Meet Sixman | FAM ENT owner/Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Sixman and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Sixman, what is the most important factor behind your success?
The most important factor of my brand is the number 6. My name is Sixman which I got from being born with 6 fingers, of course it’s gone but it truly is who I am. I am my brand. My success has carried me to play across countries with the name. Being able to stand next to legends and them be my peers has been one of my greatest successes.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
Critically acclaimed Hip Hop artist Sixman is back with his new studio album The Fix. Released December 11, 2020, it is available on all platforms. Produced by Tommy Vamoz and featuring buzzed about songs “Bad Mutha”, “Snake Shit” featuring El De Sensei, “Black Sinatra” featuring General Steel of Smiff-N-Wessun, “The God”, and “Last Train to Belgum”, the 12-track LP is receiving tremendous acclaim from Hip Hop media, DJs, and the Hip Hop community’s elite.
The legendary DJ Premier featured “The God” on Live from the HeadQCourterz Radio Show on Shade45 SiriusXM.
Grammy-winner Rahzel The Godfather of Noise shared “Bad Mutha” prominently on his social media platforms.
Much-heralded The Block Never Sleeps with DJ Des named Sixman their “Unsigned Hype” and The Fix “Boom Bap Album of the Year”.
The prestigious Leedz List featured “Snake Shit”.
Widespread support from other notable outlets includes Rap Is Outta Control Playlist on Shade45, Wrecking Crew All-Stars, DJ NoPhrillz Rock The Bells Radio, No Sugar Radio Top 20, DJ Modesty’s The Real Hip Hop Show, Wild 1 Radio U.K.(The Don & The Boss, The Wu Worldwide DJ Coalition), Southern Vangard Radio, HipHopGods Radio, World Peace Podcast with Show Discipline Magazine at XO Xtra Original Clothing in Atlanta, JunkiesATL That Junkies Hip Hop Show, LA MEUTE, The Rhyme Report Podcast, No Ideas Original Radio Show, Indy 5 Hunad Playlist, AllTheWayLiveHipHop.com Favorite Releases of 2020, Flip The Script Radio, Ronsha Mix Boom Bap Show (Paris), J Scienide CultureWildStation Show, BNR Break North Radio, Guerilla Grooves Radio with DJ Trane, BSide Radio, Bars Weekly, DJ PF Cuttin and East NY Radio, and more.
Sixman is making preparations for a socially-safe trek across the country on “The Fix Tour” before heading overseas for his international tour.
WATCH “Bad Mutha”
WATCH “Snake Shit”
STREAM The Fix
ABOUT SIXMAN:
Every fabric of Sixman’s being is quilted in Hip Hop. It’s visible in his eyes. It streams from his pores and propels his movements forward. The thread of the culture is sown into his rhymes. He speaks hip hop. He lives hip hop.
Right now, Sixman’s life is all about his album The Fix, released December 11, 2020 on his imprint FAM ENT. Noted as “the new boom bap sound”, the 12-track set is produced entirely by acclaimed producer Tommy Vamoz. Its quality is equivalent to 10,000 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets. His second album with Vamoz, it comes 9 years after their classic 2011 LP The Greenhouse.
Featuring his most influential and thought-provoking lyrics to date, Sixman was personally and professionally inspired by the pain of the Covid-19 pandemic, the widespread social conflict against systemic racism, and the drug-addiction crisis in America.
Scoring early hits with “Black Sinatra” featuring General Steele (of Smiff-N-Wessun), “Bad Mutha”, and “Snake Shit” featuring El Da Sensei, The Fix was preceded by The Fix: Short Documentary with Sixman. The well-received film led to him signing a deal with Lee Pro Films to further distribute the art piece.
Originally from Grand Rapids, MI and now residing in Atlanta, GA, Sixman’s childhood diet consisted of equal parts Sesame Street, social awareness and history, and Hip Hop culture. He digested everything.
Growing up to become a skilled, respected Hip Hop artist, graphic designer, film director and editor, Sixman served his first recorded single “Who Am I” in 1999. It was one of the first Hip Hop songs to stream online and it received positive feedback from around the world.
Before long Sixman began touring internationally, blazing such stages as Amsterdam Summer Festival. He also found himself regularly on tickets with top acts like Parish Smith, Redman, and The Alkaholiks among others. Eventually Sixman started headlining his own shows while he meticulously built loyal fan support in Europe. Back in the states he followed The Green House with God Bless with DJ Game Ova in 2013, I Love Dilla in 2014, and both the EP Re-Connect and DVD film Already Famous in 2015.
In 2018 Sixman released The Grand, his love letter to his native Grand Rapids. Praised for its lyricism and beat selection, the mixtape/album scored big with singles “Authentic”, “Breathe”, and “Maybach Dreams” (featuring JC). Sixman made a ceremonious return to Grand Rapids that same year for the release of Last King which is produced entirely by DJ Supa Dave. It was his most successful and acclaimed LP before The Fix.
From ’18 through 2019 Sixman toured heavily in the states and internationally, with marquee dates at SXSW and A3C. These were followed by a headlining European tour that including the legendary de Rauwe School in Amsterdam. On the strength of singles “Great Escape” featuring PaceWon, “Aprendi” featuring Flame Killer, “Pray for My Enemies”, and “Meditation”, Sixman’s relentless efforts and critical praise would lead him to receive face-to-face compliments from the legendary Hip Hop icon DJ Premier.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
If where talking ATL first we goin hop in the C300 and spin around 285 and feel the breeze. Then we stop and check out history got to go to Martin Luther Kings home and center. While in the area you stop over on Edgewood and get Some Edgewood pizza slices and Rum and punch or hit Harlod’s Chicken. After you gotta see the Mercedes Benz stadium and State Farm arena with Atlanta in big on the front of it. Got to hit magic city or Follies. Then you can hit any club in ATL that suits your vibe just Google we got it all. Or you can go over to Lil 5 points which has a long street of eclectic vibes and street art. Make sure you stop in Lenox mall to see the cities top elite and best Georgia peaches(women) welcome to the A.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
A lot of recognition would also go to my brother Scan in Amsterdam for believing in me letting me stay there with him and his family through my journey of breaking my music career in Europe. He pushed me to be greater, to think very high of my self and my abilities. Also his family became my family. And now over a 10 year bond has been made out of that journey that’s un breakable.

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Image Credits
Keez Burks Mic Hunter D Wilson Photography