Vigilante

Vigilante is a man with a purpose. And, come hell or high water, he will fulfill that purpose. Equipped with a gruff voice, inquisitive philosophical mind, and relentless determination, Vigilante has been pursuing that purpose in the late hours of the night recording and performing throughout Texas.

To say that Vigilante is a unique and original songwriter and rapper would be an understatement. Vigilante combines in-depth philosophical thought with a rhythmic poetic style that’s delivered ferociously. Labeling Vigilante a rapper will trigger an interesting response. “I tell you one thing I’m not, and that’s a damn rapper. I’m a thinker and a writer who, at the moment, utilizes rap as a medium to voice my ideas, thoughts, and beliefs. Plain and simple–I’m the Anti-hip hop hip hop artist.”

Actually, it’s not surprising that Vigilante is a deeply philosophical thinker and writer. Vigilante’s style began to manifest itself while a student at the University of Texas at Arlington. Things began to fall into place for Vigilante when he began focusing his studies on the liberal arts in which he would go on to earn his Bachelors degree in history. “I was a communications major when I started college, and man, I couldn’t stand it. I changed my major to history and at the same time began working on my double minor in philosophy and english advanced writing. That was a major turning point in my life. Things have never been the same since thank God.”

Vigilante is the modern day Renaissance man. He has completed the first of a multi-volume poetry book series titled Struggles of Internal Conquest, and is currently finishing up his non-fiction philosophical work, Why are you Here? Realizing, Pursuing, and Fulfilling your Purpose. Vigilante is not only trying to expand his audience with his music and his writings but diversify the audiences that currently make up hip hop and other music genres by combining his writings with his music. “I have a universal message and I want to introduce it to as many people as possible. I want to bring those who like poetry or non-fiction philosophical works and not necessarily rap with those who like rap and not necessarily poetry or non-fiction philosophical writings through the message.”

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Sóren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzche, Michel Montaigne, Napoleon Bonaparte, Epictetus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Carlyle, Henry David Thoreau, Vladimir Lenin, Martin Luther

Not just a rapper, but a writer, philosopher, thinker and poet

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