I think that everyone would agree that 1982 was a great year for all those in love with the Hip Hop culture. That year, Wylie Wallace gave birth to the one we call the “Reluctant Don”, Kelvin Daniel Wallace, better known as K. Wall. When we asked K. Wall to give us an in-depth telling of his background, he replied, “My DNA is in the street, whatever you want to know about me, ask around”. K. Wall was born on February 22, 1982 in Berkeley, California. He later moved with is parents to the neighboring City of Oakland. “I don’t like to rap too much about the negativity in my city, hell, you can read about it or watch it on the news. I choose to prove that we are worth much more than sex, drugs, guns, murder, and the country’s highest dropout rate”, says K. Wall. “I feel Oakland is the way it is because everyone who could help, turns their back. Everyone, from successful ball players, actors, artists, politicians, and so on. Oakland has a lot of successful and influential people but you would never know it because they don’t claim it. They will only say they are from Oakland when they need “hood” credibility. Otherwise, they won’t say anything and move 400 miles away without reaching back and leave our kids to struggle to find their own way out”, says K. Wall.

K. Wall, in his own way, tells the stories of where he’s from like his favorite MC’s Scareface, Jay-Z, Lloyd Banks, 2 Pac and Nas. But K. Wall would much rather share some of the stories of having fun, being young with money and dreams and seeing life past 21, which a lot of his friends didn’t. When he raps about happier moments, he reminds you of his other influences, LL Cool J, Will Smith, Heavy D, and MC Hammer. K. Wall cleverly mixes his “square” with his hustle and gives a good balance of a gangsta and a gentleman. K. Wall doesn’t look at himself as a “thug” or a “gangsta” but as a “grown ass man”. “If I mention being on the block or carrying a gun, it’s as a grown ass man handling his business, not a thug. If I mention my sexual exploits, it’s not as a playboy; it’s as a grown ass man, who enjoys female company. I’m grown with this”, says K. Wall.

By the time K. Wall was 19, he felt he was faced with a lot of dead end situations and that will not be him in the next five years. So he formed a record label called Cali’s Gift Music. “I refuse to be a ho in this pimped out industry. Give me my bread” says K. Wall. So far, Cali’s Gift Music has released a number of mixed tapes headed by K. Wall that average over 3000 units sold in the streets each release. But due to finances, K. Wall has not been able to promote their product in a manner that would get the attention of any major record executive, to see the strong potential of K. Wall.

This brought on the relationship with 3sixty5 Records. With a new label behind him K.Wall feels confident in his ability to reach the souls of the streets across the masses. When asked how he felt about his new label home he had this to say “They don’t realize what they just done, its similar to 50 cent buying into Vitamin Water early… we bout to get to the money!!!