What is your background? tell us where you grew up and some information about your upbringing/experiences as a youth:
My name is adeola dagbo I am Nigerian on my father side and half Haitian and Dominican on my mother side. I was born in Staten island NY. I am a New Yorker I have always been I grew up as a minority in a poor hub buildings of park hill in Staten island .Which is not a poplar island like Brooklyn or queens or Harlem but if most people were informed of hip hop history I grew up and survive in the same place as Wu tang clan and red man and most older artist before that created hip hop history that knows the real deal it was hard there we have our own news channel now Staten island live cause they kill so many people in the hood they need to keep track when I was little every body was so friendly and giving like bothers we might have been living poor or lower class but these people had more love case if they dint they would have nothing left I was a person who experions many different things in life probably to many for such a early age I have been told by many people tragedy , happiness &love a variety of things growing up with a disability but I never stop striving to do what I love or complete my dreams
At what moment did you know that music was part of your life and what feelings did you have towards making an active impact with your music?
Lots of people in this world have muses in life people who write people who make movies and especially people who make music its that little something that shines a light for you in your mind to me I liked Asian entertainment I always have ever since the first time I saw it when I was eightieth years old Korean entertainment has brought joy to my heart I loved there stars and thought one day I would be come a star and get to sing with them
What artists inspired/influences you and if you could collaborate with any artist (alive or passed) who would it be and why?
the artist that inspired me is rain or Jung ji Hoon oppa Korean
diffidently rain because hes so international he cares for everyone of every race hes has a great personality hes worked with a variety of entertainment BET black entertainment stars he won the bad ass award on MTV hes just so international and bad ass for a Korean entertainment star hes just make the term real come to life that’s why I would chose him to collaborate with
kc and jo jo
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What do you think about the current state of hip hop/mainstream music?
I think that hip hop definitely got more lively of coarse all music got more lively its 2017 but from back then to now hip hop r&b soul some artist have gotten an easy in to be honest they need to put more effort in writing some lyrics other then repeating one word songs from then use to actually have to have words to music
Currently, what projects do you have in the works that you are most excited about?
I am currently working on my pop hip hop album which I hope to soon get out with my videos out on
What are your short term career goals within the next 6-10 months?
just to make enough money to produce my music and get these videos out there and my first video to become a great dancer and pop hip hop singer and bring in more mix culture in to hip hop culture all over the world Africa Asia Europe
What are your long term career goals within the next 2-5 years?
I also want to complete my acting career do movies I want to be a triple treat I want to produce my own music create movies
If you had one song out of the catalogue you have created to show a person what song would it be and why?
lights up because its pop and hip hop I like to get people jumping I like people in a happy mood that’s why I like pop
To the person who had never heard of you what is it about your music and story that you would tell them to entice them to be a supporter?
I sing and write all genres of music pop hip hop r&b soul rock I just love up beat music cause its what gets crows together music should make people happy
If your music could be described in five words what would those five words be?
- up beat 2.Asianic
3.outer worldly
4.soulful
5.beautiful
What do you bring to the game that is unique and different?
I sing and write so many different genres of miusic like pop ,rock ,soul ,r&b, hip hop & rap
I am very international I can sing in different languages like Korean & Japanese
To the aspiring artist who is considering a career as a musician what lessons or advice would you give them to inspire them or to uplift them in the journey?
dont let anyone tell you what you should like or how you should live your life especially based on race or stereo typing what you dream about or what makes you happy in life could possibly be the one thing that keeps you going or makes you happy don’t let people kill your dreams
What are your social media profiles and where can people purchase/download your music?
twitter https://twitter.com/adeoladagbo1
instagram dagboadeola
sound cloud https://soundcloud.com/user-87190137
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005980786695
https://www.facebook.com/adeola.dagbo
What are your final words you would like to say to people that you have left out?
music was always my life and dreams since I was little I can here it in my head whether it was in a different language or in English I herd it calling me toward it I always knew some day I would be here every time I herd each song all my life I lived in my dreams