March 19 2018

Cheeks Bossman “No More Flexin” “My music is a reflection of the life we live”

As the music industry looks to fill avoid where party music is complimented by lyrical content and smooth delivery, Cheeks Bossman emerges as Tampa Bay’s answer in an industry full of questions.

The 25-year-old Nigerian born, Raphael Oladapo, known to fans as Cheeks Bossman was not always interested in pursuing a career in music. His first love, sports, was expected to be his career move.

“I didn’t even have it in the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a professional athlete” remarks Cheeks. It wasn’t until he got to college that he began to take his music serious.

Honing his skills in a friend’s apartment, Cheeks Bossman recalls his first days of recording music. “All we did was rap to different industry beats and record it on our phones and played it amongst ourselves and our closest friends and family”.

Cheeks began recording songs and working with local producers to generate his own sound. By August of 2012 Cheeks Bossman put out his first mix-tape titled “Pre-Snap”. The mix-tape which contained 11 original tracks and 4 industry beats, got the attention of his peers and his older brothers which led them to form a label, Green Eyed Music Group (G.E.M.G).

With family support and a strong drive, Cheeks began performing in cities around the state of Florida and even landing a feature from Zoey Dollaz for his single “Whoadies.”

With his follow-up records, Talk to Talk and Fashion Gawd, Cheeks continues to provide lyrical content along with a smooth bravado that is felt through his delivery. His larger than life persona throughout Tampa Bay and neighboring cities is largely felt when he and his team turn up the VIP of the biggest clubs in the city.

“My music is a reflection of the life we live, we like designer clothes and having fun, being the life of the party”.

With an arsenal of songs that cover a wide range of subject matter, Cheeks Bossman has taken his freestyle flow and molded his songwriting ability to create catchy hooks and memorable punch lines.

“Any record I get on, whether it’s mine or someone else’s, I’m trying to kill it”, exclaims Cheeks. “If I write a verse and I don’t feel like it was the best I could do, I’ll scrap it a got at it again until I feel like I’m giving the track my best.” This grit and determination is exactly what it’s going to take for Cheeks Bossman to rein among today’s top artists.