Today we’d like to introduce you to Jimi Fatoki.
Jimi, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Ever since I was a child, I always had a feeling that I would make it big. I always thought the entire world would know me. I didn’t know what for but I just always knew. My senior year of high school was the moment I started making music and ever since then, it’s been my dream. I first really blew up on TikTok back in 2020 before anything else. I grew to over 1.5 million followers in less than four months. Ever since then I’ve been working towards my dream of becoming an artist!
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
No it definitely was not a smooth road. I had to take many risks and make many decisions to end up in the position I am in today. I dropped out of college the second I realized it wasn’t the path I wanted to take in life. The inly two things I had was a vision and faith. I trusted in my dream regardless of what was happening in my life and just kept going. I lost many I considered friends and family along the journey but everything happens for a reason.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I’ve been making music since 2019 and became a content creator in 2020. I started making videos about spirituality, mental health, motivation and more. This is the content most people know me for! Though, I’ve always had a dream of becoming an artist and sharing my truth to the world through my music. After I initially blew up on TikTok, I started previewing my music and my audience loved it! I try hard to use the same messages in my music also in my content. I am most proud of my song “New Beginnings (Brand New Coupe)” which dropped in 2020. It’s a song about manifesting your desires and creating your reality. This was a very big song for me which showed me my first success as an artist. The thing that separates me from others is that I always keep it real. I’m not one to post a video just for clout, drop a song that goes against what I believe in for clout, I don’t care about views, likes, followers, etc. I do what I do because I love it, I want to change the world.
Can you share something surprising about yourself?
Many people don’t know that I was actually a YouTuber before any of this. Which is where I got my name Trill Jimi. There was a kid in my high school freshman year that started a YouTube channel and was actually doing some numbers. Like I said earlier, I always knew since a child that I was gonna be big. So I then decided to start a YouTube channel too, he had Trill in the beginning of his name so I ran with it too.
Also, the three artists I would say truly inspired me, not just with music but everything is Lil Uzi Vert, XXXTENTACION, and Juice WRLD. Rest in peace to Juice & X, Wouldn’t be where I’m out today without those two.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trilljimi/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsOUKD4XtDKGIcMNbJkrf0Q
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/trill-jimi
