SVENSAX is a wordsmith. A poetry-driven lyricist and spoken word artist, rooted in the influences of glory day hip-hop (Big Daddy Kane and Eric B. & Rakim to Ice Cube and Digable Planets). Sighting Andre 3000 as his biggest lyrical influence, Svensax’s style is best described as multi-layered, pensive thought patterns positioned carefully over syncopated rhythms. Svensax has an unusual background for a verbose emcee. There is nothing street about him, nor did the pressure from his cuticles ever spawn graffiti on any a’ wall. Born to Swedish and Norwegian parents, he went to pre-school in Norway and spent significant time in Sweden, but settled in Dana Point, California. At a time when hip-hop didn’t have mainstream acceptance, Svensax gravitated to the local record stores searching out anything hip-hop, studying beats and rhymes just as much as his school work. He became obsessed with detail and order, musical and otherwise. Wanting to leave his fingerprints on something musical and creative, Svensax abruptly realized he should do the “expected” thing and focus on getting a “real” job. So, his neatly-scripted lyrics remained captive in a notebook whose existence only he knew. In the late 1990’s, he worked on Wall Street where he realized his soul went missing. The countless work hours distracted him from his true passion, the passion he dismissed as a hobby years before. Although the corporate experience would later play an integral role in defining his character and work ethic, it was time to redirect his focus. After three years of the corporate grind, he decided to shed his suit and all its symbols in order to reintroduce himself to himself. He moved to Hollywood, California and started creating music and has since had several film & television licensing credits to his name as well as several successful spoken word performances under his belt.