What is your name?
Sélah
What industry are you employed in? (music, fashion, art, etc.)
Music
What is your professional title?
Artist
How long have you been employed in your profession? (years)
4 years
What are you passionate about?
God
In what ways do you express yourself the most?
Writing music
What is your definition of success?
Healthy spiritually, mentally and physically.
What is the most difficult thing you have had to overcome in life?
Telling my then girlfriend and now wife that I had been with guys
How did that difficult experience shape who you are today?
It felt free, I knew she loved me no matter what and with that I could tell anyone about my past and it wouldn’t matter.
What are some of your most memorable accomplishments?
Getting my master degree in eleven and half months.
What makes you happy, what fulfills you?
How has art and creativity shape who you are?
When did you first show signs of creativity?
12 years old when I first sung the R.Kelly solo on the song “lean on me” by Kirk Franklin in elementary school.
What would you call your creative super power?
Song writing
If you were not working in the creative field what would you do?
Politics
What is culture to you?
It’s an identity
How important is culture to you?
It unites people with similar background, through ethnicity and struggle. so it plays a major part on how we as people interact.
What are your thoughts on diversity and unification?
I feel diversity is based on ethnicity and sexual orientation. Which makes us as people numbers and check marks on a sheet of paper. People are doing it because they have too, not because they want too. And that’s the problem I have. And unification? There’s no such thing, to imply that we could be unified means that we would believe in the same God in the same way and we just don’t.
How does music influence you?
It’s like an extremity, it’s a part of me so asking me that is like like asking me how my right arm influences me, lol hard to answer
What is your favorite genre?
It would be impossible to pick a Favorite, I love components from the all genres so I blend genre of music to create my sound,
Which music artist do you listen to right now?
Tracy Chapman
Who is one music artist you think we need to hear?
Moi
What is your favorite color and what does that color represent or mean to you?
Red, when I was younger I used to watch power rangers and the lead ranger was Red.
Name three people who have influenced your life the most.
My mother, my wife and my aunt
How were these three people so influential?
My mother helped shape the man I became
My wife is shaping the man I am becoming
My aunt helps me build my spiritual man
Out of our core values- love, culture, distinction, expression, creativity , artistry, and influence which are the most important to you and why?
Out of our core values that you have chosen to be important, why do the those core values resonate with you?
Love- love is something you do. It’s like a muscle that has to take self inflicted pain to grow. When you go beyond yourself to do something that isn't comfortable. It’s work where the only payment you get is the satisfaction of helping someone achieve.
Distinction- when a person uses the gifts God gave them to sketch out there own lane of authentic expression, thought, creativity and artistry.
Influence- being able to bring people together to achieve a goal.
What are some of your very own core values?
What are 3 things you would encourage others to do to help them to remain positive?
Take your concerns and thought to God, I find it hard to stay positive when I don’t.
How important is it for you to continue to grow and evolve?
Growing hurts sometimes but it’s necessary
What is the best advice you would give to your former self?
Stay a child as long as you can, you don’t want these grown up problems yet.
What is one piece of advice can you give to encourage and inspire others?
Follow your dreams with a plan
What is one thing you could never live without ?
I try not to put too much value on worldly possessions, since I have God I don’t need much else....
What advice would you give on how to live your best life?
Take risk
Do you feel different?
Yea, of course. We are all different from each other. There are no identical people lol
Is being different okay?
Yes, but I’d prefer being authentication you. Because God gives us individual life experiences that shape us.
What inspires you to move through the difficult times?
Who do you call when you need help or comfort?
Are you confident in who you are becoming?
Yes
What makes you so confident?
Being honest with myself
How do you foster positive thoughts about yourself and the world we live in?
Understanding the truth about me helps myself helps me see the bright side.
What impact do  you want to leave on this world
I want people to realize that don’t always have to do what’s popular to do what’s right. Hopefully they will be about to notice that thru my music. If you listen I don’t cuss, make very sexual innuendos, etc. I also don’t allude that I’m single to appeal to my female audience, I make it very known that I’m Married..   happily married.
What are some things that you have accomplished that you once thought were impossible? I’m still working on those things
Once I do accomplish them you’ll be first to know lol. But what I can tell you is I work on myself and goals daily.
What motivates you?
I’m more inspired than motivated..... when I hear great music I’m instantly inspired to create. I guess what motivates me is to provide than inspiration to another Artist one day.
What is the first thing you do when you wake up?
Use the restroom #honesty
What is the last thing you do before you sleep?
depends on the day, lol
In what direction do you see society moving?
Down a dangerous path of confusion, a place where people are taking ideas as facts