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Artist
Prolif Kochise
3+ albums
real hip hophip hopunderground hip-hopintelligent hip hopConscious Hip Hop
about
Born in rural North Carolina in the late 70′s, Prolif Kochise’s background is as unique as his quasi soulful, but eclectic sound. He stood out as an “A” honor-roll student-athlete in high school while being a captain on the varsity basketball team. He went on to attend an engineering college, obtaining a BS in computer science before later picking up a Master’s degree in Sports Management. His wide array of education serves as a background to the intellectual perspectives he takes on a variety of topics from the moral decay in America, to the self-degradation of today’s youth, to the deterioration of the family, to political unrest, to usage of the infamous “n-word”, to his strong faith in Jesus Christ. Often quoted as shunning being boxed in to a genre, Prolif’s music straddles categorical lines of hip-hop, inspirational, conscious, spiritual, and easy listening. Reared in a single-parent home with an older brother, kochise was taught the values of humility, hard work, goal setting, family, self preservation, conserving resources for rainy days, and understanding one’s identity in the Lord. His passion for rhyming was birthed out of an early desire to write poetry. “It was something that came natural to me. I would love making my sentences rhyme in my English classes in grade-school, even when we didn’t have to,” he confesses. Eventually his love for the art blossomed into writing full length poems and later, verses. Not only a talented lyricist, but prolif solidifies his
