Daily Inspiration: Meet Preme

Today we’d like to introduce you to Preme.

Hi Preme, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
The story starts somewhere in a small town in Georgia where everyone knows everyone and people rarely make it out. Rarely. I was born May, 30 1998 (dead) meaning I wasn’t breathing. A pat to the back by the doctor & I woke. My mother was 20 when I came around so you can imagine how things were growing up as a kid being raised by a kid, you know? We laughed, cried, loved & survived as a family and for that I’m grateful but from a young age I felt I didn’t belong or just didn’t fit in so there was always a bit of detachment. A family? I can’t say. I’ll always have the memories & love though. As far as recent life I’ve just been outside doing my thing & trying to get somewhere, yea? I’m 24 and I don’t exactly know what I’m doing. I just know I don’t want to be stuck. I battle depression & BPD so the journey has been a little harder but it’s cool because it gives me things to talk about in my music. Life is for living and that’s what I’m about. I pray every day & I stay present. In a nutshell, I guess I’m always just trying to figure it out, you know? I’m in a position to let kids that look just like me & come from the same places in life know that all of this shit is possible. I’ve faced adversity, I’ve been lied too & confused my whole life so I know how difficult things get man look… I’m not trying to save everybody; I just want the people to know “I understand”… I’m an artist. Mentor. Son. Friend. I’m just like you. I’m Preme.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
If you’re really living a life then you understand that the road will never be smooth but for me personally all the real challenges were internal. I blamed a lot of people for a long time for my life not going the way I wanted & the whole time I just needed to work on myself so I could move on. Financially? You win some & you lose some that’s literally how this thing works but if you keep making the right moves, it’ll pay off.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I guess I’d consider myself an artist/creative. I’ve been making music professionally for the last 4 years and that’s where I made a name for myself but after three rebrands I found myself acting & modeling so now I’m just taking advantage of all of my hobbies & things I love to do. I’m kind of like a ghost or a fever dream in a sense like I don’t really exist you know? Haha … you could meet me on a random night in the city & I could give you my entire philosophy on life, share a few drinks and then disappear. I am honestly just here & there, always moving. I’m honestly just proud that I’m still alive & relevant…life has been pretty hard and growing up in general is pretty confusing so to have done all that during a pandemic & still have People care about my ideas or the music I’m making is a great feeling. It’s hard to compare & contrast people because I feel like we’re all alike in many ways but with me? I care a bit more than everyone else. I go out of my way for those I love while looking for nothing in return. I give love & direction, always. That’s what you get with me.

Do you have any memories from childhood that you can share with us?
My favorite childhood memory had to be the night Drake’s ‘take care’ album dropped. At the time I was going through it with this girl I was talking too and I don’t really think we had relatable heartbreak music just yet so it just made the situation 10x more dramatic, like a real-life movie scene I was in my room rapping in the mirror, crying heartfelt 13 years old tears about a middle school breakup. Real simp sh*t …. in that same moment I realized I wanted to be a rapper. Drake showed us that you can be sensitive and still rap on hip-hop beats to tell your story & it blew my mind. The rest is history.

Contact Info:

• Website: http://jalenmalone.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/preme.archives?igshid=Nzg3NjI1NGI=
• Youtube: https://youtu.be/mQRCYj1WWdk
• SoundCloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/QFv5TvW3qT4qhxDw7
• Other: https://music.apple.com/us/album/temporary-forever/1639278778?i=1639278917