Happy National Poetry Month! Welcome to Things to Keep in Mind! On this episode author/poet/rapper/podcaster Kendell Malik joins A.E. to discuss his debut poetry book My Poetry Decoded: Book 1. Throughout the podcast Kendell break's down all of the poems in his poetry book what they mean and why he wanted to included them in Book 1. He also shares vivid stories about what influenced him to write each poem. This season is all about taking a leap of faith so Kendell provides his thoughts on the best way to go about following your dreams. Also make sure you go follow Kendell on IG & Twitter to stay update with what he has going on; IG: @kendellmalikofficial https://www.instagram.com/kendellmalikofficial/ and Twitter: @_KendellMalik  https://twitter.com/_KendellMalik if you would like to contact him directly about his book, music, podcast or give him feedback email him at: [email protected]. Also check out Kendell's book available on Amazon now https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R6PFT5B/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_2Ms8Fb3BXRCN1 and his podcast Good Music and Conversation: https://anchor.fm/gmcpodcast . I hope you enjoy our conversation and his book! 

Welcome to Things to Keep in Mind! On this episode rapper/producer Cheeky Banter joins A.E. to discuss his album Innocent Eyes See More. Cheeky talks about how he got started producing and what lead him to take a leap of faith and become an artist and start engineering. He also opens up about his faith and what he believes. You can check out Cheeky's music here: https://linktr.ee/Cheeky_Banter . Also make sure to go follow Cheeky on IG to stay update with what he has going on:  @c.banter_ https://www.instagram.com/c.banter_/ and if you would like to contact him directly about music or give him feedback email him at: [email protected] . I hope you enjoy our conversation and his music!

Welcome to Things to Keep in Mind! On this episode musician/author Henok Malede joins A.E. to discuss how he self taught himself how to play the guitar and the piano. He also talks about putting out his first book in 2018 entitled The Sun is Rising and what made him take a leap of faith in pursing his goals of playing the guitar and piano and releasing a book which was really just keeping at it and realizing he could do it as long as he put the work into it. You can check out Henok's book and music here: The Sun is Rising https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Rising-Henok-Leake-Malede/dp/1984168258 and Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/henok-malede-33507581 . Also make sure to go follow Henok on IG and twitter to stay update with what he has going on: @henok_lovetruth https://www.instagram.com/henok_lovetruth/  and  @maledehenok https://twitter.com/MaledeHenokand if you would like to contact him directly about music or give him feedback email him at: [email protected] . I hope you enjoy our conversation, music and book!

Welcome to Things to Keep in Mind! On this episode singer Khalil The Official joins A.E. to discuss his projects Purple Heart & Khalimunati. He also talks about how he got started doing music, school during the pandemic, and motivates all the dreamers and creatives out there to take a leap of faith and just do what you really been wanting to do. You can check out Khalil's music here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGv6mQDdclO4FJzUKdB50A and check out his new music video for  his song Radio here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_l5zJaQf0&feature=youtu.be . Also make sure to go follow Khalil on IG to stay update with what he has going on:  @khaliltheofficial https://www.instagram.com/khaliltheofficial/ and if you would like to contact him directly about music or give him feedback email him at: [email protected] . I hope you enjoy our conversation and his music!

Welcome to Things to Keep in Mind! On this episode Victor Rashad joins A.E. to make a special announcement. As well as discuss taking a leap of faith and embracing the unknown by leaning into your faith and believing in yourself instead of letting the fear of something not working out hold you back. Throughout the show a few of Vic's unreleased songs are played to listen to his other music click this link here: https://linktr.ee/victorrashad and click here to listen to our new single Love: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/aecharlesvictorrashadandcheekybanter/love . Also make sure to go follow Vic's on IG and Twitter to stay update with what he has going on:  @victorrashad https://www.instagram.com/victorrashad/ and @VicRashad https://twitter.com/VloggingRapper and if you would like to contact him directly about music or give him feedback email him at: [email protected]. I hope you enjoy our conversation and his music!