‘I was never encouraged to pursue my dreams I had to grab
them myself’ says the North West London musician, Sam Khan who has had the
pleasure of performing at some of the UK biggest urban platforms including
JumpOff, The Sunday Show and ILuvLive when he’s not watching
stand up comedy or watching contestants get fired The Apprentice. Not only has
he received over 2 million Youtube hits, but he has also immense support
from BBC Radio 1, Kiss 100 and BBC 1xtra for his latest EP 'So Many Dreams'.
I thought I’d catch up Sam Khan himself to find out, where
it started his sacrifices and ambitions.
Like many musician, he recognised his talent for music from a
young age, in his case, 8 years old. Sam loved writing poems, so he began
working on verses and creating structures which allowed him to develop songs. ‘I
enjoyed doing, it was how I dealt with a lot of things growing up. Writing was always therapeutic for me, which
is why called my first CD 'Me, My Pen and I'. I bought music
equipment, built a home studio and the rest as they say is history!’
‘My ambitions motivate me as an artist. I want the world to
hear my music and my story, I want to make other young people believe they
can strive for success regardless of
their circumstances and that’s one of the
ideals of our brand 'B Somebody'. I've been through rough times but always maintain a positive attitude
towards life. I believe I've
overcome problems, so I always aim to bring that message through in my music.
When people tell me they can relate to my words and feel they are not alone,
that gives me a great motivational feeling too.’
Although he;s performed at big industry events like
ILuvLive, The Sunday Show, Astoria, JumpOff and other big festivals, he would say the the best place he's performed at would be 'at a high school for teenagers' aged
12 – 16 during their assemblies.' He explains 'I got a massive reaction, I told the kids to strive for whatever they believed
in and because this is an issue close to my heart. As a kid I was never
encouraged to pursue my dreams I had to grab them myself. ‘
‘I feel like I have a chance to help others who are in the
same position I was. B Somebody is not just about music, its about inspiring people to positively
believe they can do or be anything, and
so being able to make a difference to young peoples outlook on life is the best feeling for me.’
His influences include the likes of 2pac, who he refers to
as an ‘early inspiration’. Kanye West he says’ I loved The College Dropout’. J Cole
as he’s ‘feeling a lot of his tracks’ as well as other singers and songwriters and
Lowkey, he says ‘I rate highly out the UK coz he
has strong morals and is mad lyrical at the same time’ Overall his biggest
inspiration is ‘life itself’ and the things he experiences.
He would say that is biggest sacrifice has been ‘spending
time on things other than music’ such as
more time socialising, reading, or just relaxing but he’s continued to work on prioritizing
the different aspects of his life. ‘Because I’m an independent artist I can’t
rely on other people to get me airplay and gigs, making tracks isn’t enough. I
have to spend time making sure the music is heard, and this means I have to
sacrifice other fun things I could be doing, but its all to achieve the end
goal so its all good! Making a sacrifice
to make sure the music pushes forward will only serve to benefit my career in
the long run’.
He believes that in the current UK
In the future we can expect ‘a lot more tracks, music videos
and performances, so watch out for all the new material’
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