Long after Juice Wrld and XXXTentacion died, Kynkra fell in love with music and realized that nobody was making the kind of music that he liked to listen to.
Kynkra is now living in Kansas City, Missouri, and going to college in Kansas studying computer science. But he doesn’t like school, and he doesn’t want a career in computer science. He wants a career in music.
And, since nobody is making the kind of music he wants to hear, he decided this year to seek a career making music in the alternative hip-hop genre, the kind of music he likes.
“Seigneur Des Anneaux” is him introducing himself to the world of underground/new wave/hip-hop.
“I am talking about how I am coming into the rap game, but I’m using metaphors, talking about how I dress, the diamonds on my chain, on my rings. It’s basically me bragging, talking about how good I am at rapping.”
It is a good listen, the synthesized music and beat and Kynkra’s slightly distorted voice rapping the melodic lines, and it doesn’t really matter that the lyrics are in French.
Yes, French. And yes, the title translates to “Lord of the Rings” but, no, it doesn’t have anything to do with J.R.R. Tolkien, hobbits, orcs or the nine rings and the one ring that rules them all.
“I never even saw the movies,” he laughs. “I only saw a trailer once, I think.”
The song has to do with rap, bling and Kynkra.
“Exactly like most rap songs,” he said.
The 21-year-old rapper is from the Ivory Coast, where the main language is a patois that is mainly French but has elements of the almost 80 tribal languages spoken in the country.
Kynkra himself, who has four of the tribes in his family tree, has seven tracks out now, all released this year, the year he decided to take his music seriously.
Career and musical preferences aren’t his only motivations. He also wants to spread awareness of the Ivory Coast’s Nouchi culture (pronounced NOO-she).
“I’m just an Ivorian boy, a boy from the Ivory Coast, who’s trying to represent the Nouchi culture, the culture I’m from, in the U.S.,” he said.
His subject matter also goes beyond the bling and the braggadocio. Some songs have a broader theme.
“I really like to talk about creation. The universe is inside my songs. I’m trying to bring people’s attention to what are we actually doing here? What’s our purpose on earth? I tackle every subject of life, really.”
He also sings in English, though the seven released so far are all in French.
“I do a lot of different stuff. I don’t really have one audience.”
Kynkra has not been a lifelong music lover. Earlier in life, he was a soccer player, and his dream was to play soccer professionally. His love for music didn’t start until 2022, when he first heard Travis Scott’s “Antidote,”
“That was my favorite song,” he said. “I still listen to that song to this day.”
But now he has become a lover of music, so much so that he wants it as his profession.
“I am always writing. I am always thinking about how to become better in music — always trying to perfect my craft.”
If people don’t understand his lyrics, whether they are in French or English, he will be happy if they find his music interesting.
“That’s all I want. I just want interesting.”
The overall message?
“I’m coming different. They’re not ready for what’s coming, really.”
Be there for what’s coming and connect to Kynkra on all platforms for new music, videos, and social posts.
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