Published on May 22, 2026, 12:08:08 AM
Total time: 00:08:28
What do you do when you’re in the Navy and the whole world shuts down while you’re stationed overseas? What do radio, photography, and film have to do with creating original music? How do you go from a wrestler turned firefighter, turned serviceman out of Alex City Alabama, to a touring artist sharing your debut album around the world? If these questions sound unique to you, it’s because Kashus Culpepper is a unique guy who has lived a unique life and finds himself on an unexpected path, one that certainly strays far away from “the plan” he had lined up for himself. Listen to the story of Kashus Culpepper as he sits down for a conversation with Rylan inside of Studio J where they discuss his debut album “Act 1”, the influences that affect the way he writes music, and how his experience with public service translates into his experience as an artist.
That Interview is a conversation about music between the curators that play it and the artists that make it. An in depth look at an artists career, including insights into how they got started, their influences, creation process, successes, failures, and everything in between.
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