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A fathom is a nautical unit of measurement equal to about six feet, which is just enough water to go over most people’s heads. But if you allow yourself to relax and go with the flow, you float instead of drowning. This is what Malik Cumberbatch had in mind as a tenth grader when he chose Faaathom as his stage name.
Faaathom’s love of music started as a small child when he and his family lived in Atlanta for a period, and he couldn’t go anywhere without hearing Sean Kingston’s massive hit “Beautiful Girls.”. “Now I look back and understand it's probably the melody of it. That was the first song I was actually singing, like trying to figure out how to make it sound right. And I just locked on.”
That love of melody was lasting, and he began making music of his own at age 12. It also carried on into high school and adulthood, informing his approach to music as an artist and producer. “I make music that you don’t have to understand right away, but you will catch the melody,”
The next step for Faaathom is to share some of his new output with the world, but he won’t be alone. The business end of his musical enterprise is a family affair. He co-founded the independent label Notorious Muzik with his father. “My family kept me afloat in different ways at different times,” says the rapper-producer. But with his new sense of focus and purpose keeping him from swimming against his own current, Faaathom is relaxed with his head above the water and floating all on his own.
Faaathom’s love of music started as a small child when he and his family lived in Atlanta for a period, and he couldn’t go anywhere without hearing Sean Kingston’s massive hit “Beautiful Girls.”. “Now I look back and understand it's probably the melody of it. That was the first song I was actually singing, like trying to figure out how to make it sound right. And I just locked on.”
That love of melody was lasting, and he began making music of his own at age 12. It also carried on into high school and adulthood, informing his approach to music as an artist and producer. “I make music that you don’t have to understand right away, but you will catch the melody,”
The next step for Faaathom is to share some of his new output with the world, but he won’t be alone. The business end of his musical enterprise is a family affair. He co-founded the independent label Notorious Muzik with his father. “My family kept me afloat in different ways at different times,” says the rapper-producer. But with his new sense of focus and purpose keeping him from swimming against his own current, Faaathom is relaxed with his head above the water and floating all on his own.
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