Me — Hive

Here I am. Baby Katana. I was always super shy. Honestly, I never thought what I said mattered. Most of my young life I was taught to keep secrets. I never thought that mentality would be something I'd have to, one day, outgrow.

By high school I was in love with music and poetry. I took classical piano lessons and spent endless hours writing songs and poetry. Truth it, most of my fri ends never knew. The only thing I was known for was dancing in the Pep Squad (Hip Hop dance group) I High school. I always felt like revealing my talents would leave me open to criticism that my fragile teenage ego couldn't bare.

Later, I learned that shyness was social anxiety disorder and would later make it difficult for me to leave the house. It kind of clashed with my ability to rap, sing and create music so I worked as a security guard and went to school for a few different things. Nothing stuck until I started performing. It's weird how I can be a nervous wreck up until I hit the stage. No matter how calm I appear, inside is a riot. I call it the Michael Jackson syndrome. I used to drink before I performed to shake out my nerves but it ended up costing me a couple DWIs and nearly my life. Now I just smoke a lotta really good weed 😊 and I'm living my dream performing, producing and audio engineering other artists.