HE WAS WELL GIFTED IN VISUAL ARTS BEFORE BEING “ARTISTIC” WAS TRENDY. SURROUNDED BY THOSE WHO WERE MUSICALLY INCLINED KAY FOUND HIMSELF RHYMING DOWN THE PATH OF A MUSICIAN, EVEN THOUGH OTHERS WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST HE SHOULD PURSUE PHOTOGRAPHY. IN 2012 HE RELEASED HIS FIRST SINGLE “STRAWBERRIES” THAT GENERATED POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM FANS OF DIFFERENT CONTINENTS AS WELL AS THE INTEREST OF LABEL REPS THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY. SEEING THE RESULTS OF ONE SINGLE KAY TOOK HIS CRAFT MORE SERIOUSLY AND MADE THE DECISION TO USE HIS MUSIC TO SPEAK FOR THE YOUTH OF HIS GENERATION, THOSE WHOM ARE CONSTANTLY PUSHED TO UPHOLD A STEREOTYPE RATHER THAN BEING ENCOURAGED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW. INSPIRED BY THE INDUSTRY REBELLION STYLE OF KENDRICK LAMAR AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF RAPPER TURNED MOGUL JAY-Z, KAY’S MUSIC EXPLORES THE DUALITY OF HUMAN EMOTIONS AND OUR CURRENT SOCIETY. SIMULTANEOUSLY, TELLING HIS STORY OF THE STRUGGLES OF LIVING IN THE HOOD BUT NOT BECOMING A NEGATIVE “PRODUCT OF OUR ENVIRONMENT”. WITH INTUITIVE, CONSCIOUS RAP KAY INTENDS ON USING HIS LYRICS TO REIGNITE THE LYRICAL IMPACT OF THE “GOLDEN AGE OF HIP HOP”. SINCE THE RELEASE OF “STRAWBERRIES” KAY HAS RELEASED THREE PROJECTS, THE ART (JAN 2012), JUNE 5 (AUG 2013) ,SPONSORED BY ROCKSMITH, AND THE ART PART II (JAN 2014). GARNERING THOUSANDS OF VIEWS IT IS ONLY RIGHT LABEL REPS WOULD BECOME A PART OF THIS GROWING SENSATION. KAY HAS BEEN COVERED BY MTV, VIBE MAGAZINE, MECHANICAL DUMMY AND SEVERAL OTHER BLOGS HOPING TO BE THE FIRST TO SHOWCASE THE NEXT BIG THING. JUNE 5 GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AT THE BIG SPENDERS CONCERT (2013) AND OTHER LOCAL EVENTS. FOLLOWING THE BUZZ OF JUNE 5, HE OPENED UP FOR A TRIBE CALLED QUEST AT SXSW MUSIC FESTIVAL 2014 FLATBUSH ZOMBIES AT REGGIE’S BAR IN CHICAGO, AS WELL AS SXSW 2014. KAY HAS WORKED ON 4 ALBUMS SINCE 2014 VICES AND VANITY. THE MAN THAT I AM NOW & HIS CRITICALLY ACLAIMED 2018 RELEASE SUBMERGED & HIS FOURTH COMING PROJECT A.LONG T.HE W.AY THIS TIME HE HAS TEAMED UP WITH PRODUCERS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO MAGNIFY THE INTENSITY OF HIS LYRICS THROUGH CONTENTIOUS VISUALS. ALONGSIDE HIS LP KAY HAS ALSO STARTED DESIGNED APPAREL FOR HIS RECORD LABEL “EFFPERFECTION RECORDS ”, WHILE CREATING HIS BEST CONTENT FOR A SPECIAL PROJECT SLATED TO DROP WITH DISTRIBUTION COMPANY AWAL LATER THIS YEAR.

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