Thaartist Kali

Recording artist/song writer/ actor/model

Born in Cleveland & raised in Southern California, Thaartist Kali is a passionate and committed music professional, with the talent and drive to succeed. Growing up amongst the vibrant and diverse music scene from Cleveland, OH to the gang culture in Southern California.
Thaartist Kali begin writing music as early as 12 yrs old, converting poetry into songs similar to that of his role model and rap artist Tupac Shakur. In 2008 Kali was involved in an online battle site Hosted by Spike Lee called Goldmic dot com where he went on to become the number one audio battle champion using pure recorded freestyle against his opponents.
In 2017 Kali was signed to a distribution deal with PimpOn Ent. /RMM in affiliation with Snoop Dogs Tha Return to Doggystyle Records. While signed under the distribution umbrella, Thaartist Kali rocked the stage with the Luniz, Mo Thugs and several other major recording artist making a local name for himself locally and various other places in Washington state.
Thaartist Kali went on to win currently 46 awards & 15 nominations for the soundtrack of the movie The Alliance and The Alliance 2 The Hunt for Breeze directed by Robert L. Butler Jr. In which he also made an appearance making his first movie debut in both films. Thaartist Kali went on to appear in a role in the movie SD directed by Aaron Fokus and the movie Mr. Bleachers as Thug Barber, a film directed by Tim Carpenter and brought to us by Mighty Tripod Productions out of Seattle, WA.
Thaartist Kali has Several other movies in the works, along with the series on the Horrorverse directed by Arron Carlson have been in the works and we’re waiting to see what’s next for the Actor, songwriter and musical artist.
Currently I’m working on the music for a couple of other movies projects That due to NDA agreements I can’t disclose at the moment.
However Kali is working with a new team of people and have a huge performance June 9th on the Fort Lewis military base. That’s a big milestone for an artist.

BEHIND THE MUSIC OF THAARTIST KALI

Thaartist Kali is currently working on another movie soundtrack called Granite Falls directed by Andrew Modeen, a long with a theme song for the series HighLander. Juggling careers, Thaartist Kali is in the process of writing a book titled “Blood in my Eyes” (self written biography) and a screen play entitled “The Greatest Fight” (Fiction).
Thaartist has made it clear that he is working to create more commercial music and is passionate about working on a youth outreach program to share his experiences.

Question 1. I lived with my father for an early part of my life, unlike most children of single homes who stay with the mothers. There Was a lot of both and forth between homes and I was like a sponge soaking up things from both homes. My father was a dancer out of Cleveland, Ohio and pursued a dancing career on Soul Train, but unfortunately for him while dancing on roller skates he fell and hurt himself. It was initially my father’s love for dancing that led me to take to Michael Jackson. My childhood was me mimicking MJ’s foot work. Hip hop and breaking dancing was on the rise and the youth in my neighborhood gravitated towards hip hop. It wasn’t long before I was introduced into another world that I was hungry to learn.

Question 2. I learned I had a musical talent after I had wrote my first song and performed it on camera at the skate park in San Diego California. Some guys were recording and all these people started coming over to hear me. It was such a rush to have that many people to enjoy what I had created for the first time. I moved with my mother to California at 11yrs old and wrote my first song at fifteen.

Question 3. My most impactful collaboration has been with Director and Writer Robert L. Butler Jr. who gave me a small role in his movie. We connected on set and I offered to pitch some music for his movie. He loved what I did and asked me to write some scene music. I went into my studio and put together five dope tracks and the director loved them. The rest is history in the making. I’ve now worked with him on two movies and even performed at his most recent movie premiere. My most recent collaboration has been with another rising young star JJ Hudson. We’re working on a song that may go to college radio.

Question 4. I’ve taken my music and have been involved in fundraising for community events. One of my favorite events is the Battle of the Barbers hosted by Herbert Burnett. It’s a really great community event for the kids to come out and get free hair cuts and make connections with the Barber school instructors.

Question 5. My biggest accomplish to this date would be with my acting. It was an undiscovered talent that I never knew I had. It happened on the Tim Carpenter movie set. While I was acting there was a cast member on set yelling “Oh he in here getting his Will Smith on today!” That was one of the best days I’ve had while filming and I’ve taken acting classes with The Mighty Tripod Productions Studio in Seattle since that first day on set.

Question 6. My long term goal is getting a writing deal or a publishing deal for my writing. I’ve been working on a lot of commercial music. I’m also looking forward to working on bigger movies as a actor and eventually crossing over from rapper to great actor as many before have done.

Question 7. If I could change one thing about the industry it would be making the information for independent artist more available. No one person has the full recipe and no one’s really giving out free game. It could be this complicated to flush out the artist who aren’t hungry enough to keep going.

Question 8. My top three songs have been; “How Do You Want It” produced by DopeBoyz Muzic, “Father Forgive Us” By the same producers, and a song called “Dynamite” those are ones that normally get the party started and gets the crowd really going.

Question 9. My biggest inspiration has been Tupac Shakur because I related to not only his music but his lifestyle. Even though he passed at 26 yrs old he was a very talented artist. He’s crossed over and was a very good actor as well. His career was bit short but it was him that ignited a fire in me to write music. I danced because of Michael Jackson.

Question 10. I love the variety of culture that’s here in the Pacific Northwest. There is food and good people perks and plenty of green to hike or go camping in. The air is fresh and I enjoy being near the water.

Question 11. Some of my other interests are based around comedy. I love watching stand up’s and other funny movies but I also love to tell a good joke or act out something from a movie. My mother always said if I don’t make it on music I should’ve been a comedian