Hi there, My name is Nic but as a stage name, I go by Justnic. I'm a 17-year-old rapper from North East London who is currently working on an Alternative take on Hip Hop/Rap by fusing a range of different inspirations. Growing up as a child I was brought up listening to a lot of Reggaeton (due to my Latin heritage) and Hip Hop artists, such as Daddy Yankee, Wisin y Yandel, 50 Cent and Eminem. A...

My first love letter....... No.. that’s not itMy first time making someone squirm in their seat.“Haha” ~ a chuckle escaped me and a smirk took ahold of my lips. You slid, what was it? A rice Krispy, the original was my favorite, or fruit snacks, the motts one- was the only ones I trusted but Welch’s sufficed........ because it was you so you would never hear me complain. Or maybe you leaned the...

Sweet boy, it’s time for you to Smile! You’re on Camera!Bare your teeth for a while and turn the corner.On Turk and Hyde, you were only seventeen,ruining your life with that drink called daydream.But how could you have known?People walking past you like they have somewhere to go.You wished you’d becomejust like them too,So you started wearing suit jacketsI thought looked big on you.Silly boy, i...

Here's one of the many uniquely composed singles from Xeno called Told You, A self-reflective piece that hopes to inspire you that needs the confidence to come forward. Xeno (@_xenomusic) · solo.to Brooklyn New York · A music revolutionary bound by his relentless pursuit to change the world. Xeno promotes positivity, passion, and the power given to those who follow their dreams...

we held hands in comfortable silence together we listened to songs about lovein bed in the darkness faces illuminated by phone screens your body and mind pressed against mine  when you told me something I already knew to be true 

Thoughts...Old man waiting the boy sitting and thinking.

In the morning the sun is shining. Colorful world all around.

it’s hard sometimeswhen my mind spiralsout of controlwhen my thoughtstwist into worryand fear declares waron my heartit’s hard sometimeswhen the doubtcomes creeping incasting shadowswhere there wasonce lightso i pour it outin the form of wordsletters bleedonto the paper i holdand i realizethrough everythingthat i cannot letthis dark force winthat i am strongerthat love is on my sideand faith i...

I am plagued by fear. Inadequacy, failure, the floor collapsing under me in my own flat if I put a bag of frozen peas in the freezer. Discovering a method of transferring even a particle of this fear into something tangible and creative, helps keep the demons slightly quieter than they would normally be. The world is confusing, frightening, ugly, lonely and dying fast. Sometimes, I find contemp...

SohoOrDublinIt was one of the two Numb footsteps around lampposts Steps to doors that you can’t go in Leaving your future disappointment behind A frame of time to put up on your wall Was it soho or Dublin Untitled conversations that stream past like traffic Progressive air stuck in history’s trapAspirations to wear the city’s scent, eat up it’s waste to try gain some experience Personify the ni...

Project: Dealing with Fear... How Art helps us getting through these days...

Searing similes. Vivacious verbs. Trepidation with alliteration. Sound familiar? Show us. If you think you have what it takes to write for Smple, meld your style with ours. We’re looking for new essayists, reporters, poets and authors for regular work. This will be a group of people who collaborate remotely or otherwise, feeding an audience numbering hundreds of thousands across the world. You...