K-Lee (10)

Keenan Lee, who is better known as K-lee started his started rapping at the age of eight. He began rapping about cheerleaders and money with no indication that his music would be heard all over the world. In 1999, he would release his debut album entitled “PAIN.” Before the project was release he decided to sell door to door products such as cleaning supplies for homes. After he started turning a profit selling different products, he used the same formula to start distributing his music. After a while, K-Lee decided to quit his 9-5 to pursue a career as an artist full-time and sold 3,000 copies of his project “PAIN,” in Middle Tennesse in 2000. A year later he released his sophomore album entitled “WAR” and went on to sell 4,000 copies thanks to a small distribution deal that land the project in stores and online. n 2002 K-lee released a compilation called “IT AINT ALL COUNTRY DOWN HERE” and 4,000 copies with local distribution in 40 stores throughout Tennessee. Of the course of the next several years, Lee would found a group called THA PIECEMAKAZ and released several solo and group projects eventually selling over 35,000 units from 2006- 2016. Also during this time, he develope his passion for tattoos after his mother had a dream that he would be a tattoo artists. He would later pursue his mother’s dream and the rest is history. In 2017, the established artists formed another group called “ALIEN GANG” A.L.I.E.N. stands for Anyone Lost In Earths Neglect ALIEN GANG. It is a movement aimed towards those individuals, who feel like life has dealt them a bad hand. Also, for those who feel separated from society Alienated from Acceptance a movement for people who don’t fit into social norms. By the time 2018 rolled around, K-Lee had been a tattoo artist for over ten years, won 14 awards as a rapper. He also released 13 projects and sold over 54,000 units, traveled all over the country, and worked with artists such as Lil Jon and Pastor Troy.