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From making catchy remixes to filming short documentaries, the New England-native creative is nothing short of a man of many ventures. You can name any facet of the digital arts and you can bet he’s probably done it.
omgitsfendi, birth name Keyshawn Kirkland, is a 23-year-old artist, producer, graphic designer, and videographer from Gardner, Massachusetts. This area of New England is better-known as “the backlot”. The scene of music is ever-changing here, and Fendi is more than honored to be an OG to the sound.
Fendi was in the garages where Underground music was being birthed – literally.
“...the night that really started everything was the night that (J-lock) had this show literally in a garage, in one of our friends' garage in Worcester.”
Fendi had the opportunity to perform for artists such as Kid Supreme and others.
Being that the Underground scene is only around two years old in the backlot, Fendi was in the right place at the right time to watch it blossom into what it is now.
The young creative gives huge props to Mo Bangers, Rich Amiri, Lucci, Devstacks, and others for helping gas up the Underground scene in the area. Where did this all begin for Fendi, though?
Like many artists, he began experimenting with artistry as a small child. At the time, he was just having fun with it.
He didn’t start taking it seriously until around 2020. Specifically, when he dropped out of Franklin Pierce University, where he was on the basketball team with a full-ride scholarship.
Did he regret it? “I never have any regrets,” he told me. “I miss ball sometimes, but I don’t regret it at all.”
Some of his favorite artists to collaborate with include Slump6s, d0llywood, and Tana. His collaborations with Tana were some of his most successful moments in his budding career.
If you’ve ever heard the sped-up version of Tana’s hit single, “Hell Yeah”, you can thank Fendi for that production. If you ever saw Tana’s short documentary in Boston, you can also thank Fendi for that, too.
Fendi continues to produce, film, and create art within his own right. With a tape scheduled to drop on June 23rd, the artist just keeps on doing what he knows best.
The next time he talks to Creatives Archive he will be, in his own words, “super big”. All he needs us to do is give him a year or two, and you’ll be hearing omgitsfendi around the backlot and beyond.
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