{"id":49918,"date":"2019-05-23T12:25:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T11:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=49918"},"modified":"2019-05-23T12:25:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T11:25:35","slug":"k-o-styles-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/05\/k-o-styles-today\/","title":{"rendered":"K.O Styles &#8211; &#8216;Today&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>K.O. Styles has been making music since he was 9 years old.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born and raised in Jersey City, he followed in the footsteps of his older siblings and cousins, and listened to the likes of 90s rap legends, DMX,\u00a0Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, Tupac, and Busta Rhymes. He discovered making music made him feel positive about himself, and so he took it to the next level, deciding to pursue music as a career.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With &#8216;Today&#8217;, K.O. doesn&#8217;t simply make music, but he invokes feelings and, in his own words, provides \u201canswers to a lot of questions that some people my age would have.\u201d &#8216;Today&#8217; created and produced by K.O. himself, takes its inspiration from his real life experience of needing money, with the video even being directed by him, with guidance from his cameraman. He is open about the choices facing young people in day to day living, such as drug dealing in order to make money. It&#8217;s a dark song and video, but there is hope, and by K.O. giving a voice to those who have none, he is able to share their story:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;not everybody can admit to not having something, so I just thought I would be the person to display that.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RhPZP1_4DhQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K.O. 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