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"He&amp;#039;s got a collaboration with Wyclef, appeared on ABC Family&amp;#039;s Lincoln Heights, and is currently on tour with Maroon 5... so without knowing it yet, you&amp;#039;ve probably already heard Kevin Michael&amp;#039;s infectious music! And now you can get his debut album, in stores today! Kevin stopped by the CosmoGIRL! offices a few months ago and chatted with us. Here&amp;#039;s what he had to say... How did you get involved with music? I have been doing music my whole life, but I started to take it seriously when I was 16. I would go to school by day and go to the studio by night. I had the help of my father who was always behind me and I met my manager when I was 17, so I had a support system. And then I was just beating on the pavement, knocking on doors, and getting a lot of &amp;quot;No&amp;quot;s hardly hearing any &amp;quot;Yes.&amp;quot; It is just perseverance.  What song are you especially proud of? They are all close to my heart. I guess probably, &amp;quot;It Don&amp;#039;t Make Any Difference To Me&amp;quot; because it talks about my family, so it is not just about me. I&amp;#039;m speaking for three generations of my family, and I&amp;#039;m also speaking for anybody who is of mixed background. It was a challenge for me growing up biracial because I grew up in the &amp;#039;hood, but I was going to Catholic school with the rich kids. But I never felt like I had to choose what I was. I was always like white-black. Not white one day and black the other. Some people when they are mixed, they grow up kind of confused. I never felt that way. I say I have the best of both worlds.  That&amp;#039;s awesome! And what was it like touring with Lily Allen? There were these three girls waiting outside the show one night. When I came out, I was like, &amp;quot;Why aren&amp;#039;t you waiting Lily Allen?&amp;quot; They were like, &amp;quot;Who is Lily Allen? We&amp;#039;re here for you.&amp;quot; I couldn&amp;#039;t believe it! And then the one girl sang every lyric to the songs and was like, &amp;quot;Quiz me, I know everything about you!&amp;quot; And she was right about everything, including that I&amp;#039;m from Chester, Penn. Most people just say Philadelphia! Now we have to ask about your hair! We love it! What&amp;#039;s your secret? Lots of conditioner. Lots of Paul Mitchell--I buy it in bulk. I wait once a year for the two for $22 sale...seriously! And you have to let it dry on its own for a little bit and then you blow dry it upside down. People call my hair poofy, but I don&amp;#039;t like that word because poofy reminds me of a dog! Finally, for our readers who haven&amp;#039;t heard your music, how would you describe it? My music is the music that people want to hear but they are scared to say it. They are scared to be different. I don&amp;#039;t follow trends. I make my own trends. And I hope to inspire people to do the same. With this new day and age, you can so be yourself! Click on this video for a taste of Kevin Michael! Kevin Michael Freestyle Raps Just for CosmoGIRL! Add to My Profile  Can&amp;#039;t wait to hear what you think! Rachel Entertainment Editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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