1. How long have you been making music and how did you get started in the first place?
I have been making music since the 3rd grade. I use to write lyrics during class.
2. Who were your first musical influences that you can remember?
Kiss on American Band Stand in the late 70s.
3. Which artists are you currently listening to?
Twisted insane, Skitz Carven, King Von and Lucifer Menace.
4. Where did the moniker/stage name come from?
From a poster in science class when I was in the 10th Grade is where I got Black Magic and used it as my bands name back then. Later I changed the c to a k and added Infidel at the end to be unique.
5. What are your thoughts on visual media and YouTube? Do you have any videos published for fans to see?
Hell yeah search Black Magik The Infidel and watch them all.
6. Entertaining a live audience or creating songs in a studio environment?
Both are equally satisfying. The studio is where you create it and live is showcasing it to see what kind of reaction your creation gets.
7. Tell us something about your lyrics and music production on your releases. Which part of these processes do you handle personally, and which do you outsource, if any?
I write all my own lyrics. I've produced some of my music other times I've gotten music from other producers and I always record at a top notch studio using top notch engineers.
8. What is the title of your latest music release and where can fans find it?
Demonology ( The Book Of Soyga ) was my last or latest release which is pure fuckin hellfire. My new album is called REVELATIONS 11:34 coming out early 2024. It is the best album I ever made sonically, musically, and lyrically. A true dark underground classic.
9. What do you think makes this recording special and a must-have for fans of the genre?
The songs, the songs, the songs I can't wait for the public to hear this. It is my 6th solo album and it's my best work by far.
10. Which ingredient do you think makes you special and unique as a performing artist in a genre thriving with newcomers and social media stars?
Talent.
11. Which aspect of being an independent artist and the music-making process excites you most?
I love all of it the whole process it's like I'm addicted to it.
12. Did u just get off tour and if so, How did it go?
Yes I did a mini Summer Michigan tour this year performing in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Lansing, Alpena, and Hamtramck. It went great I'm currently booking a regional tour for the Summer of 2024.
13. How do you achieve your sound? Do you work from a private recording environment or do you use a commercial sound studio?
Commercial sound studio.
14. The best piece of advice in this business you actually followed so far, and one you didn’t follow, but now know for sure that you should have?
The only advice I have which I didn't listen to when someone told me is to quit.
15. How did you team up with The Brimstone Lab record label?
Me and Swing Dee Diablo go way back. Then in 2014 we decided to join forces and take over the world.
16. Do you consider the Internet and all the social media websites, as fundamental to your career, and indie music in general?
Yes it definitely fundamental to my music career. I can't see being successful without it nowadays. It is the fastest way to get the word out.
17. If someone has never heard your music, which keywords would you personally use to describe your overall sound and style?
Dark Hip Hop, Satanic Hip Hop, Evil Rap, Demon Rap, Horrorcore or Devil Music.
18. Straight off the top of your head, how would you describe the current state of the Hip-hop, R&B, and Rap industry in general?
It's trash straight garbage and over saturated. Where's the talent where's the originality everyone sounds the same.
19. As you work your way through your career, which more than any other fires up your imagination – A Grammy award, Platinum music sales, or any other tangible milestone?
Honestly that stuff would be cool but I don't care about any of that. I just like to be creative and create just to do it, anything after that is a bonus.
20. What is the ONE thing you are NOT willing or prepared to do EVER, in your quest to achieve a successful musical career?
Gay Shit