Kur was no different, but with one exception – he took what he was fascinated by to talent shows. You know the rush you got running to the boosters or tee shirt spots with $5 cash so that you could buy the latest mixtape, go home, and memorize every line before your homies did. If you were old enough to experience Beanie Sigel, State Property, and early 50 Cent, you know what that energy felt like. This connection also allowed Kur to tap into a talent that would end up changing his life altogether–rapping. Kur’s early memories of his mother roots their relationship in a bond through music. To him, it was a powerful representation of a time that many native Philadelphians can only remember. The van played hip-hop, was Black-owned and represented the people in which it served. A memory that takes him back to 7 or 8 years of age is a local twist on the famed Mr. His friends and family lived in harmony amongst one another. Kur spent his early childhood in Mount Airy, or Uptown as true Philadelphians call the blue-collar neighborhood sitting in the city’s Northwest corner. Whether it was that or the burn from the spotlight of onlookers, one thing was apparent, he hadn’t found that thing to commit to yet. Looking back at it, he self-assesses a lack of heart being the cause. Though he was going each day, he never showed up for a single bout. With some push from his father, Kur’s journey into the competitive arena began with boxing. Airy blocks he owes his story to, without conforming to a chaotic and dubious music industry.īorn in 1994 to a mother who commanded attention and a pop who saw structure as the only path to beating the undefeated Philly streets, Kur came into his talents early. He’s one of the last of a group of rappers who can say he put out physical CDs, uploaded projects to early mixtape sites, and freestyled outside to make his bones – while still finding a way to keep it as strident and visceral as the Mt. In an era where 60,000 songs are uploaded to Spotify every day, and every new rapper respawns with a face tattoo, limitless jewelry, and a fleet of foreign cars, Kur stands squarely – staring down a fork in the road. Please support the realest hip-hop blog for over a decade running by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. ![]() Covering everything from Rage beats to niche Twitter icons.
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