We recently connected with King Hazel and have shared our conversation below.
King , looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
My Work Ethic Comes From My Father. My Dad Was Always A Go Getter . He Never Made Excuses . All The Times He Needed Help He Didn’t Ask He Made A Way He Didn’t Depend On Nobody Or Wait On Someone To Come Threw For Him He Always & Still Is A Provider I Just Seen That Example Infront Of Me & Installed It In My Everyday Life & Music Career.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
King Hazel Is A Recording Artist That Landed His First Major Distribution Deal With Universal Music Group / Ingrooves Which Is Now Virgin Music Group. Hazel Secured This Deal Back In August 14 2023 . 15 Days After His 28th Birthday July 30th .King Hazel Networked With Struc Supreme .Which Is an A&R Which Is Now King Hazel Project Manger .King Hazel Dropped His Record AGAIN Which Is Exclusively Under His Distribution. The Single Dropped September 29 2023. 4 Months Later On January 18th 2023 King Hazel Became A First Time Charting Artist Cracking The iTunes Charts Top 25 At Number 18.The Record Was At 25 Starting Off & Charted Over Eminem Lose Yourself From The 8 Mile Sound Track ,Which Left Eminem At Number 26 .Then Went Over Wiz Khalifa See You Again Which Was At Number 23 & King Hazel Was At 22 On The Charts, and Last But Not Least It Went Number 18 On The Charts & He Was Right Under Doja Cat Agora Hills Which Was Number 17 On The Charts .To Go Along With The Single King Hazel Released A Music Video 2 The Single Shot At Rain Gentlemen’s Club In Atlanta .The Video Was Shot & Directed By KD Gray .The Music Video Dropped On December 31st 2023 On YouTube/VEVO/Apple & Is Now Sitting At 196,667 Views .The Record Got King Hazel Booked At SXSW 2024 In Austin Texas. King Hazel Camera Man FlavOnIt Was On Tour With Hazel 2 Capture That Big Moment For Him .The Single Again Got King Hazel Booked At Atlanta Famous Strip Club Oynx The Single Been Played In South Lake Mall New Stores HiLevelFashion & MotionATL .The Single Got King Hazel On ATLANTA Number 1 Radio Station HOT 107.9 For The Second Time .
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Being Humble , Consistent & Focused .These Key Areas Helped Me By Being Humble It Kept Me Grounded & Level Headed. My Ways Of Staying Humble Not Thinking I’m No Better Than The Next Man Or Woman I Bleed Just Like You Do & Have The same 24hrs As You Do . My Goal Is To Uplift You. I’m From The Same Hood As You And If I Can Do It My Message is You Can To .Not Being In Competition With The Next Man Kept Me Humble Not Worrying What The Next Man Has .Replying To Each & Every Comment Thats Positive On My Content Because Ya’ll Are The Ones That Got Me Here. As Much As I Try To Lift My People Up Y’all Did That For Me. My Mistakes I Made In My Career Wen I Was Younger Was Not Being Humble. The Minute I Got Ahead & Thought I Was Better Than The Next Person I Fell Flat On My Face. The Man Above Humbled Me I Let My Work Speak For Itself & Let The People Vouch for me . When I Take Pictures On Social Media I Don’t Talk Crazy On Captions . I Try To Motivate With Every Caption. Being Consistent All Comes With Loving What You Do And Finding A Reason & Drive To Make You Put More Work Out. My Supporters Go Out There Way to Support Me & That Keeps Me Going Thats My Fuel .I Have Many People Paying Attention To Me .Staying Focused What I Do Is Pace Myself . I Don’t Overthinking, At The End Of The Day I’m A Human Being. I Am Not A Music Machine. By Not Over Working Myself And Focusing On The Dream And Next Plans Not The Money Or Fame That Keeps Me Focused .
Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?
Yung Booke & Skooly Are 2 Artist In. Atlanta That I Want 2 Collaborate With . These 2 Collaborations Will Happen Wen The Time Is Right. They Both Played A Impact Of The Atlanta Sound We Have Today . They Can Find Me On On Instagram @1KingHazel
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1kinghazel?igsh=cGlsNmQ4dnJ2MmZ1&utm_source=qr
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/1kinghazel?lang=ar
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@1kinghazel?si=pc9snvJKUoGIlg_a
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