Just a few years ago, Kashus Culpepper had never played guitar, written a song or performed in front of a live audience. Now, with the release of his debut album, Act I, in January and appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Kelly Clarkson Show, he has scads of tour dates ahead of him.
Not bad for a guy who says this was never the plan.
“I would always listen to music when I was young,” he says. “That was my peace. If anything traumatic ever happened, I would turn to [it]. And then, in 2020, I was deployed [with the U.S. navy] to Spain. It was the pandemic and they shut everything down, so I turned to music, like I always do. And, luckily, I found a guitar there.”…
