I'm able to listen to my own music endlessly because I spend so much time making sure my heart is expressing itself in integrity. When I listen to Loveraps, I cry sometimes, because it's so beautiful. Not a lot of artists can say that and it's something I'm proud of. I put myself into situations where people ask me to improvise freestyles for them because I'm proud of my ability and I relish in the expression of this artform and my privilege for being able to participate in learning the language and culture. I keep working away at it, to some day hopefully give back to the art form for everything that it has given me. I hope that my music will uplift family values and community fellowship. I hope I can help build relationships where there were none and to help provide education on the value of connecting with land, with place, with our ancestors, and with all beings. Here's some stuff I wrote about myself in 3rd person a long time ago because I thought it sounded cool. I think it still provides a good idea of the history of my music and also it's just cute to see where my head was at with all that ME ME ME stuff:

Following weekly cyphers at Lokeye's crib dating back to 2001 and launching the Sunday Cypher with Raw Jawz and DJ Einstein (2005), Lokeye moved from Bellingham back to Seattle, where he was reunited with the stages he first performed on with Basement Basics and North by Northwest. Lokeye was invited to join with the recording artists from Rec Room and The Educataz to form the super-group, Somebody Cares, in 2008. Since that time, Lokeye has continued to make music with the Somebody Cares family and the greater Sunday Cypher community, alongside pursuing his solo music, and running the annual northwest Sunday Cypher Awards Show (http://sundaycypher.com/).

Lokeye’s unique blend of love-yourself lyrics and aggressive rap music has continued to gain global attention, he notes: “I’ve been fortunate enough to hear my music played through the iPods of strangers visiting from international regions, and that has meant a lot to me.” He won the category of “Best Hip Hop/Rap Freestyles” and “Best Hip Hop/Rap EP” in the 2011 Sunday Cypher Awards and was labeled “The Godfather” by the now urban-legendary Sunday Cypher community.

In 2011, Lokeye released his highly anticipated solo album, “Bellingham Bigfoot,” which was recorded, mixed, and mastered in large part by himself along with the northwest’s star producer, Jesus Chris. It featured Michael Harris from Idiot Pilot and captured the inimitable Bellingham sound. This album holds the coalescence of an artistic transformation taking place, leading up to Loveraps, starting with the maturation of his rapid delivery and inexhaustible reservoir of positive lyrics.

In 2013, Lokeye released his newest solo album, “Loveraps”: an album so well-thought-out you’ll be making new discoveries with each listen for years to come. “Loveraps” instantaneously places Lokeye among the forefront of the West Coast Love Raps music scene. Embraced & endorsed by musical legends such as My Dad Bruce, Fresh Espresso, and the whole Kinda Like Us roster, Lokeye has all the support he needs to be successful in his extraordinarily fresh take on rap music.