Meet Kapital Stone

We recently connected with Kapital Stone and have shared our conversation below.

Kapital, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?

As a youngster growing up in Portmore, Jamaica with a single mother you tend to go through certain things that teach you a lot from an early age. Resilience is definitely something I picked up from watching my mother take care of me and my siblings on her own. I give thanks for those days because they definitely gave me the thick skin I need to navigate this realm.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

First and foremost rest in peace to my grandmother, my brother Kheemo, my cousin Leebo, my pops, my brother Dizzle and my granduncle. As an artist, your support system is important and to lose ones that are close definitely affects the creative process going forward.

My name is Kapital Stone and I’ve been writing music ever since I was around age 5-6 years old. I grew up watching my uncle Beky Glacier performing his personal songs and that definitely left an impression on my views on music and becoming an artist as well.

Music connects me to my true self. My rawest form of expression is through the music I write. All of it may not be released but as long as I can write it and take it from a thought to a tangible product, that brings me joy and peace.

The ultimate goal for myself is to be able to reach as many ears as possible with the music I create. There is nothing that unites us more as a human race than music. Even if you don’t understand the language, we all understand melody, sound, rhythm and feeling. And I want to be a part of that on a grand level.

And to all that’s reading this, may God bless you and your family and may He grant you with the strength to fulfill your goals and dreams. Keep pushing forward.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Looking back the three things I can say that has been the most impactful on my journey is first, do not engage in self doubt. The idea of perfection is a fallacy and it will never be attained, so put the music out regardless of what may follow.

Secondly, I learned to strike while the iron is hot. Opportunities may come and go, but specific opportunities may only come around once in a life time. So treat all of them as such.

And lastly, don’t take any feedback personal. Just always separate the sense from the nonsense and keep it moving.

And my biggest advice to myself and everyone in all walks of life, no one person knows everything. So stay teachable, stay coachable and don’t be afraid to incorporate the knowledge of others.

All the wisdom you’ve shared today is sincerely appreciated. Before we go, can you tell us about the main challenge you are currently facing?

The number one obstacle I’ve been facing as an artist is amassing the resources and personnel I need to effectively carry out my duties as an artist. But thankfully, I have great friends such as 5ilva, Kris Karz, DJ Mucho and Midilord that play a vital role in me overcoming this particular obstacle. Additional shout outs to my brothers Yawdy Quan, Royal Blu, Runkus and Roe Summerz. All musical artists that help in any way they can. Give thanks for them all the while.

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