Virginia Beach Artist: Self-Publishing, Slam Metal & Global Moves

A self-published author, slam death metal vocalist, and newly appointed global director sits down to launch a Virginia Beach artist series—this is the raw, unfiltered origin story. · How a nonfiction health guide spawned the Organelle body horror novella series and the creative freedom that comes with owning your own publishing · The truth about gig work independence: why Instacart’s model delivers what other apps withhold with their acceptance-rate penalties · Local anchors that fuel the creative output—Bad Ass Coffee, Vibe Park, and the walkable energy of the Vibe District · A major career shift: Hakeem reveals his contract as global director for a 24-year tech organization and the mindset that opens such doors · The vision for a multi-national lifestyle that keeps one foot in Virginia Beach and the other reaching toward Taiwan Hit play to step inside the mind of a creator who refuses to be boxed in. NEW NOVELLA Is this a love story? Or is it the distance between what breaks us and what we become.https://amzn.to/49hCeJs Beneath the Shadow of Your Smile: Time, Steel, and the Unbroken Heart