Growing up watching his oldest brother make a living off of music, Pryslezz knew there was something special about earning revenue through sound.
“Music found its way into my life through my oldest brother,” the 24-year-old, who studied English literature at the University of Cincinnati says. “I would kind of watch him do his thing and I kind of admired it – the energy he’d put out, the way he loved it. It made me feel like, ‘I want to see what that’s like. I want that feeling!’”
In 2003, the young MC and producer put out A Search 4 Peace- A Testimony and the more exclusive, Silent Sins: The Demons I Keep. It was the latter that caught the attention of San Diego Chargers wide receiver Chris Chambers. Chambers, who was playing for the Miami Dolphins at the time, decided to invest in Pryslezz and together, they founded King Ape Entertainment.
Named after his out-the-box b-boy skills, the self- proclaimed Busta Rhymes fanatic has succeeded at showcasing his personality through his music. On his latest effort, Death of a Man, Birth of a King, Pryslezz easily flips from being an animated MC on “Sideways” to a sensual seducer on the Dwele-assisted “More Than a Love.”
“I believe what makes people gravitate towards my music is the fact that it’s fresh – it’s a different sound, something they haven’t heard before,” he says of his latest work. “All of the different parts of me are what’s applied in my music and [the listeners] have picked up on that.”
He says that his creativity will never be left untapped.
“Even if I wasn’t writing music for someone or I couldn’t perform the music myself, I’d still be writing,” he says. ‘I’d still be creative with the pen and the pad, painting pictures for me people to see and documenting my reality.” –gavin philip godfrey
For more information check out, www.myspace.com/pryslezz or www.kingapeent.com
