The work of this Phoenix-born artist is teeming with joy, pain, hardship, celebration — an autobiography, to be sure, but also a blueprint for the life and spirituality of Everyman. Collins taps into the common experiences of his uncommon life for his otherworldly lyrics, and in doing so, becomes the kind of messenger that is too often missing in today's pop-oriented musical landscape.


Collins' work is a microcosm of his life: both sobering and brash.


Born Kyle Collins, he grew up without a father, survived the early disappearance of his mother and later homelessness, then threw everything he had into hip hop. Listening to his work is an eye-opening existential journey — a road map to enlightenment.


"I make music for dreamers," he says. "I make music for people who just know that there's more, I make music for people who have visions, for people who believe in themselves but don't necessarily know how to take action on that.”


Or maybe they don't believe in themselves… yet. “Maybe they want to believe in themselves. Maybe they come to me, they come to my music to, to learn how to believe in themselves or to learn how to break away from the norm as much as they've wanted to their entire life,” he says. “I just provide that bridge for people to unplug from the Matrix." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.