Life & Work with Logan Newark of Ohio

Today we’d like to introduce you to Logan Newark.

Hi Logan, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I am a product of 100% me. Ever since middle school, around 7th grade, I’ve always been self taught at everything I do. I very quickly learned I didn’t want to pay others to do work for me that I could just figure out how to do myself. Even more important though is that I’m someone who obsesses over small details, In my experience, someone else just can’t give me a final product that I’m happy with. So I learn and do everything myself. That built me up to my peak of around 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify with millions of streams and a growing fan base. Statically I did the impossible, less than 1% of all artists in the world get to where I’ve gotten, and most likely even less do it all on their own. I’m extremely proud of where I’ve gotten and where I will go now that I’m back from my 4 year hiatus.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It has been about the bumpiest road you could imagine, such is life. I was bullied relentlessly as a kid, got into many fights, scars on my face because of it even. Most of the bullying stemmed from me wanting to be a rapper, it only fueled me though. I’ve lost many friends because I’ve prioritized music and my passions and dreams, Ive had multiple lawsuits where I’ve sued people who tried to take advantage of me and my drive and heart (and I won). And at my height in music where everything was going perfectly and I had the most amazing deals on the table in front of me that could have made my dreams come true and changed my life…my dad got sick with ALS and not long after passed from it. The whole process of that and the fallout of everything after kept me away from music in totality. I dropped off and ghosted everything for 4 years. Since then, obviously all my momentum has been lost, the offers I received are no longer active, I’m no longer anyone and I have to rebuild myself up from nothing- again. But I’ve done it before, this is the start of me doing it again. I will make it this time and stay there!

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I make music. I’m a rapper, singer, songwriter, mixing and mastering engineer, producer, marketer, manager, etc. all in one! I specialize in it all because I have to. I love what I do but sometimes it’d be nice to have a team haha. I’m most proud of the level I built myself up to, at my peak this far, I’ve done what less than 1% of artists has ever done and started to become a “name” in the independent industry. What sets me apart from others is that I am uniquely raw. All of my lyrics are very genuine that speak on, most of the time, painful personal life experiences in hopes others that can relate feel seen. That combined with a voice that’s able to really vocalize that rawness seems to resonate with people even more so. I feel I do exceptionally well with expressing myself vocally in hopes to make you feel as I feel while writing and recording these tracks.

Is there any advice you’d like to share with our readers who might just be starting out?
Everyone in this industry is trying to scam you in one way or another and are always lying about how they actually are/how big they actually are. It’s incredibly frustrating and difficult to navigate, especially being inexperienced with it all. Everyone is trying to get something out of you and if they can get away with giving nothing in return, they will give nothing in return. Protect yourself, you don’t need anyone else to make you, you. If it sounds too good to be true, it definitely is. Hopefully you find the super rare genuine people like myself in this mess. Good luck!

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/logvnhiphop?igsh=MWxpZHZ4MDhsYjZqcA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1EMK7wVNhS/?mibextid=wwXIfr
• Twitter: https://x.com/logvnhiphop?s=11
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@logvnhiphop?si=OrwhgeorQVzTXslL
• Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/YZMqRn9LZAGwfuo7iw