En Kay b

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My name is Michael but I'm known in the music scene as En Kay B. I'm from Ghana, West Africa and I started my music career in my second year in high school. Music has been a great part of me and I was born with a natural voice for singing so I guess music is sort of my natural calling. Growing up in a poor neighborhood my experiences made me write emotional music concerning both the pain and my way of survival. When it comes telling more about the emotional aspects of my life, I sing as you can feel more connected to the way I feel when I sing about it and when it comes to survival mode, I end up with rap and it helps you feel the struggle and the anger in the music. This is basically a little about me, I just love music!

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

Music makes me come alive and its always my escape from the world. When the music touches my soul, you will literally see me glow. It brings joy to my soul

What is your music dream?

My music dream is to touch every single heart with my story through my songs and make sure the world remembers my name because my songs are on repeat in their hearts

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

If I could change the world, I would try to help the talented musicians in my country that are having a hard time getting heard, they are stuck in the underground but they have touching stories in their music and it will change the world

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

R. Kelly - I wish

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Eminem, J Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Linkin Park, Kid Cudi

What inspires you to make music?

My experiences in life, the things that happen around me like everyday struggle, love, pain and hustle

What is the message you want to send with your music?

I want to motivate people, I want people to have the courage to chase their dream, I want to give people music that can help them escape reality for a while. I want to give people hope.

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

I feel fired up and alive!!

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

First musicians should know that music is very powerful and has a lot of influence on the listener, so we should consider the content of what we put on our songs.

What do you think of Drooble?

Its a great platform to help you get heard as a musician and that's the step every up coming musicians need

What frustrates you most as a musician?

When I create music and it doesn't make the impact I expected it to make or when I see kids embracing the negative content of a song and you see it come to life in their daily lives

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

Yes I do. Well I support some of our local mainstream artist because they bring out quality content in their music and they motivate me a lot

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

Should be able to have great energy when performing on stage but before that every musician needs exposure without exposure most people wont know who you are and that might shrink your confidence because you might have the fear of not being able to move the crowd.

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

En Kay B, M.anifest, Sarkodie, EL