Personal Narrative: An Interview With K-Rad

K-Rad is the stage name of a friend of mine who writes, records and performs original hip-hop music. While they are one of my friends, the rapper K-Rad has always interested me. K-Rad, in my opinion, is a piece of who my friend is. K-Rad obviously comes from something deeper down, something completely honest and straight forward. They are just a fraction of who my friend is, but that does not make them any less than my real friend. I decided I should interview my friend about K-Rad to learn more about their inspiration, hopes and goals as a musician. The first thing about K-Rad is the music. While K-Rad is a person, they also encapsulate a bigger musical idea. For example, when they play live shows, K-Rad will be backed by a band consisting of a DJ, drummer, guitarist, bass guitarist and guest vocalists. However, this act will still go on stage as K-Rad, rather than some group featuring K-Rad. The band adds a lot of …show more content…
Aside from music, K-Rad has a passion for graphic design and plans to pursue it professionally – while attempting to become famous in the process. K-Rad let me know that for them, there really was not a decision to pursue music. Everything just started to come together for K-Rad, and before they knew it they were a musician. There was a piano in their house growing up which is the main reason they include synthesizer lines in their recordings. K-Rad let me know that they always end up drawing on their past experience when writing music, and piano was the first thing that came to them. After that, K-Rad picked up percussion in elementary school for a mandated music class. Aside from that, K-Rad would start to meet fellow musicians who inspired them to learn other instruments such as guitar, bass and, most importantly, rapping. Rapping was not something that came easily to K-Rad, but the rhythm, flow and cleverness of their favorite rappers inspired them to