We had the good fortune of connecting with Ykm Yosh and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Ykm, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
My thought process was always, “will you be able to build this business up in an organic/authentic way”

Then it turns into “is this business going to provide longevity”

Then it turns into “what will i have to provide to make this business function and bring back my initial investment”

Once all of those questions are answered then i start to accumulate materials and start to form tha base of tha business that way when you eventually expand you always have your reference point to look back on.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I dont think its ever easy to start something from scratch, but when you take that first step all thats left to do is keep going! I think what sets me apart from a “conventional” artist is my ability to learn from my failures and never be too cool to try something new. If one thing doesnt work, pack it up and try something else, eventually something WILL take off.

Tha biggest lesson i learned while trying to expand as a creative is that you can do everything right and still fail, its more about getting back up every time rather than falling down

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
First things first we gonna hit clothing park and shop with my homie John, then we prolly gonna go meet up with my homies on tha South Side and burn a few, then we gonna prolly hit downtown PHX and pull up on Valley Bar and politic with tha local scene. After wards prolly hit a pasta plate from GUS’s and then go to tha studio and create some new new

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I always want to shout out my mom in anything i do, because she was tha only person in my life to ever see tha vision like i saw it, love u mama ❤️

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Image Credits
Some shot by tha homie Joey Freco Some by tha homegirl America Some by tha homie Artamis4

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