Rapper uses his art as stress relief
- Jamin Mike | January 05, 2017
Beary D is a rapper on the rise. He brings the young life and all sorts of issues to light through the art of music. But with his devotion for rapping, he uses music as tool for stress relief and to announce his thoughts to the world.
Brennan Colby Daniels, 22, hails from the Muskeg Lake and Okanese First Nations but makes his home in Saskatoon. Since the age of twelve, Daniels found that putting pen to paper and writing down lyrics was a passion of his. But in 2009 when Daniels was in high-school, he began taking his rapping career to the next level.
“It’s an addiction and a reliever. I found another way out,” he said.
Daniels was nicknamed “Bear” at birth. And throughout his younger life, he was into sports. He spent most of his life in the city, but was also moving back-and-forth from Regina as well. When he would play hockey, his friends would always call him Beary—thus making “Beary D” his stage name.
Daniels expressed that he couldn’t have asked for a more supportive environment and family.
He had wrote a song called Bridge City. The song heavily expresses the life of a youth living in Saskatoon. This was his first major recording and after the song had been published, it was a hit on social-media websites which successfully started getting his name out to the public.
Daniels started creating more music expressing different things. His newest recording, Standing Rock, is a song that takes the movement to another level of understanding.
Daniels shared that he believes that the protesters in Standing Rock are fighting for a good cause. He said, “I wrote this song to support the people fighting for clean water… it’s a right and so is clean land.” The song is based on the intention of hundreds of people who gather in opposition of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.
“I’m hoping this song will get people’s attention. It is important that we get these messages out there.” Said Daniels when asked about his intention of creating the song.
One of his first gigs happened at the Sutherland Hall in Saskatoon in 2015. He opened up for an artist by the name of Preme from ThunderBay, Ont. “My feelings were very nerve wracking at the time, but went away once I performed,” he said.
His first album is currently in planning. He works with DillyBat Productions, a production group based out of Saskatoon. Themes for his new album are to shed light on different issues Indigenous people are facing like pipeline protests, rising suicide rates in the north, and poor conditions on reserves around Canada.
Daniels explained, “My focus is to bring people together with my music of all cultures by speaking on all issues.” He plans on keeping up with his music and is excited to see where it will bring him. Family continues to stand by his side.