Lucid Khi drops the official music video for “Earning My Stripes.“ Lucid Khi has shown his consistent work effort throughout 2022 and he’s currently carrying that into 2023. Through this article we will have a deeper understanding of Lucid Khi’s origin story, his motivation for music and much more.
Lucid Khi, hailing from Frederick Maryland, created his artist name while he was on a lot of psychedelics. He then thought of himself as open minded. People would always say he had a very chill deminer so he put the word lucid in front of his childhood nickname Khi. Lucid Khi, age 24, began making music at the age of 14. Lucid Khi began pursuing music because his older brother would encourage him to to tap into his creative side. At first, Lucid Khi would work on his older brother’s music videos but after being a videographer for some time he then decided to make music of his own.
“Earning My Stripes“ means a lot to Lucid Khi because one of his close friends seen in the video passed away in October. This really effect Lucid Khi’s mental health and ultimately makes this video that much more important to him. It’s the last video Lucid Khi has with him.
When touching on Lucid Khi’s recording process we find out he has been recording himself at lot lately. However Lucid Khi still enjoys recoding in the studio as well. He freestyles all his songs from start to finish. Once he finds the beat he feels speaks to him he then locks in and continues recording until he’s bored. With his single “Earning My Stripes” Lucid Khi hopes to go up in fans and notoriety. He also wants to continue to move in a forward motion and keep his friend’s, he refers to as his brother, legacy alive. Lucid Khi feels as though this is what his brother would want.
As we approach Lucid Khi’s Inspirations he believes his collective “Lost Files”, the underground and a few mainstream artist influence his music today. If Lucid Khi was to describe his sound he would say it’s authentic. Furthermore his sound can’t be contained into one certain genre within rap because his music ranges from trap to love songs. He uses music as a way to tell stories.
As we reach the end of this article Lucid Khi’s best piece of advice he has received would be: “It’s a marathon not a race!” One message he would like to leave with his fans is “ Keep going like a mf don’t let nothing stop your journey I know things get tough that’s how u know it’s working. Things aren’t going to be exactly what u want them to be but that’s what they are and you have to do with what you have, anything is possible.”
In conclusion, we have a deeper understanding of who Lucid Khi is, his influences, his origin and his motivation. “Earning My Stripes” is one of many hits Lucid Khi has produced. Check out “Earning My Stripes” today on YouTube and let us know what you think.
