Life Update for a Busy Pop Star...

Hey family,

It's Monday the 26th of May as I write this post. It' memorial day so first and foremost I want to extend a warm thank you to all who have served time making this country a better place. I wanted to come on and write a little update on some of the things that are happening in my life as i've been getting a lot of requests to do so. So sit back, relax, and enjoy reading this lil life update about some of the highlights in my life lately.

Lets date back to a few months back in December of 2024...

I look like I'm in so much pain (cuz I was) lol

As many of you know, I was in a bad car accident on December 3rd as I was hit on a side impact on the highway going 75MPH. This hit spun me out of control, depolyed every airbag in my car, and left me with a concussion and two herniated disks in my low back. Thankfully I walked out of that scene alive as I was actually on my way to the music studio when the wreck happened. This was a pivotal point in my life because it made me remember how precious each moment is. I never expected this to happen to me and it did. I wasn't speeding, on my phone, or doing anything unsafe. I was in fact in the far right (slow) lane on the freeway with my cruise control set to about 72MPH.

The crazy thing about this is that I live about 40 miles north of where my music studio is and i've been making that drive for the past 3 years. My "studio family" has been trying to convince me to move down by our studio for a while and I just never did. WHY? I have NO idea ya'll. Driving 40 miles one way was not my favorite thing in the world to do, and after this car wreck it showed me ONE thing, that I needed to relocate myself to be closer to my music. Though at the time I had about 6 months left in the lease I was currently in, I knew in my head that I was going to FINALLY be making the move the minute that my lease was up.

Anyways, I don't want to get off timeline here so let me just keep going.

The healing from the car accident was a long journey and ended up pulling me out of doing something I absolutely love. Many of you know that I was an avid gym rat and in the weight room several days out of the week. I actually had a roster of clients that I was personal

training weekly and due to this accident I had to convert to complete online personal training. This was a very hard change for me because "hands on" training is something I had been used to for years and just the overall gym scene was my favorite. But instead of looking at the NEGATIVES about this scenario, here are some of the POSITIVES...

1.) I started my online personal training app which allows me to work with MORE people from anywhere in the world...

2.) I started my health and lifestyle BLOG right here on my website...

3.) My body has had insane time to recover and i'm feeling amazing...

4.) I've spent a lot more time outdoors going on walks and being in nature which has allowed me to reflect and spend time with God...

5.) I now have a car that i'm even MORE in love with than my little white mustang that I lost in the wreck...

This was absolutely the scariest moment of my entire life. But WOW I can't wait to show you the new studio!!

Lets fast forward to February of 2025. I had JUST started driving back to the studio to record again after a couple months being TERRIFIED to make that drive. Keeping in mind that the drive was 40 miles ONE way and I only had my 25 year old "beater" pickup truck since my mustang was no longer with me. Let me just say how AMAZING it felt to be back in that studio. I was recording music that felt like it was my BEST yet. Something about that car accident that had me in an even HIGHER frequency with my music. I felt so in tune with it and was even MORE motivated to be there. At this point, I was still in a lot of back pain but recording was the "medicine" that I needed to help my body and mind heal.

February 2nd I was in the studio by myself recording a HUGE song. I was on the phone with one of my producers via FaceTime. While we were facetiming the lights literally went out in the studio, but the equipment still worked. I hungup from him and called Katral (the owner of the studio) and he didn't answer so I had sent him a text saying "hey the studio lights just went out but the equipment still works so imma keep recording".

I went back into the booth to finish this song and i felt this weird rumbling/shaking. I literally in my head thought that we were having an earthquake because that's EXACTLY what it felt like. In my head I was like "does Georgia even GET earthquakes?!?!?" Witin SECONDS after feeling that shaking sensation and having that thought, smoke poured in like crazy and the whole studio was up in flames. I was locked in the little booth where the singing mic was so I abruptly pulled the door open, ran out the main door and screamed at the top of my lungs for help. I was lucky to have made it out of there alive because that studio is TINY and burned up QUICK. The fire department showed up within minutes and contained the fire and i was on the ground panicking with tears flowing out of my body as I watched my studio and music burn up in

Ka'tral owns the studio and has been working extremely hard to get it back up and running. We took this photo last week when I went to see it for the first time in 2 months.

front of my eyes.

THIS was absolutely the WORST pain I have ever felt in my ENTIRE life. That studio meant the world to me and felt like it was the only thing keeping me together after the car accident. The cause of the fire was an electrical malfunction in the roof. All praise to the most high that nobody was hurt in the fire and we were able to quickly rebuild the building.

Lets fast forward to March. A month had gone by from the studio fire, and nearly 3 months from the car accident. The studio building was rebuilt even BIGGER than the first one. When I had drove down to see it for the first time I was crying tears of happiness at just seeing the BUILDING of it. Nothing was in the studio yet (and still to this day we don't have the equipment quite yet) but this is the moment that I knew I had to start looking at places within close proximity of my music. I started looking at apartments to plan where I would be living when my lease ended. I knew that a NEW chapter was soon upon me and I was SO ready, like SO ready. I was literally counting down the days of being out of my old apartment and starting a new chapter on the southside of Atlanta so I would no longer have to make that commute.

This is my real life twin sister (who I'm 5 minutes older than). Her wedding in Pensacola was SO beautiful!!!

Let's move to April. April was by FAR the best month i've had in these last 6 months. Not ONLY did my twin sister get married to the love of her life, but I also bought a NEW mustang that i'm SO in love with. We married my sister off in Pensacola Beach Florida with all of the family, close friends, and a BEAUTIFUL view of the beach. HUGE congratulations to my sister and Jake. I know that they have a bright future ahead and i can't wait to watch their new journey unfold. It was crazy because the DAY I was leaving to fly to Florida for the wedding festivities, I saw an ad with this beautiful red mustang. It was a 2022 RED mustang which is the exact color I wanted. I couldn't stop thinking about it but knew I had to keep my focus on my sister and her wedding. 2 weeks later that car became mine and it's everything i've ever wanted. Ya'll would look at it and think "yup! that's definitely ASKYE'S car (LOL)!!!" It took me 6 months to finally "pull the trigger" on a car after looking at several. Now my "beater" pickup truck was no longer my main drive and I get to enjoy red mustang.

So now let's move to May. May has been a HEAVY but beautiful month for me. For starters, I moved to to my NEW spot which is now only 5 miles from the music studio. It's officially been ONE week of living here and I love every second of it. Mom was in town to help me with the move and she's just as in love with my place as I am.

This was the day I went to pick my car up:)

Though the studio is not officially up and running yet, i'm so close to it and it just feels so crazy that literally it's a 10 minute car ride. Shoutout to ALL who have donated to our gofundme page which allowed us to get this studio up quicker than anticipated. I will be mailing out thank you cards within the next few weeks be on the lookout for that if you had contributed to our gofundme page.

Another POSITIVE that happened in May is on my birthday (May 2nd) I released my single "Hear Me Out" on all platforms and ya'll have been going CRAZY on the streams so THANK YOU for supporting that new song. It's a very fun, sassy, hip hop vibe that has been gaining the attention of many NEW fans from all over the world. Keep streaming it and showing love, I see you and I appreciate you.

Fast forward to later May: It's the 26th today and it's officially been 4 days since i've found out about the passing of my best friend, Hannah Moody. This has been a tough thing to greive because Hannah was my ROCK. She has been my best friend of 6 years and I still can't believe she is no longer walking this earth plane but I know she is flying high in the cosmos. Hannah passed away doing something that she absolutely LOVED which was hiking in Arizona. I will be heading out to Pheonix Arizona later this week to go celebrate Hannah's life with her family and friends. This tragedy felt like it took my heart and ripped it right out of my body. I'm BEYOND thankful that my mom was with me during the time that I found out and she was able to hold me as I cried what felt like every tear in my entire being.

Hannah was the FIRST friend I had when I lived in California. She has been my bestie ever since and is now watching over me from the heavens.

I'm not going to say that May has been an easy month for me after hearing the news about my bestie, but I will say that I know she is my BIGGEST fan who is now cheering me on from heaven and she would NOT want me grieving her loss for too long. Thank you to all who have reached out to me via instagram, I've seen your messages and I DO appreciate you. I've never tragically lost anyone this close before so this has not been an easy thing for me to process.

Hannah was a BRIGHT soul with a strong faith in God. She would literally go out of her way to make a stranger smile. I lived right up the street from Hannah when I lived in Los Angeles California in 2019 and we became best friends almost instantly. Though we both left California and lived in separate states, we talked every week and still had a friendship that was one of a kind. I really wish this was a nightmare that I could wake up from but unfortunately it's not. I love you Hannah. You are the catalyst for my next chapter and I know that even though you are not PHYSICALLY here, you are in the spiritual realm supporting me.

lil selfie I took in my old apartment before moving out

I know this is not my typical health or lifestyle blog, but a simple update of my life lately. I genuinely want to know what topics you like reading about and what you'd like me to write more of. I genuinely believe that my next chapter will be the one that my music is TRULY known by millions. Life has felt EXTRA special lately with all of these wild setbacks. If you have any words of encouragement or something to keep my spirits uplifted, feel free to write it below:) But for now, I think i'll end it right here by saying how much I appreciate you for even reading this far. I know that HUGE things are coming for me and my music and as I always say...

This is not just MY journey, it's OURS.

ILY

XOXO

-ASKYE