Ka (rapper)
American rapper
Kaseem Ryan (August 11, 1972 – October 12, 2024), better known by his stage name Ka, was an American rapper, producer, and firefighter from Brooklyn, New York City. His solo work achieved critical acclaim, and he was often noted for his focused concept albums, skilled lyricism, and hushed vocal delivery.
Early years
Kaseem Ryan was born on August 11, 1972, in New York City and grew up in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. He initially developed an interest in hip hop as a child in the late 1970s; in an interview with Vice, he estimated that he began rapping around the age of eight.
Listening to Slick Rick inspired Ryan to pursue rap as a career. He has noted in interviews that his Ryan stated that his earliest recorded song, named "Clown Ass Niggas," dates back to 1989 or 1990, which he worked on at a friend's studio. In 2012, Ryan described --in typically lyrical fashion-- that the song "was horrible, but you couldn’t tell me that at the time. I played it over and over. I played it for my little sister and she was reciting the words, it was beautiful. I played it enough to the point of tricking myself into thinking that flow was aight, but it was horrible".
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