Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Erick Boone (better known by his stage name Ezikuhl) is a seventeen year old rap artist who strives to make music that is not only melodic and beautiful but, retains meaningful lyrics and inspirational verses for rap enthusiasts and troubled teens alike. Inspired by the likes of Kanye West, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and a plethora of other lyricists, Ezikuhl immerses his songs (and the occasional spoken word poem) in severall types of literary devices. Ezi shows his ability to paint extremely vivid pictures when given the chance to rap in a storytelling fashion reminiscent to that of the acclaimed Andre 3000. Ezikuhl’s work can be found on SoundCloud, Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter with the most well known piece, one of his spoken word poems, located in Tech N9ne’s video “Alone.”