ABOUT K-WAK
Michael Justin Bradea (also known by his producer and artist name ‘K-WAK’) is a committed and passionate creative, determined to leave a legacy with his life.
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Michael has been involved with music since a child, taking regular piano lessons from as early as 8 years of age. As a result of this piano practice, Michael discovered a music program called ‘FL Studio’, through some YouTube videos he was watching. This sparked a genuine interest in composition and production. Michael spent hours of time, learning, composing and growing in his understanding and knowledge of the program. Michael eventually dropped out of his piano practice, after completing Grade 5, to pursue more contemporary music and less classical playing.
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As Michael focused more on producing music, he found that there wasn’t a lot of interest from other music friends, to purchase his beats. This started the journey of Michael discovering a new hidden talent - writing his own raps.
In January 2012, Michael posted some videos of him rapping to his own beats, which surprisingly gained a lot of traction and attention online. Later that year, in May, Michael was asked by a peer at school to produce a beat for him, for a school Easter service. As Michael had started writing his own raps, Michael asked his school peer if he could feature on the song somewhere. Michael’s school peer was fully on board with the idea, allowing Michael to be a feature vocalist on the song. Michael & his school peer performed that song in front of 1,000+ students that day, which kickstarted Michael’s confidence and encouraged him to continue with this pursuit.
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After graduating from school in 2012, Michael soon realized that he needed an official stage name. After some wise counsel and careful consideration, K-WAK was a name that stuck for Michael, as both a producer and a rapper name. K-WAK (an acronym for Kid with a Kalling) has been an official stage name and motto for Michael since 2013, when music became less of a hobby and more of a serious pursuit and calling. Michael has since performed at various different festivals, shows, events, fundraisers, as well as released albums, singles, music videos and production work, under the stage name K-WAK. In more recent years, Michael has had the privilege of working for other creatives, artists and YouTubers, approaching K-WAK for music production, feature verses and songs.
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Some of the highlights of K-WAK’s career include: performing for the Youth Alive School’s Tour, filming a music video alongside David Strbik (videographer for Jason Derulo), being approached by a record label in Canada, releasing his first full-length album (fully produced and mixed by K-WAK) and working with international artists from the US, Barbados & South Africa.
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K-WAK is more than just a stage name; it’s a message to all people. We all have giftings and callings over our lives, that the world needs to hear and see. The sad reality is that we are often told our dreams are ‘not possible to achieve’ or to be ‘realistic’, as creative jobs won’t ‘pay the bills’. Michael has made it his personal mission and objective to follow the calling that God has placed over his life; to be a light and a voice for his generation. If you want to hear music that has substance and heart behind it, look no further than K-WAK – a Kid with a Kalling.