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It's easy to see that Sekou redefined the rules of the game so it fit his style best. He was able to see that if he kept playing by the rules of using music and a beat to present his words, his real talent would be hidden. And instead of giving up, he broke the rules and took the stage out of frustration and offered his vision of what it could look like. It was a huge gamble, because it could have fallen flat. But it didn't, it was the break he needed to start his own path. While that path was revealing itself, Sekou was still trying to determine what would be best for him. "Going to those open mics caused me to actually fall in love with something that I didn't even know existed. I realized that I wasn't just falling in love with the art form, but I'm falling in love with the possibility of what I can create, which means that I'm opening myself up to a world of unknowns, with no model and nothing to follow."