Exlusive One On One Interview With Rising Bronx Artist; Kidant

Kidant; “Brooklyn, New York.

Q.) What is your name/stage name?

A.) “Stage name is Kidant(K.M.S). The KMS stands for

“Killing my sober.” and my original name is “Anthony Beltran”.

Q.) Where are you from?

A.) “Originated from Harlem NY but I moved to Brooklyn a year ago. I’ve been a New York Kid since birth.”

Q.) What do you do?

A.) “I usually do what’s giving to me on the table but i play instruments such as the Guitar, Piano and i sing and also Write raps but outside of the music world i also just read books, learn something new or old and just skate but I’m an artist just trying to paint the canvas with a brighter picture.”

Q.) How long have you been making music?

A.) “Started around the age of 16 Years old just writing some raps and kept improving on writing since today so I spent 7 years doing music.”

Q.) Who’s your biggest inspiration?

A.) “I have a lot of artist Inspirations but i would have to say my biggest role model is Earl Sweatshirt. I ‘ve been listening to him since i was young and his music guided me through hurdles to achieve where i wanted to be today so If it wasn’t for Earl I wouldn’t never been rapping today.”

Q.) What genre of music do you create?

A.) “I usually do Abstract rap but me and my group of friends have a specific set of tastes when it comes down to making music. Meaning one person will have Trap, one would have rock and one will have blues, my objective is to fuse hip hop but also experiment on different genres so we can give the listener a combining soundwave.”

Q.) What was it like working with (collabs?)

A.) “I Haven’t work with any collabs yet.”

Q.) What are some features you have?

A.) ”I don’t have any features for right now.”

Q.) What are some features you want to get?

A.) ”Truthfully speaking whoever wants to work with me or I have to work with another artist lets go for it, in the end it’s just the love for music.”

Q.) Who’s one person, dead or alive, that you’d want to work with?

A.) “I have a handful of people I would love to work with but if I had to choose one, I would say “Capital Steez”. Capital steez introduces me to become aware of the world and helps me improve on my writing abilities.”

Q.) Are you signed to a label?

A.) ”At the moment no.”

Q.) Do you want a record deal, a distribution deal, or none?

A.) “Both would sound nice, but I always believe in hard work, so a record deal would rather be in my interests.”

Q.) Who are your biggest supporters?

A.) “Outside of my fans across social media, just my family and friends are my only close supporters through this journey.”

Q.) Where did your name come from?

A.) ”Kidant I inherited when I was 16 years old. The name was given just to become a stage name but now I found the meaning of the stage name. Kidant is a person who is the voice of voiceless and is an entrepreneur for upcoming people who goes down a narrow road of darkness, so the objective is to bring joy and uplift peoples energy distracting them from what America hands and blinds us with called the American Dream.”

Q.) What are you currently working on?

A.) ”As for right now I’m currently working on an Ep called “Eyes on me”.

Q.) What is your latest release?

A.) “My latest release was a single called “W.O.W.“ (Words of Wisdom).

Q.) When is your next release?

A.) ”My next release is another single called “Congratulations”.