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By realhiphop
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Up until I was 9 years old, I would intermittently hear a voice in my head that was not my own. The voice was distinctly different to mine, and always negative. It would self criticise or urge me to do things I knew to be morally wrong. The most peculiar thing about the voice was that it took no effort on my behalf to produce. My own thoughts always felt like there was a process that required effort to bring them to the forefront of my mind, this voice appeared as though it was spoken by another. The sentences felt predetermined like they had already been constructed.

I remember very vividly at 9 years old, becoming very frustrated with the voice. I stood in my back yard, internally screaming at the voice to be silent again and again, and it did. In a flash there was silence, to the point where my head felt like an empty room. I wasn't used to the quiet and that voice never returned. It almost felt lonely in my head.

When I got older I had intermittent bouts with auditory hallucinations where I would hear perfect symphonies, usually at night when drifting off to sleep. They were so clear that they sounded like they were emanating from a radio in the corner of my room. I knew they weren't there, but for some reason they never came with the feeling of fear. I also recall sitting on a bus at the age of 15, and hearing the sound of a crowded room, with about 100 voices chattering away, I was the only person apart from the driver on the bus.

These experiences were always very brief, and few and far between.

My last hallucination was during an intense bout of psychosis in 2015, and was my first visual hallucination. I was walking down a pavement after jumping out my mums car in a crossroads in a moment of frustration and distress with my condition. I was trying to run from myself. What appeared to be a homeless man with a dark complexion approached me, and asked me what was wrong. I explained that I had been sick most my life, and I wasn't sure I had the strength to continue. He looked at me, and smiled and told me 'everything is going to be okay in the end Ren.' I had not told him my name. There was something so overpoweringly sincere about this simple message, which brought with it an overwhelming feeling of inner peace, and in a flash, he vanished.

My rational brain always linked these experiences to what the doctors have told me, that there are parts of my brain compromised by the autoimmunity in my body. That the myelin sheaths surrounding the complex electrical system that conduct my thoughts were damaged and compromised, causing these lucid experiences that I knew did not exist inside the physical world.

The part of me that edges away from logical and rational thought always attributed these thoughts to some kind of otherworldly intervention, that made my thoughts the battleground of some spiritual tug of war.

For a long time I never really acknowledged this part of myself, for with it brought the danger and stigma of sounding like a crazy person.

I decided with my latest release, to the best of my ability, to capture and express this chess match of thought.

Hi Ren comes out in just over 24 hours.

I can't wait for you all to hear it.

"Hi Ren" keeps growing, reaching #18 in trending music videos in the UK, with over 5M listens in the first week alone.

Check it out below and follow Ren on social media for his latest releases.

Connect:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq3VcwPGseErHUa0-xLInQ
https://www.instagram.com/renmakesmusic/
https://www.tiktok.com/@renmakesmusic
https://www.facebook.com/renmakesmusic
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ren/1410768470
https://twitter.com/renmakesmusic
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Repe2EiNjaFAFIukrroUM
https://www.renmakesmusic.com/

By realhiphop
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55th and Michigan’s Garfield area by way of Rich Girl Kayy aka Kay Moneyy, Meets Ida B Wells housing project descendant Kay Rich. The Chicago birthed duo “THEE RICH GIRLS” statistically expected to experience nothing but poverty and a dim future if not an early demise has set out to do the exact opposite dropping not only the unexpected single High Fashion Girl (From Da Hood) but also on top of that, having a whole cosmetic line named after them. Believe it or not, this is partly their grandmothers doing as a part of her genuine effort to save her grandchildren from their existing street lifestyle. Its one thing to be in a less than favorable environment and its another thing to be involved in it. From hearing about the loss of their friends to gun violence to Kay Moneyy singing at the funeral of lost friends and that same funeral being shot up. “I am desperate to help them find another way”- Kelli Rich (Grandmother). Showing interest in Music primarily along with fashion and makeup, a light bulb went off. The girls teamed up with Kelli Rich & Jamie Principle to produce what would be the girls first recorded single.

Excited about the outcome, they would then team up with iKan Creations for what would turn out to be an epic visual for their new song HIGH FASHION GIRL (from da hood). In the video the girls made it a point to display their high fashion dress code, natural street edge and make up capabilities. “We are high fashion girls with a rich mind set but don’t get it twisted, we are not there yet but we do get to the money and we are hungry, I mean hell everyday in Chicago feels like survival mode and all I know is to do what ever it takes”- Rich Girl Kayy. “Tt was hard to imagine outside of Chicago until going one day but that was just to visit somewhere now I am trying to imagine what it would be like to actually make it out”- Kay Rich The hustling cousins are now also committed to the grind musically and cosmetically by any means necessary. Rap music is in for a treat following this duo. For the love of hip hop in a day and age where as long as its hot then you will have a audience and these girls the the talent that delivers.

Connect:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theerichgirlsmusic/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6tgEcY2LB4

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theerichgirlsmusic/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/richgirlsmusic

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theerichgirlsmusic

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2lfe6474Hc0jZqtxfJGAEp?si=445f3f6f925d49eb