IAMISEE “I am I see, I am what I see”. IAIS is hip-hop; he is not confined by coast lines, old or new school, underground, mainstream or any genre that has caused the dividing and conquering of our culture. Asking where he was, or how old he was, or how he felt when he first discovered hip-hop is futile. He has never stopped discovering hip-hop; hip-hop is how he feels in the morning, the hardships and triumphs of each day, and the last prayer he says before he lays his head down at night. Like the art-form he embodies, he is ever-changing, serving as the proverbial mirror reflecting the truth of the world around him with the unparalleled lyricism and beats that have taken a lifetime to perfect. IAIS career is the state of hip-hop; his truth, his music, cannot be compromised. Perhaps that seems contradictory in a world where bling-bling is on its way to being defined in the Oxford dictionary and ‘rap’ singles litter the Billboard Charts. However, like Jazz and Rock before it, Hip-Hop has been confused with the glitter of its poppy counterpart.When confronted with this paradox of art versus mainstream, IAIS responds eloquently: “It’s culture versus process. If you look at the evolution of music over the course of history, technology has changed everything. It’s not just about the record anymore… you got the music video taking first priority. Image is everything and it has clearly diluted the quality of music being released.” When it all comes down to it IAIS, or hip-hop itself, cannot be given an interview or have a bio to establish the roots of existence. If you want to know IAIS, or if you want to know hip-hop, the advice I give you is this: Listen to the music.