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Silent Knight working virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Just as things were building up with News Beat, the Innocence Project, and The Band Called FUSE, the pandemic hit. Things would never…

Busy Is My Best Friend music video.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"The video would be released and pass 100,000 views, making it my biggest stand alone song thus far."

Music video for "Pop Culture Shock".

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

At the same time, I was again noticed by a familiar record label, LOUD Records, the very label that signed Wu-Tang Clan, Big Pun, Dead Prez, and other artists…

A page from one of Silent Knight's early notebooks, which became an excerpt from an unreleased and yet unrecorded track called "put down the linoleum".

A page from one of Silent Knight's early notebooks. Some of the words from this page were used in the song "Salute" on the album "Busy is My Best Friend".

Additional words that were added in the recording:

high command, rebel outlaw
but Cy is…

A page from one of Silent Knight's early notebooks. This writing was later recorded as a song but not released.

Notebook cover from one of Silent Knight's early writing notebooks

Notebook cover from one of Silent Knight's early writing notebooks

Selfie photograph of Silent Knight taken in 2022.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Which brings us to now. A residency booked for Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), planning of a world wide tour, and a possible major TV appearance…

Collage of digital photographs taken by and of Silent Knight in 2022.Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline: "After a couple of years of hardship, granted with some victories too, some sense of normalcy started to return. 2022 would see: the…

Still shot from "Wu Tang: An American Saga."

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Wu Tang struck again soon after. My music was featured in a show about (and produced by) his favorite group. Hulu's Wu Tang: An American Saga. Season…

Still shot from ABC World News Now "Hip-Hop Polka".

Timeline excerpt:

"The news reached out. ABC's World News Now. The very first Hip-Hop rendition of the 30+ year running tradition known as the World News Polka was produced by an in-house…

Photograph of Silent Knight at the Innocence Project headquarters.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Through the News Beat podcast, one episode in particular, I became an ambassador with the Innocence Project. Again, a high…

Photograph of Silent Knight with other members of the News Beat team.Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:"Delving further into community work, but also journalism, I became the first artist-in-residence for a new podcast called News Beat.…

Screenshot from Levi's commercial that featured a song written and recorded by Silent Knight.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Then, breaking into a different side of the business, I finally landed my first commercial. I wrote…

Photograph of "The Love" single on special red vinyl.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"A crucial part of my story. In 2014 I got to work with a member of the legendary group Wu Tang Clan, on a collaboration that would also be my…

Photo collage of Silent Knight and the Band Called FUSE at the SXSW music festival.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"More momentum. The Band Called FUSE kept it going and started our first of three succesful Kickstarter…

Flyer for "The Line Up", an event produced by The Band Called FUSE.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"After a string of ever more energetic and popular events, the band and I decided to start our own show, The Line Up. This event…

Photograph of Silent Knight performing with FUSE.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"I was just getting started. After experimenting with live musicians for years, it was time to bring it all together. I started working with the…

Photo of Silent Knight and collaborators while on national tour.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Things were happening as I was branching out and performing any and every where I could. Thankfully this would also include…

Photograph of Silent Knight on the Calhoun St. Bridge connecting Trenton, New Jersey and Morrisville, PA.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"After releasing music and growing my stage presence with Unstoppable Unity, it was time to…

Photograph of Silent Knight with Queens based producer and emcee Kon Boogie, who at the time this photo was taken went by KON.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Then in 2001, through a chance meeting (or fate) Monk and I…

Photograph of Silent Knight pictured with Arcane at his first real recording session.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Once I saw how positively Monk reacted to what I'd been writing, a fire was lit. I called my brother Arcane…

Photo of notebook collection that SK has used for his writing for decades.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"But then, things would change. I stopped feeling comfortable sharing my rhymes. I was writing every day at this point,…

Cassette tape insert from Silent Knight's timeline exhibit and photo of him with his cousins.

Excerpt from the Roots Music Exhibit Timeline:

"Following the first song, my cousins and I would make our own music and artwork to go with it. Young…