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Nickless – Stay Tuned *Video*

May 12, 2011 By Ashley Nuñez Leave a Comment

Check out this video from NY based rapper Nickless. Stay Tuned is his first video which was shot by ‘Mystyle’ Matthew Sneh.

YNY’s article One Man One Way One Destiny on Nickless excerpt:

When you have a name that means “Victorious People” a desire to change the world with your music is definitely within your reach. Born in the Bay area of California, Nickless lost his father to HIV at an early age. He was then raised in a feminist household by a single mother while living in a predominately Black Panther neighborhood. Living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, for the last three years Nickless has taken his dreams from California and turned them into a career in New York. “There’s the hippie revolutionary part of me then there’s the New York side of me that’s like money, money, money, money, hustle, hustle.” …[Read More]…

Check out our full interview with Nickless here.

YNY’s Interview with Nickless

January 5, 2011 By Ashley Nuñez 2 Comments

Nickless isn’t a regular name, where did it come from?

My birth name is Nicholas. I just like the concept of [Nickless and] keeping it simple. Like less is more. I try to live like that. My birth name means like victorious people and I just like that and I wanted to keep that.

And when did you start making music?

I started when I was eight. It was actually like a movie project. I was rapping about like ninjas are trying to kill me.  High school and after high school was when I really got into rapping. I was doing like mixtapes and stuff like that. I was with an independent label over there in California that wasn’t really pushing my music. So I moved over to New York…and I just started pounding the pavement.

How would you categorize your music?

My album is called Tellavision but its Tell.a.vision. And basically the first track is called “Sneak Preview.” So it talks about like: One Man, One Way, One Destiny. I got tracks that are about bullshit just like let’s kick it and have a good time but there’s always an underlying message about positivity. It’s storytelling. It’s a lost art like Biggie, Tupac, [and] Slick Rick.

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Nickless: One Man. One Way. One Destiny.

January 5, 2011 By Ashley Nuñez 1 Comment

When you have a name that means “Victorious People” a desire to change the world with your music is definitely within your reach. Adapting a rap name similar to his birth name Nicholas, his stage name Nickless still embodies its powerful meaning. Rapping about ninjas trying to kill him, at eight years old Nickless knew two things: (i) someday he would be a rapper and (ii) he would someday live in New York.

Born in the Bay area of California, Nickless lost his father to HIV at an early age. He was then raised in a feminist household by a single mother while living in a predominately Black Panther neighborhood. “Being homeless I got to witness how hopeless people were. I learned to never play the victim. Being locked up, I was around nothing but the most macho dudes…it was a good chance for me to see how guys are. Being raised by a feminist is completely different. I knew about sexism since I was two.”

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