KINGSTREE, SC -- G Check has a vision for his music. The rapper writes about real-life experiences with a spiritual essence—using music-making as both a therapy and a calling he aims at turning into a hard-working career that will positively inspire others.

“They call it poetic but it’s almost prophetic to actually be able to spit something in whatever current time,” says G Check. “And then make sure that the frequency you put out when you touch other people no matter what time you’re listening to it and expressing emotion to correct something and don’t destroy more.”

Born and raised in Kingstree, SC., G Check, also known as Keem Reed, Reed grew up playing basketball and listening to his step-father drumming at church. Recognizing music as his passion, and combining that with his sports drive, G Check believes that it led to his current songwriting process that is both freestyle and emotionally metaphorical. Keem’s latest record release, H.A.R.D, is his most vulnerable work that was inspired by mourning and self-reflection after the loss of his son during the album’s production as heard in his single “Flowers”

“Even if you are telling the worst story in the world, tell the best part of it so people can get the good out of the shit and correct it. That’s what life is about, correcting your last move.” 

His most recent single “Full Court Pressure” from his next record M.O.M (Me On Me) talks about self-acceptance and growing into the person you want to be through loss and mistakes--using the basketball court as a metaphor for life’s pressures and reiterating his catch phrase “Oh, lord!” that he describes as a lyrical blessing referencing parts of his religious upbringing and his spirituality today--a “Third Eye Vision” the rapper’s term that describes the significance of  normalizing who one is beyond their jobs or status. 

 “I feel, like that Third Eye Vision, that more music should have that hard sound that life feels like, but still make a correction inside of it,” G Check explains. “‘Me On Me’ is like me realizing this started as me wanting to show people that I can rap again, and then it became some therapy and then it became a calling, something that I was always gifted to do, and that I wanna take this rough path to get to that place because I feel like I got what it takes.”

The rapper’s next move is releasing two feature EPs he recorded between albums, and has recently worked with musician and producer Lesette Wilson, who has previously worked with Jay-Z on his “Can’t Knock the Hustle” remix. G Check’s work ethic paves a path of his own, that provides positivity and inspiration reflected in his cadence and self-enlightening storytelling that will keep his vision going.

“If you listen to it it’ll change your mindset about things you’re going through because we’re all just regular people with different statuses.”

To listen to G Check’s music, or to follow him on social media, please visit the following links:

Instagram 
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lFEFqwkf0v0NM7KOQJsfpoMFVXn7v52Pc
https://www.facebook.com/keem.reed.503
https://www.snapchat.com/add/kardagainbodie5
https://soundcloud.com/hakeem-reed
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/keem-reed-aka-g-check/1482364410