Award Winning NY State rapper Anthony Kannon and producer Frost Gamble set to release new album

ITHACA, N.Y. - May 7, 2023 - PRLog -- Recipient of the title "Best Rapper" at the Ithaca Music Awards in 2019, the young lyricist draws on his own real life battles and traumatic episodes, conveying a wide range of subject matter represented throughout the aptly titled release.  It is a remarkable journey encapsulated in a series of biographical depictions, all with an underlying theme of survival, escape, progression and transformation.

Witnessing as a 6 year old the incarceration of his mother due to drug dependency issues and the subsequent break up of the family unit with siblings displaced across America had, understandably, a huge impact on one so young.

A talented athlete at school, street corner hustles were necessary to supplement the limited household income, and the album explores at length the harsh realities while dispensing of any glamourisation.  Surrounded by betrayals, dangers and the loss of life, the subsequent emergence and change of path still brought with it a legacy of consequences.  The challenges of breaking free from shackles and perceptions held by the street are not inconsiderable, but the journey to new horizons remained undaunted.

The themes are handled with impressive maturity, not least in the aftermath of having been shot in the family home by armed intruders where, as in earlier years, the trauma of his "life changing experience" was turned on its head and used for a new level of focus.

Providing the soundtrack is veteran producer Frost Gamble, originally from Binghamton and now relocated to Canada.

Early work with Young Bleed, Sadat X, J-Ro, Doc Ice and Tahmell, son of the legendary Rakim, peaked in 2013 as he contributed to Fresh I.E.'s "Red Letterz 13", winner of "Album of the Year" at the Canadian Gospel Music Awards.

Re-uniting with long time Binghamton sparring partner and rapper Tone Chop in 2016 heralded a phenomenal body of work, while further projects with Tragedy Khadafi, KXNG Crooked, Horseshoe Gang and Craig G and his "Sixteens" series of instrumentals cemented his standing in the genre.

Destiny resonates for Anthony and Frost with this debut collaborative album, authentically powerful, this is Storyville of a life less ordinary.

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