Hey Everyone, Here is the Before/After assignment for Day 5: BEFORE: His reality is a result of what he believes. He’s never been taught to recognize his gifts, let alone use them. So, they lie, asleep; wasted. He feels there’s more inside of him, but the struggle of smiling through grief has him misaligned with his purpose. AFTER: Hearing the record, connects him to remembrance –remembering he is gifted. Buried deep inside, away from the world, away from him even, lie a well of ideas and inspiration that will change the world for the better. The music gives him the courage to remember and use his creative gifts. He finally begins his path of purpose. Tagging @Tiffany Gaines for credit/proof.

Hey Everyone, Here is an updated version of my day 4 assignment: You’ve suppressed grief to the point you’ve forgotten you’re gifted; sometimes the residue of who you really are seeps through the numbness. My music captures those moments so young men can learn to remember who they are. Tagging @Tiffany Gaines for credit/proof.

In case anyone wanted to hear my music and my real voice , BEFORE AI 🙏 https://youtu.be/czwWTZFPKfg?is=mfzP-gP24YdAuFdv

For years, I thought opportunities were something I was supposed to be grateful for, even when they came at my expense. One of the clearest examples was a 13-city tour where I was the only artist headlining the entire run. My label paid THOUSANDS of dollars for me to be there, the person traveling with me wasn’t paid either, and I was told the exposure alone justified the cost. Looking back, I realize how BACKWARDS that was. I brought years of training, DECADES of experience, countless hours of preparation, and a performance I had spent my entire life developing. I gained fans. I gained confidence. I gained experience. But none of those things change the fact that the value I created deserved to be VALUED! The lesson wasn’t that the tour wasn’t meaningful. The lesson was that MEANINGFUL and VALUEABLE were both true at the same time. And BOTH MATTER!!!! My Permission Statement What I create comes from a lifetime of becoming. It comes from stages I’ve stood on since I was three years old. It comes from experiences I’ve survived. It comes from questions I’ve spent years asking. It comes from truths I’ve had the courage to face and share. That cost something. It cost time. It cost discipline. It cost failure. It cost vulnerability . It cost the willingness to keep showing up when nobody was watching. That’s not free. I’m allowed to be paid for the value I create. I’m allowed to set a price without shrinking it. I’m allowed to receive compensation without attaching guilt to it. I’m allowed to stop confusing exposure with opportunity. The people who support my work are not doing me a favor. They are recognizing something that was already true. My work has value. My voice has value. My perspective has value. And I’m done treating those things like they don’t. — Sirap the Hybrid

Hey Everyone, Here is an updated version of my positioning statement: I make Rap for the young man who’s been taught grieving loss is weakness, as a form of survival, while he and the ones who taught him fight to survive, so that he can stop pretending like he’s okay. @Tiffany Gaines, thank you for your feeback on the live earlier.