Today we’d like to introduce you to Syke Deft.
Hi Syke, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Well, I was influenced by both of my parents. They loved music and loved to express it. I always loved to sing as a younger boy and kept singing all the way into my teenage years in school choirs and whatnot.
I fell in love with rap when I was around 11. My father had a strong interest in Rap, R&B, and Rock. I was stuck on songs like “Gangsters Paradise” by Coolio and Dr.Dre’s 2001. When my dad played it for me it changed my life. I happened to stumble on to the “Eminem Show” album by Eminem and hid it until I had my own cd player.
After listening to him it started my passion for music and I started rapping. My childhood wasn’t the best. I suffered from depression and ADHD, which eventually led to schizophrenia. So, music became my escape which eventually transformed to writing poetry, Poetry and music became my escape for years. I grew this stereotype of persona that I was already a rapper. I would tell everyone on the bus and at school one day, ‘I was going to be famous.’ I was always the kid with headphones on minding my own business but being the person, I was and having the appearance I did, I was always picked on.
I learned to take all that negativity and put it into words. In 2008, I went to my first “Tech N9ne” concert and that’s when I knew, I really wanted to be a rapper and pursue it as a dream. As the years passed, I did everything to practice and started freestyling with all my friends trying to build my reputation but I was never given the actual chance to get into an actual studio until years later. I finally built my character and came up with the name Syco D (Psycho-Dee).
In 2009, I started searching for actual beats so I could take my newfound talent and start to put it together by creating an actual song. I stumbled on a friend who had a brother that was tapped into “Columbia Records” at the time and knew a lot of artists such as Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Ludacris, etc. This individual already knew I had a passion for rap and challenged me to write a song, which I did. He wanted me to write one good song and send it in. I got it done within two days. At this time, I was still in school so I had I still had other obligations. After submitting my song, he told me that “Ludacris” was interested in my song and wanted to hear more. Around this time, I was still just writing I had not even touched a mic yet so this really had me amped up and gave me a lot of confidence in my craft.
Due to unfortunate events, my connection lost a lot of money and wasn’t able to continue with our business. Not only that, but me and my mother, who was pregnant at that time, we’re about to be kicked out of our apartment so I prepared myself to lose everything. Through the next few years, I took all that struggle and turned it into motivation and started writing songs with the beats I had downloaded on my iPod that I was blessed to have. I finally ran into the chance to touch an actual mic and dropped my first freestyle in 2011 on YouTube. low and behold, even though it was horrible, I finally heard myself on an actual mic so it changed my ambition even more!
While struggling with my own personal issues and constant movement I found any way I could to record on the mic, whenever the chance surfaced to make a song, I was on it! I eventually made my own way to record and dropped a seven-song ep with a music video I made and directed myself called “Crazy Thoughts In My Head” and started getting recognition all over, I eventually split from my mother and moved to Colorado, where I met Albeez 4 Sheez and got conducted into my first record label “4 Sheez Productions” out of Aurora. When I connected with Albeez 4 Sheez he helped me out of my situation and got me in the studio and on the stage performing.
My run with 4 Sheez Productions didn’t last long and I wasn’t getting paid so I ventured off doing my own thing when I caught back up with one of my ex label mates Azul Loco who happened to also have his own record label known as “Asylom Ward Records” (spelled with an O) So we exchanged a phone call and that next week I made a verbal agreement and I signed in April of 2013. I got to work that whole year, making cameo video appearances, did some interviews, recorded a lot of music that unfortunately was lost but I stayed busy and built a name for myself in the Colorado music scene (while being homeless) and making my mark with my music.
I was on my own at this time in my life and was extremely hard-headed, which led to me being mixed up in the crime life. This ended up leading me into incarceration on my first charge landing me 5 years in prison. All my time locked up I bettered myself and invested into studying music and the business as well as earning my G.E.D.
Throughout my time, I always showed my talents and was known in and out of the prison. I even wrote a rap for the prison’s G.E.D graduation that was later used for the Colorado Juvenile System. I was accepted for parole in January 2018 and was released. Immediately after coming home, I was in the studio that next month and dropped a freestyle track with no hook called “SYKES BACK” on SoundCloud that grew a buzz with a lot of producers and gained me new fans.
I literally had to start from scratch due to my latest projects that were lost so it was a catch-up game for me but I’ve caught the attention of producers such as “SM Tracks” and “K.E on Tha Track” along with other influencers within the music industry and out. I’ve had a complicated route with this music but it’s what comes with the lifestyle but I’ve managed to hold on and keep pushing!
To this day I have fans almost all around the world and they keep growing each day. So, I stay on my toes trying to maintain this hustle and pursue my dreams, at all cost trying to make a change and an impact, one song at a time. “It’s the ward or hit the floor”.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle-free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
Definitely not, as I said in my story I grew up with a kinda rough childhood. It all started being brought into this world with split parents. Then abuse physically and mentally. I went through a lot of poverty with my mother as well, I had depression for a long time that would leave an impact too so that’s why I ran to my headphones as much as possible.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
In simple terms, I’m what you call a rap artist. I am an artist, a videographer, a photo editor, a writer, an inspiration, and also a music video director. I’m known for my lyrical ability and my character behind the mic. Also, the psychotic energy I bring to my music and shows.
I’m proud of being able to touch as many people as I have with my songs and making the progress I have.
I’m proud that I can be that voice to speak from all sides and be able to know I have been there. I’m not the typical “white rapper” that everyone is used to hearing I can speak from the heart, I can spit bar for bar, I can sing you a crazy melody I am very diverse and versatile.
I give substance in my music and speak in relatable volumes from all sides of the fence.
I don’t promote violence or drug usage in my music and I try to show the negative and positive in every song I write so you will never leave confused as well.
What do you like best about our city? What do you like least?
I love the history behind our city and the hidden gems that came out of our city that nobody knows I enjoy the architectural work including the local art and of course I’ve forever been a Chiefs and Royals fan. I love the BB-Q as well. We also have a lot of walks of life we’re not measured down to one type so there’s not a lot of racism in our city. I like the club scene in our city although certain areas are sometimes dangerous.
What I dislike is how small our city is but that’s just my personal opinion. The gun violence that is constantly rising in our city with our youth is very disturbing but these days it’s like you have to protect yourself somehow in some way. The new opiate use that has surfaced in our city has gotten out of control in my opinion. I don’t like how everyone is against each other in the music scene it really doesn’t make sense when we could make much more of an impact together.
The poverty in our city is very sad as well I feel like we should definitely put more effort into our community by helping others and investing more into our city.
Pricing:
- Verse’s $150
- Hooks $100
Contact Info:
- Email: sycodalton@gmail.com
- Instagram: @officialsykedeft
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialsykedeft
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TherealSycOD777
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2V54lblv76HYr4MVJAzfyg
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/syco-dalton
