Meet Tierik Nelson: Rapper/Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with Tierik Nelson and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Tierik, do you have a favorite quote or affirmation?
“Great men are not born great, they grow great,

~ Mario Puza, The Godfather ~

This is one of my favorite quotes because I’m a living example of this. All men aren’t gifted into this world with the same riches and opportunity as others. Some really have to continuously go through barriers and obstacles to even have a even chance as the others and to be honest I’m all for it, my whole life has been a struggle and I wouldn’t be here without the struggle. With that being said things take time and in order to be great sometimes you have to be patient.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I’m originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, but I currently live in Michigan. I actually never thought I’d see myself rapping tbh. I’ve tried so many things growing up like (basketball, track, gaming, and other shit) but the passion I got for rapping/making music is different. It’s like a love I never knew existed. Every song just makes me more and more intrigued on what I’m my full capability of and I won’t stop until I achieve it! I lost my brother in 2018 to gun violence and a lot of my close friends from depression. I’m not gone lie I’m fucked up and I’ve been fucked up for a while but it just made me want to go all out because at the end of the day I never know when my be my time gone come… SO I GOTTA GO HARD!! Gotta tell my story it’s so much pain in this shit, it’s bigger then rap. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING I’M ONLY 8 MONTHS IN!🤫🤫🤫🤫🔥🔥🔥. I still got so much shit in store for y’all, the vault getting full right now‼️

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I use to be going out fr but Shidd I’m kinda boring now 😂😂😂 ion even really go out like that anymore. Just be working and stacking my money, gotta stay down till I come up. Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I’d say really just my mom, she’s always told me to keep pushing even when we had our disagreements she’s always been there for me. So I’d just give my shoutout to my mom and OTN, that’s the gang 🤞🏿. OTN is kinda like my independent label it mean “Only. The. Notorious”.

Website: https://unitedmasters.com/rik-bandz

Instagram: Therealrikbandz

Twitter: RikBandz1

Facebook: Tierik Nelson

Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCtmZmG8StqlIC0MJM2Siwwg