Stephen of Kent is a South African singer-songwriter, rapper, producer and multi-instrumentalist.
He is also, along with Michael Taku and David Weru, the founder of the lifestyle collective and creative firm, “thisisart”.
He takes influences from contemporaries like Childish Gambino, BonIver, Frank Ocean, Kings Of Leon and The XX while still being able to draw from the music he was raised on such as Outkast, Prince, and Pink Floyd.
Kent has often noted Kanye West as one of his greatest musical influences. Kent’s music aims to explore the human condition and express it in its rawest form. He makes uses of un- conventional melodies and cadences and has the rare gift of self-pro- ducing elaborate, lush, maximalist beats.