THE
PROTAGONIST
THE
PROTAGONIST
THE
PROTAGONIST
For a moment,
I was a star.
For a moment,
I was a star.
For a moment,
I was a star.
It was 2018, and I was performing live at the Heat Arena. My new single, Dominoes, had just dropped, and I was nearly finished with my new album. I had just quit my job to go all in on music.
It was 2018, and I was performing live at the Heat Arena. My new single, Dominoes, had just dropped, and I was nearly finished with my new album. I had just quit my job to go all in on music.
Then… everything changed.
Then… everything changed.
Then… everything changed.
I’d already given four years to a university that sold me a dream and I couldn’t get any more studio time through the school. I had to get a job again to pay for my music career, once again I was trapped in a job and I was just another number.
I’d already given four years to a university that sold me a dream and I couldn’t get any more studio time through the school. I had to get a job to pay for music, once again I was trapped in a job and I was just another number.
Then, right before my album dropped, I met her… the woman who would change the trajectory of everything I had worked for my whole life.
Then, right before my album dropped, I met her… the woman who would change the trajectory of everything I had worked for my whole life.
Around that same time, I was involved in two vicious car accidents that left both cars totaled. It felt like everything I had built was beginning to fall apart.
Around that same time, I was involved in two vicious car accidents that left both cars totaled. It felt like everything I had built was beginning to fall apart.
What followed was a five-year marriage that ended in the deepest betrayal of my life. And the two kids I raised as my own were gone.
What followed was a five-year marriage that ended in the deepest betrayal of my life. And the two kids I raised as my own were gone.
I lost nearly everything I had worked for. I was drowning in debt with nothing to hold onto except the dreams I’d been chasing since I was a kid.
I lost nearly everything I had worked for. I was drowning in debt with nothing to hold onto except the dreams I’d been chasing since I was a kid.
Being the person that I am.
Being the person that I am.
Being the person that I am.
I refused to stay defeated.
I refused to stay defeated.
I refused to stay defeated.
I began working on a new album.
I began working on a new album.
That album turned into two.
That album turned into two.
Then three.
Then three.