Perhaps it was the euphoria of the first time he heard a rhyme collide with a beat, or it may have been the gruesome civil war that touched his young life, and that war’s impact his family, but likely, it was the fusion of the two experiences that inspired a young Kedrick Mack to develop and refine his sound into what is now the intense, distinctive sound of emcee/producer Dope KNife.

As one of the founding members of Savannah GA's Hip Hop collective 'Dope Sandwich' KNife carries on the tradition dope beats and dope lyrics with his brand of unsettling tone.

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