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Deshon Johnson'' (born March 5, 1995), known professionally as Sean Cos Mason aka Sean M, is an American rapper. He released the EP Feels So Good in June 2018. He signed to his own record label called Nonillaah/Noneillah Entertainment on December 7, 2011, making him the first male rapper on his own label. Sean Cos Mason is a Songwriter, Music Engineer, Digital Designer, Tee Shirt Designer, College Student, and Actor.
'''Early life and education'''
Sean Cos Mason aka Sean M was born in Newark, NJ, and raised in Montclair. His mother, Naomi Johnson, is a college graduate who was a form Teacher and would bring her son with her to college. Instead of putting him in daycare, Sean was brought to the classroom by his mother.
Sean received his first college experience at the age of two while sitting in all of his mother's college courses up to the age of seven years old. He learned how to write in a complete sentence at the age of 2 and developed an impressive vocabulary beyond his age level.
This talented young man began writing his own raps at age 14.] When he revealed to his mother that he wanted to rap, Naomi required that Sean wait until he was 19 to pursue rapping as a career. His mother, although impressed by his rapping skills and commented that his lyrics were too suggestive for his young age. Once he began rapping, he continued writing sexual and "metaphoric" lyrics.
In 2012, a clip of Sean went viral, where he was battling against male opponents in a cipher while a student at Kean University. The viral video helped Sean gain a more massive digital presence and following on social media. He has garnered fans by posting his freestyle on his Instagram since college. Sean adopted the stage name Cosmos/Cos from his rap battle years while he was in Montclair High School. Once Sean graduates out of High School he changed his stage name to Sean M aka Sean Mason aka Sean Cos Mason because he wants his name to be more relatable to people and marketable. Sean Cos Mason was referred to as Cos during adolescence due to his dope battling skills. This 5'5 talented young man's vocabulary in his rap flow is fantastic, which makes is a true lyrist.
As a teenager, he expanded on his knowledge by taking up music lessons in his school Choirs at Mount Hebron Middle School where he learned a variety of instruments, melodies, and other things that come along with improving his music skills, and techniques. Thus his passion for music continued to grow. https://artistrack.com/sean-cos-mason-sean-m-girl-tip-toe/
Sean Cos Mason is a bright young man since his early education years because at the age of seven he was a gifted a talented student who receive a Principle Award, in middle school he stay on the honor, in high school, he was in the honor society. While in the honor society he was chosen to go to China and Europe as an exchange student and was picked to speak at Howard University on behalf of his peers who were taken up Law at Montclair High School. Sean was accepted at Kean University fall of 2008, Montclair University in the Spring of 2009, and Essex County College in 2010.
After taking time off school, he resumed his studies at Essex County College in Business Finance.
Career
In 2012, he released his first mixtape, Round My Way Volume 1, and his first single remixed "Kelly Rowland-Motivation ft. Sean M" was produced by Noneillah TV. The next year, he released his first EP, Round My Way Volume 2. One song on the EP, "Hands-on The Wheel," has two thousand YouTube views. In 2012, he released a video, "Hands On The Wheel (Freestyle)" that is a rework of ScHoolboy Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGd9DTTrX4U "Hands On The Wheel!"
In early 2012, Sean signed with his label Nonillaah Ent., an Indie label in Montclair owned by Sean M. He then performed at Real Deal Radio in March 2012. In June of that year, he released a 10-song EP under the label called Noneillah. The EP is named after his early childhood neighborhood in East Orange, NJ, which he describes as "a rawer version" of himself. He stated in his song The title “Green” that he is not afraid to talk about various topics during his early years of childhood, nor does he feel boxed into either the "intelligent" or "freak" dichotomy. Noah Penza of Fresh Out the Box referred to his ability to rap with "dynamic and changing flow that isn't predictable.”
In November 2018, his hit single “Feel So Good” was released on iTunes, iHeart Radio, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal, Napster, and other major music streaming stores under the Noneillah label; he is the first male rapper to be signed by the label.
In 2018, he released the single "Girl-Tip-Toe" from his EP My World, The single “My World” is sampled throughout the single. On April 15, 2019, Sean Cos Mason achieved his first entry on Indie Chart at number 99 with his single "Girl-Tip-Toe.”
His other single “My World” was released on December 17, 2019.
Artistry
Mason is known for the confidence, edgy, explicit lyrics, punchy, gripping lyrics, seamless and natural. He presents his sexuality throughout his lyrics “Feel So Good” and Girl-Tip-Toe music. Also, he displays his metaphoric lyrics in his “Hand On The Wheel: videos, and live performances. This New Jersey rapper has a clever word usage that rhymes and touches upon honest topics with making piquant observations about daily life without shying away from thoughtful self-observation.
In an interview with Sean, Exposed vocals https://exposedvocals.com/features/interview-with-sean-cos-mason-founder-of-trademark-noneillah-llc-and-nonillaah-entertainment/, describe him to be a skillful intense talented rapper who has an impressive rapping vocabulary so you don’t know what to expect from the rapper. These qualities are what I personally look for in a rapper. Rappers with a dynamic and changing flow that isn’t predictable with their wordplay create a strong and powerful track to best present their ideas through music. Sean hopes to inspire everyone through his lyrics.
He eventually learned to interchange poetry stanzas for rap bars and found pleasure in both spoken word and cipher rapping. His influences include Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Eminem, R. Kelly, Bone Thugs & Harmony just to mention a few. https://gossipfacts.wordpress.com/2018/04/18/remembering-music-artist-sean-cos-mason/
Sean M's “Too High” song is a banging track that perfectly shows the raw talent that Sean Cos Mason could unleash. The beat is an instant winner! Sean Cos effectively uses this musical landscape as a podium and narrative tour guide for the in-house party delights. The track comes with a nice animated video that stresses the mood. For devotees of hip-hop culture, this is a must-have. As a veteran youthful veteran of the rap game https://warlockasyluminternationalnews.com/2019/01/13/too-high-honoring-sean-cos-mason-aka-noneillah/.
Acting Career
Sean was called to be an extra for the movies The Goonies,
The Sopranos in Montclair, NJ for episode 6x13, and he auditions for the Lollipop, Commercial back in 1997. However, Sean was not interested in the acting career; his passion was in music https://www.imdb.com/user/ur100581848/?ref_=nv_usr_prof_2.
Fashion Collection
Sean Cos Mason is the owner of the Noneillah Collection Brand
What inspired him?
Sean stated in his interview that he was introduced to different genres of music, from classical, jazz, disco, club, opera, and more, through my mother’s “Music Appreciated” college course. As I got older, I wanted to learn more about music, so I signed up for a choral class at Mount side Middle school in Montclair. In my choral music class, we went to different schools to put on concerts. Right then and there, I knew my love for music had grown with a strong passion for learning more http://faroolive.com/interview-with-talented-musician-sean-cos-mason/.
In multiple interviews, Sean has referred to himself as the Noneillah music artist in the game, he brands his tagline Noneillah in most of his songs and he says he brand himself in his debut EP, Show. His incredible lyrical flow influenced Blowin Down and has similar confidence and an unapologetic raw dominant delivery.
Cos remixed by the Game "Martine vs. Predator" is another alter ego who is described as embodying Cos's carefree and outgoing side in being creative with implementing his tagline Noneillah in his soundtrack. Cos stated that he introduced "Blown Down" on his album, “Round My Way.”
Personal life
The rich language of music inspired him and motivated him to become a hip-hop/rap artist. Sean began writing his own music in 2007 and released his debut single “Life Hurts” in June 2007. The intense message of the lyrics and back-story has inspired his creation. Accompanying the release of his song; this arose from his mother's tragic car accident affected by a Bloomfield NJ police officer chasing a stolen car. The stolen car crashed into his mother's car head-on and left him disabled. Sean was upset about what happened to his mother, the man who took the car, and how the police officers get away with a lot of criminal acts against citizens. Therefore, he channeled his emotions into his song “Life Hurts.” https://videomusicstars.com/hip-hop-artist-songwriter-and-producer-sean-cos-mason-aka-sean-m/
Sean’s mother influenced his decision to get his degree in Music and Business Finance and also helped foster Cos's wish to establish his Noneillah business in his hometown of Montclair, NJ.
In a 2018 interview with Exposed Vocals, Sean discussed his interest in Reality TV and getting his music played in commercials, games, TV shows, and more https://exposedvocals.com/features/interview-with-sean-cos-mason-founder-of-trademark-noneillah-llc-and-nonillaah-entertainment/
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