Here's a little #upF8 for everyone.
Music is getting made.
Website is finished.
Go to www.hyfen8ed.com now and click on every green box to get where you need to go. I am happy to announce I finally figured out how to have a website for free basically so this one isn't going anywhere!
I could go on and on about everything I've been doing but I'll leave you with this.
It is my new about section on the hyFen8ed website.
I cut the shit!
Lights On Bitches!
Until next time...
Peace!
About
What’s up? My name is Kyle Holloway.
I created hyFen8ed in 2011.
hyFen8ed went from group name, to a fake label, to a real label,
to the monster consuming me, before finally becoming what it is now.
hyFen8ed is the bridge
Between
WHO I WAS
–––— and –––—
WHO I’M STILL BECOMING
The hyphen connects K, the innocent kid I was, and
Holla, the wild mother fucker I became to survive.
TRUTH IS… INSIDE OF ME… I’M BOFFUM!
Now I’m only trying to be Kyle Holloway.
The F and 8 represent F8 (Fate)
This has been God's plan the whole time, even when I was running.
I had to live every bit of it to be able to look back and help others still in it.
Music is my language. I'm not using faith to promote music.
I'm letting the music testify to what God is doing.
GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS…
UNTIL THEY’RE OBVIOUS.
You see..
I used to rap as K-Holla.
Opened for Alien Ant Farm, Kottonmouth Kings and Tom MacDonald.
I made hyFen8ed Entertainment into an official independent record label by
starting an LLC in 2018, thinking that was gonna be the big legit move.
It wasn’t.
It turned into a nightmare.
Between the drug addiction, the debt and the pressure I put on myself…
I couldn't take it anymore!
So what did I do?
I ran.
Actually I drove…
First I had a plan…
Then I got a girlfriend…
We lived out of my car in Colorado and Oregon for a year.
I was trying to escape from all my problems.
I got all the way to the ocean to realize… DAMN!!!
I CAN’T SWIM!!!
Then we came back to Wisconsin but then said fuck it…
We went and lived down in Texas for a winter.
Then she spazzed one day and I broke up with her ass.
I drove nonstop from Texas to Wisconsin.
Two weeks went by and my dumbass got back together with her.
A few months go by and my car dies.
A few months later I got dumped.
I moved home.
I ended up stuck on the floor in my mom's attic,
with my back fucked up,
more depressed than I’d ever been,
seriously thinking about killing myself.
That's when I finally got honest.
I NEEDED HELP SO… I GOT HELP!
I STARTED GOING TO THERAPY.
I GOT BAPTIZED.
I LEARNED BASIC MUSIC THEORY ON A MIDI KEYBOARD.
I LEARNED GUITAR.
I STOPPED RAPPING OVER OTHER PEOPLE'S BEATS.
I STARTED PRODUCING AS
9trippa Beats
I QUIT SMOKING METH ON 10/11/2024
I RELEASED BOFFUM ON MARCH 28, 2025
THEN I RELAPSED ON 9/01/2025
Then on 10/11/2025
WHICH WOULD’VE BEEN A YEAR SOBER…
I DIDN’T LOSE MY SHIT LIKE I THOUGHT I WOULD…
I FACED IT
I STOPPED BEING K-HOLLA
I STARTED BEING KYLE HOLLOWAY
I RELEASED “SURRENDER” ON CHRISTMAS DAY 2025
MY FIRST CHRISTIAN ALBUM
BUT SOMETHING FELT WRONG
I’M NOT HEALED.
I’M NOT PERFECT.
I’M STILL UP AND DOWN… SO…
I’M WORKING ON “PLAYING WITH SHADOWS” NOW.
IT’S AN ACOUSTIC PROJECT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT FEELS REAL.
IT’S THE ALBUM THE SHOULD’VE CAME OUT BETWEEN
“BOFFUM” AND “SURRENDER”
BECAUSE…
I'm still fighting the urge not to relapse…
EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
I’M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO QUIT FOREVER.
I STILL GET PULLED IN TOO MANY DIRECTIONS.
SOME DAYS I FEEL LIKE I'M ACTUALLY BECOMING SOMETHING BETTER.
OTHER DAYS I'M JUST TRYING NOT TO FALL APART.
STAYING SOBER AND RELEASING HONEST SONGS ARE MY ONLY GOALS.
MUSIC IS HOW I PROCESS LIFE.
I'M TRUSTING GOD'S PLAN AND TRYING TO SURRENDER CONTROL.
I'M NOT SOME REDEEMED SUCCESS STORY.
I’M JUST A GUY TIRED OF LYING TO HIMSELF.
NOW I'M KEEPING IT SIMPLE.
FINISHING AND RELEASING PLAYING WITH SHADOWS.
REGISTERING SONGS.
KEEPING THE WEBSITE UPDATED.
DOING K-NOW LIVE! WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT.
WRITING BLOGS WHEN I HAVE THE ENERGY.
I'M NOT BUILDING EMAIL SEQUENCES OR CONTENT CALENDARS.
I’M DONE TRYING TO DO IT ALL.
TRYING TO DO IT ALL IS WHAT TURNED ME
FROM A FUN STONER RAPPER…
WHO JUST LOVED MUSIC…
INTO AN OBSESSED TWEAKER…
TRYING TO BUILD AN EMPIRE…
AS A FORM OF SUBCONSCIOUS SELF-SABOTAGE.
FUCK THAT!
I’VE DECIDED I’M CHILLING AND WHATEVER HAPPENS HAPPENS.
I’M NOT KILLING MYSELF FOR THIS ANYMORE.
hyFen8ed IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE…
BROKEN BUT STILL TRYING.
THAT INCLUDES ME.
I FEEL THESE FUCKED UP FEELINGS.
I SIT IN THE SHIT.
I TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WHERE I'M AT.
I LET THE MUSIC POINT TOWARD GOD WITHOUT FORCING IT.
I'M NOT BEHIND.
I DON'T HAVE TO DO BIG THINGS RIGHT NOW.
SHOWING UP HONESTLY IS ENOUGH.
ONE DAY AT A TIME.
STILL BECOMING.
#EmbraceF8
Kyle Holloway
Founder of hyFen8ed