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A new series from 7King, as he writes about being on tour with one of the fastest rising stars in music, B.o.B….

Dear Life,

So I’ve been on the road with one of Hip Hop’s brightest young stars (B.o.B) for over a year and its been an amazing journey. From driving 17 hours to Austin TX last march for SXSW and obliterating the competition to now, its been like night and day. This tour in particular has been a real blessing. First and foremost, much thanks to Lupe for bringing us. He has been like an older brother to Bob and it extends to the rest of our crew. It is rare for a headliner to give 2 shits about the openers but he always makes sure we have our proper soundchecks, chills with us after shows, and over all just a really humble guy. Oh, did i mention he has one of the top 5 live shows ive ever seen?? REAL TALK……. Ever watched and artist perform and gotten the feeling that you were seeing into his soul?? That is what happens when you watch Lupe. This is gonna be an amazing month in all of our lives. I will have more updates as I find time laying around somewhere in this busy schedule. But all is well so far, been totally KILLING the shows. Especially in NY where we had 3 shows in 3 nights (a couple kids from the third show, who were waiting in line outside 3 hrs before doors, informed us that they had been to all 3 shows just to see us). The coolest part so far was comparing the third show at S.O.B’s Night Club in Lower Manhattan to a show we did there back in September. Simply put: prior to a #2 single (last september) it was a decent show with a decent crowd. Post #2 single (two nights ago) it was a COMPLETELY packed out venue with NY Times, Billboard.com, and MTV all filming; Jay Electronica, KRS-ONE, Tony Yayo, all present and an amazing energy filling the room.

Well off to soundcheck for this show in DC and then on to some other city….. your guess is as good as mine to which city………. Life on the Road…..

7King

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