“I thought it was a Google Hangout link,” he says, laughing.
Leading with a kind smile, he exudes a calm demeanor. When he shifts slightly to the right, a large Haitian flag on his wall becomes his backdrop. The way he reverses a mishap is reflective of his own journey. On the verge of the release of his debut album, he’s ready to share the story that culminated in this moment.
Raised in a strict Haitian-Togolese household, he wasn’t allowed to listen to rap, and his mother, like most Caribbean parents, pointed him toward more lucrative careers in law and medicine. But after his father left, he turned to freestyling to channel his emotions.