Hip hop, Dual Careers, Quitting Your Day Job, and Making Your Own Way with Super Smack

<p>Super Smack is on a rapping, dancing, music-making journey to uplift and inspire anyone who has ever felt underrepresented. He writes thoughtful lyrics that reflect on his experiences and refers to his music as underdog pop.<br /> <br /> His career path has spanned everything from cyber security and project management to Broadway and recording and releasing hip hop albums.<br /> <br /> Inspired by an eclectic combination of K-Pop, Outkast and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Smack has created a unique sound style that he calls “A-Pop”: Asian, American, Arizonan. After releasing his debut EP “Neon Red" at SXSW in 2019, he went on to co-headline the CRAZY SWITCH ASIANS tour, performing in 16 cities in three weeks.<br /> <br /> In 2021 he released his follow up EP “Neon Blue” while also collaborating with fellow Phoenix rapper Mega Ran on the single “Black X Gold”, which was selected for Rolling Stone's Global Artist Spotlight. <br /> <br /> After living the past 10 years in New York City, Super Smack recently moved back to his original home city of Phoenix, Arizona. With his roots set in a new home, he has begun recording his debut full-length album, which releases later this year. </p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>In this episode you'll learn:</strong></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>What Super Smack does</li> <li>His relationship with music since childhood</li> <li>Being the younger sibling and finding his path</li> <li>The dual-career journey between tech space and music</li> <li>Boundaries and overlap between his two worlds</li> <li>How to integrate different parts of your life on social media?</li> <li>Finding the right vehicle to deliver your complex nature across</li> <li>Super Smack’s calling to contribute to a good cause</li> <li>Music as a more unique way to make a difference</li> <li>Super Smack’s creative process - producing and consuming</li> <li>Closing the first chapter of Super Smack for release</li> <li>His next release and future plans</li> <li>Some advice - you’re eit