User:StonedAKhana

StonedAKhana (AKhana Pharaozen) is a 22 year old (as of May 2023) artist and undergraduate student based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He generally makes rap music, specializing in the more aggressive, dark, and emotional styles such as trap metal and emo rap. He is also a skilled director, and video editor, as we can see in the music videos that he makes for himself and we can see his skills in videography as well through the videos that he does for his fellow artists and friends. StonedAKhana is a person that has his hands dipped in many areas, from artistry, to academia, to activism. In his local scene, he is known well, for his sense of fashion, always seeming to make a statement. He also designs merch, as well as his own shoes.

Although he isn't widely accepted yet, even hated by some, he continues to carve out a spot for himself and other similar artists in the midwest, connecting with lots of artists and doing shows around his state.

Autobiography (pulled from his EPK):

Early Background

I have been making music since age 16. I gained early traction with two hit songs "In My Lane - Ft. Kaiba" and "Juice". After those two songs were released, and garnered a lot of local attention, I decided to quit and focus on finding my place in life. At this point though, all I found myself doing was drugs and partying. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do. This quickly led to me dropping out of high school. This made things hard and I moved homes at least 3 times within the next two years. I wasn't sure how to be an adult, and I didn't see any way to go back to what I had abandoned. At age 18 moved back home, with my father, but things were just as hard as they always had been. I still had little guidance and I resented it. I coped with that resentment by doing psychedelics and smoking weed. Eventually, I started fighting and causing problems, and this led to a life-threatening fight. I was stabbed twice, and my lung was punctured. This was a huge wake-up call and I knew I needed to find my passion and pursue it. While I was healing, I decided to make a comeback in music, and get my GED. I felt accomplished after getting my GED and got comfortable again.

Pursuing My Passion

It seems I got a little too comfortable though because for the next three years, I would find myself homeless, struggling with mental health, in and out of jail, suicidal, and angry at everything and everyone. During these troubling times, I realized that the only thing that kept me sane was music. I knew that if I continued to post music I would at least have something to leave this world. My most recent stint in jail left me with a burning fire inside. I couldn't accept the lack of freedom and zero future prospects. I decided on a whim to apply to a college, and to my surprise, I got in! While I was waiting for the semester to start, I focused solely on music and making money. I am in college right now, my music is better than it ever has been, I have a beautiful girlfriend, I nearly have a 4.0 GPA, and I played a couple of successful shows this summer! I have started to fall into a routine recently and this has left me just enough time to make music and work on my brand, get good grades, explore cool spots, and stay socially involved.

Some articles featuring StonedAKhana:

https://www.trapmetal.net/2023/08/23/embrace-chaos-by-stonedakhana-trap-metal-ep-review/

https://thehum.us/stonedakhana/

https://boldjourney.com/meet-akhana-pharaozen/

Social Links

EPK - https://sites.google.com/view/stonedakhana

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2yG8Ncvqua0cqNenkW1kMh

Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/stonedakhana/1532184061

YouTube - http://youtube.com/c/StonedAKhana

SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/stonedakhana

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stonedakhana

Facebook - http://facebook.com/StonedAKhana