Today we’d like to introduce you to Mosi Holmes.
Hi Mosi, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I started in my city Fairfield, CA where I began my dance career. I was in small groups around the city and I went to different battles and events spread out all the way from Sacramento to San Francisco. In High School, I was on the Track team, Football team, and Basketball team but shortly after I graduated, I found freestyle dancing and decided that was something I wanted to do. I danced in high school a little bit but I was running the streets doing God knows what, lol. But shit, I figured it out and after a lot of my friends were getting involved in the street life, a lot of them ended up getting killed or going to jail. So I made a choice to not go down that road and put myself in a different environment to where I could succeed and do something different. I spent years and it took a lot of dedication and hard work to get to where I am today. I’ve been to over 15+ countries and almost every state in the United States of America. Nothing about my process was easy but I made that shit look easy cause I don’t like to let them see me sweat.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
NOTHING ABOUT MY LIFE HAS BEEN SMOOTH! I was literally the only one in my group of friends who decided to be a dancer (Hip Hop). I was made fun of and nobody took me serious, not even my parents at first. The city was built on sports and if you didn’t play sports or rap then you were pretty much a target for the jokes. When I first moved to LA to pursue my career, I had to sleep on couches and even in my car at times. I had barely any money to eat. I would lie to my mother and grandmother about having a place to stay and food just so they wouldn’t come out to LA and snatch my a** out of there. Not only that, the entertainment industry is like being put in a fish tank full of sharks. I had to connect and make a network for myself and I had to put myself in places to showcase my talent, I had to basically be ready at all times. Nothing about pursuing a professional hip hop career is easy. I mean sh*t nothing worth anything comes easy.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am a professional Choreographer, Designer, and Recording Artist. I have my own clothing brand called LEGADO and I recently dropped the first collection and that was something that made me proud cause it was the first collection I really keyed in on, I’ve been designing for a couple of years now and I love seeing people feel good rockin my stuff in the clubs, events, and mostly dance classes. In dance, I’ve traveled the world like I’ve mentioned before and performed and taught in so many different countries. I’ve been in music videos, tv shows, and movies. It’s crazy cause I remember getting my passport and was excited to have one, looking back on it I have two passports now cause one is full. That’s God showering me with blessings can’t thank him enough. I also do music. I have two projects out, “PRETTYBOYUGLY” and “LONG LIVE VOL.!”. I go by the name of LONGLIVEMOSI and you can’t find my music on all major streaming platforms. I’ve been doing music since high school but I pursued dancing as a career so I put it on the back burner until I made a name for myself in dance. I’m mostly known for just being me, people really enjoy my presence. I’m funny, I get the crowd going, and for the most part I’m friendly as hell. I think my personality has gotten me further than my talent. Don’t get me wrong… I’m talented as fuck, lol… but I think the energy I put off is what keeps people wanting to be around me.
Who else deserves credit in your story?
My family plays the biggest role in why I am so successful. My grandmother literally did everything she could to make sure that I had what I needed to be able to do what I needed to do. She would drive all the way to San Francisco to take me to an event and she wouldn’t even go in. She would just sit in the car and read a book, unbothered. She would take me to any dance practice I had to be at and wouldn’t complain at all. My mother made sure I was fed and disciplined me to make sure if I was going to pursue anything in life, I did it to the fullest ain’t no holding back. I had a good solid friends group as well. I usually surrounded myself with like-minded people naturally after realizing the potential I had at a young age. I’ve had multiple people help me to get to where I am in life, somewhere good examples and some were bad examples but either way, I learned. Kolanie Marks is one of the industry choreographers who I didn’t even know who truly looked after me and took on the mentor/big bro job in my life. He was really one of the first people to tell me he believed in me when I ain’t even had shit going for myself. Kolanie understood me as a young black male trying to make it out of the hood and change his circumstances with his talents. I have so many people I could name but I’ll be here all day. Kolanie was the first and I appreciate the big bro for that because he didn’t have to especially living in a whole different state.
Contact Info:
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: thelegado.us
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longlivemosi/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/legado_us
- Youtube: YouTube.com/guttah3g
- SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/longlivemosi
- Other: https://www.instagram.com/legado.us/
Image Credits
Guy Holmes Alejandro Hernandez Arielle Samodio
