Rising Stars: Meet Amiir Hasan of Atlanta

Today we’d like to introduce you to Amiir Hasan.

Hi Amiir, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
“Born in the spring of 98′ my mama birthed me on the clouds while eating the finest grapes. Around twelve years of age I slipped out and hit my face, cuts, bruises, and scrapes. As I float through a lake, drifting – my greatest escape came to be. In love with hip-hop since the day it came to me, I knew it was meant to be, hit me like the morning breeze. I’m thanking God I have a purpose to achieve.

Some would call it a blessing, I would call it answer to a question- where am I to place all this pent-up aggression? As a boy I burned rage, as a man I learn lessons. The need to learn more came from verses that were lectures to me. Professor Pac showed the themes of the world against me; Dr. Dre had the melodies and seams I need, just to craft my own fabrics a cloth to seize – I stitch together line by line and seam through seam. Dean Carter laid a path for me to chase my dreams, why are these my dreams?

I find it so interesting I could put affirmations on paper then manifest them. It’s a kid out there, somewhere that’s feeling less than, they hear my music and feel I’m here to protect them. Certain songs hit the ear a confidence boost, confessional booth, or something that impacted our youth: the kid is me, but the goal is do the same for you! That Wayne, Em, Jay, and 50 helped get me through, conquer escapism what they helped me do, getting in my own way I had to let me loose.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
As a rapper whose origin story isn’t tied to any criminal activity, I do in fact have a day job that I use to pour money into my music business. The popular saying of spending money to make money is my situation as an entrepreneur.

I have a song out called “BROKE RAP” and it highlights the challenges of being a working-class citizen (who is also a rapper) and how hard it is just to stay afloat.

“Ain’t this the shit that I need? Ain’t this the reason we bleed? Work like a slave to pay exuberant fees. Who could I lead? Who could I feed? Nobody. I’m still stuck doing me. I tend to agree with goals to get financially free”

Figuring out how to pay my bills, producers, engineers, pay off taxes, pay for music videos, video shoots, paying for two different wardrobes (work clothes vs rapper clothes) getting those cloths tailored, + those nice inconveniences life will randomly throw your way and then eating food adds up. I’d find myself doing gig work afterhours and, on the weekends, to scrape the money up for studio time. My lady can tell you, plenty of date nights had to be rescheduled because those funds had to go into the business. That’s how badly I want this.

“Cash flow had been my issue but managing not at all, streams of income problem solved but for some it’s to a fault, so this song is for us all”

So, definitely not smooth but it inspired me to write the best music I had created by that point.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
“In the simplest form I’m a storyteller: Helen Keller- pen to paper laced exceler. Allure of G-Units & Rocafellas, marching to my own beat excel on a Capellas, show or better yet I could tell ya.

I’m a man who loves his people, not in search of those who wanna follow but are equals. A man who faced addiction and cut it before it’s lethal, a bad day away from American Gangster sequel. I’m a man who does good, I’m a man who does bad, but I never compromise integrity for a bag. I’ve often given more than what I should and didn’t have. Class clown trying but the class wouldn’t laugh. I tried to get fronted, but the math didn’t math, formulated whole plans to have brothers pumping bags but I ain’t a street dude so I stuck to my path, and this here is what I have- some shit that’s gone last

We’d love to hear about how you think about risk taking?
I’m the co-owner of Legends Tribute- a 60s-80s Soul Music experience that tells the story of how Soul Music impacted American culture. I emptied my savings account to fund a would-be streaming service recording of our show. Ultimately, I didn’t make a dime of it back but what I learned from the experience was invaluable.

The risk vs reward factor was high, if it had worked out as intended, I probably would have never been in a position to write “BROKE RAP” or any of my new music. But all in all, God’s plan is better than mine so I’m good with how it all turned out.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.amiirhasan.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hustlinhasan/
• Twitter: https://x.com/AmiirHasan
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@HustlinHasan

Image Credits
Marcus Gunn