Deity Rap: The Conscious Artistry Beyond Convention Of SyKi The Mind

**PURGATORY, SiKE, heyyou, EVERYTHiNG: Commencing independence PURGATORY EP SyKi closed 2022 with 4 EPs which he worked on without his usual sound engineering aids, and his prone collaborators. SyKi worked on several lower quality songs than usual. Prioritizing greater creative control, creative freedom and more authority over the pace of his music's production.  At first SyKi worked on a 6-song extended play, titled "PURGATORY". Almost all songs on the EP were produced by Flapjack Davis who sampled segments of audio clips from SyKi's phone recorded acoustic songs which resulted in the project's instrumentals. PURGATORY became the project consisting of songs by SyKi, vocally delivered over instrumentals comprised of samples from his own songs. However, Flapjack's work on SyKi's vocals on the project lacked clarity and was not easily audible. The songs "Inhail" and "Luck" were received by supporters as favoured picks, the rea...

**2021: Local Popularity, FlyAss Ent., Flapjack, Sleepwalking EP** SyKi became the opening act at a youth driven variety show event at *The Don Mateman Hall, performing the spoken-word poem 'Deification', a lengthy lyrical piece which would go on to be used as an intro piece for his ANDiTGo album. Apparently this performance was unplanned and SyKi was a stand-in for a martial arts academy who were originally meant to open the show. SyKi also performed an unreleased remix of Kendrick Lamar's 'ADHD' later in the show. SyKi spoke on topics of his unconventional genres, creative processes, plans for new music, his music journey since his youth, and his lyrics manifesting during his on air interview with radio personality *Tyroline Franks, who at the time presented the afternoon show on the local radio station *Eldos FM. SyKi was also featured in an article in a monthly issue of *The Eldorado Times newspaper, which introduced him to the local community and mu...