Black History Month: Enter the Zone With Ameer Vincent
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For this offering in our Black History Month celebration, a truly enriching conversation is had with rapper Ameer Vincent.
Ameer discusses what he wants his fans to gather from his music as well as how he wants to be remembered in the future as a part of history.
Ameer Vincent is just simply who he is; Ameer. Although it is safe to say that there is nothing truly simple about him at all. The young, yet seasoned Jamerican (Jamaican-American) man is attending college at Fordham University, he has served in the Army and was living back and forth between New York (currently) and Virginia makes it no mystery when unraveling his multiple layers. When one talks to him, each of those layers can be heard all at once or at different times; the experience of having served in the Army can add flavor to an intellectual’s perception. The respect of a southern gentleman and the spunk of a New Yorker can be heard as well. Fascinating, right? Uh, just to let the readers know; that was only one man being described.
To listen to his music is to hear the power of the connection to him and to his message and be entertained all at the same time. It is a feat to have pulled off all three in one swoop; Ameer pulls this off in every song every time.
The messages are accessible to everyone at every intellectual level. Ameer quoted Socrates when mentioning the power of telling a story whether it is his own or someone else’s in code.
“Words are the vehicles of communication. You have to tell them what you want them to know. Some of the records are fun; music influences and intensifies a person’s mood swing.”
Modesty and the never-ending desire to learn are characteristics that are very inherent within his personality.
“It’s been fun, I’m still learning how to broaden my scope,” Ameer said. “Not just on the business side, but on the digital side as well. Just watching everything turn from indie stores to the digital revolution, I’m just kind of glad that I kept myself knowledgeable and in the loop, it propelled me. I didn’t have the radio, all I had was the internet. So I had to use that as a tool.”
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