Meet Finessin Ant | Artist/Rapper

We had the good fortune of connecting with Finessin Ant and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Finessin, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
Well My Thought Process Behind Starting My Own Label Was Really Off Seeing Some Of My Favorite Mainstream Artists Who Was In The Game Having There Own Label And I Felt Like With The Success I Was Having In Music Why Not Spread The Love To New Underground Artist Who Wasn’t Being Heard Yet Doing Things Like That Makes You Feel Good Because Knowing Like An Artist Like Myself Came In The Game And Didn’t Have All The Resources & Had To Learn As I Went Made Some Mistakes On The Way But Learned A Lot Also & That’s What Really Made Me Feel Like I Could Start My Own Business Label Because Giving Other Artists The Tools To Success Felt Like Something God Gift Me To Do

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
There’s A Lot Of Things That Set Me Apart As An Artist From The Others & That’s Not To Disrespect Anybody Its Just I Have A Huge Body Of Work When It Comes To Music I’ve Done So Much Threw Out The Years When Its Comes To Music That Like Today’s Artists Would Never Probably Do Because Everybody Make Microwave Music & That’s Meaning People Just Say Anything On A Song And Release It Without Even Putting Real Attention To Detail With The Music To Make The The Money Off It Not Saying Im The Best At It But I’m Still One Of Them Ones Doing It

Some Of The Things I’m Proud About Is The Amount Of Streams I Have Been Able To Gain With My Music I’m Talking Albums Doing Over 150,000+ I’ll Literally Drop One Song And Do Over 50,000 Streams And As A Independent Artist That’s Great In My Eyes Plus The Money I Made Behind That Is Crazy Because I Remember Times I Wasn’t Get Paid For Anything I Released I’m Very Proud About Some Of The Relationships I Was Able To Build In The Music Game Was Able To Build With A Lot Of Artists In My City & Other States As We’ll Did So Many Features With Some Upcoming Artists Plus So Much More That’s Coming Soon One Of Things I’m Most Proud About Is I Found My Identity When Doing This I Feel Like When I make My Music I Know Exactly My Voice I Know That My City Know My Voice But I Have So Many Different Tempos When I Do Music But The Main Part I’m Not Trying To Sound Like Anybody And I Think As When Artist Begin There Upbringing In Music They Kinda Get Caught Up On Who They Should Be Instead Of Just Relaxing & Being Themselves

Was It Easy Coming Up I’m Going To Say No Because Nothing Comes Easy Especially In The Music Game Because Things Constantly Change & You Have To Adjust Or Get Left Behind So For The 7 Years I Been Doing This I Can Honestly Say Its Been Highs & Lows But In a Competitive Way And That’s How I Look At It Because I Once Thought I Was In The Door Especially Urban Wise But Then Just Like I Said Things Constantly Change New People Come Out Daily New Styles All That So People Just Go With Whats Poppin And You Have To Respect That Its Either You Go Back Out There And Find The Pop You Once Had Or You Get Out The Way And Find Something Better To Do Because The Fans Aint Waiting All Day For You To Stay Consistent

Some Of The Lessons I Learned Along The Way Is Just Be Smart & Learn Fast Because What You Think Is The Right Move May Not Be I Spent a Lot Of Money Invested In Myself Made Some Bad Investments Paid The Wrong People Some Actually Help And Then You Had Those That Ran Off Never Heard From Them Again And That’s Just How It Go But Just Learn Fast Is My Best Advice And Stay Consistent $ Build Real Relationships Because Its Gone Last Longer Over The Money Because If A Person Just Doing Something For You Because Its Money Involved In Yall Dont Have No Personal Relationship At All Then 9 Times Outta 10 The Production Isn’t Going To Be Its Best But Its Gone Get Done Rather If It Was A Relationship Type Bond It Would Get Done & Would Be At Its Up Most Highest Best Because The Person Respect What You Bring To The Table

I Honestly Just Want The World To Know That If You Ever Think About Coming Into The Music Game And Going Fully Independent Just Be Ready To Fully Dedicate Yourself To Invested Into Yourself And You Can’t be Scared To Spend Money Because Chances Dont Wait

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
This May Sound Crazy But I’m A Big #UberEats person I don’t really go out much or eat out maybe bout 5 years ago yeah but I’m still looking for good restaurants myself to mess around with I Can Name Probably one Spot In The flats I recently went to like a year ago called “Anejo” had some of the best shrimp quesadilla I ever had so go check them out if you in the city

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
All My Artist On My Label Deserve Recognition In Some Of The Artist In My City Do As Well

Website: https://Www.thefinessers.com

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