Written on behalf of The Source by award-winning and famed journalist, Jonathan P. Wright (CVO of RADIOPUSHERS and Head of Music Monetization for OpenWav)
Davie FP’s story doesn’t start with a rollout. It starts with a vibe—one of those internal feelings you can’t explain to people who only listen with their ears.
It’s a feeling older than stage lights. Older than the “content era.” Older than the moment where the world finally decides to pay attention. Davie FP is built from the era where music still had a job to do: carry memory, translate pain, and make people feel seen without forcing them to say it out loud.
Born David S. Johnson in Cleveland, Ohio, Davie FP represents Cleveland the way real artists represent home—not like a marketing line, but like a heartbeat. Cleveland lives in his pacing. Cleveland lives in the honesty. Cleveland lives in the way he can make a record feel smooth and still leave an emotional bruise behind it, because the goal was never to make the truth pretty. The goal was to make it land.
Davie FP moves across R&B, Blues, Hip Hop, Soul, and Pop, but the genre list is the surface-level read. The deeper truth is psychological: he makes music for listeners who still want to go somewhere when they press play.
In the first 30 seconds, a new listener should feel like, “I don’t know where this is taking me, but it feels like it’s taking me somewhere I’ve been—or somewhere I want to be.” That’s not a tagline. That’s a worldview.
𝑪𝑳𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑰𝑵 𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑺𝑻: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑪𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑨𝑼𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑯𝑰𝑴 𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑬𝑨𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑨𝒀𝑺
Cleveland doesn’t raise artists to be cute. Cleveland raises artists to be clear.
It raises you to understand that the world will test your identity, then look you in the eye and act like the test was “just business.” Davie FP grew up learning that integrity isn’t a personality trait—it’s a daily decision, and sometimes it costs you comfort.
That’s why Davie FP doesn’t sound like someone trying to catch a wave. Davie FP sounds like someone building a coastline. Even when he leans romantic, the writing doesn’t feel synthetic. Even when the production gets smooth, the emotion stays unedited.
There’s a certain kind of artist who can give you melody and still keep the grit in the message. Davie FP lives in that pocket. He understands the difference between being polished and being sanitized.
𝑻𝑾𝑶 𝑯𝑶𝑴𝑬𝑺. 𝑻𝑾𝑶 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑬𝑺. 𝑶𝑵𝑬 𝑺𝑷𝑰𝑹𝑰𝑻: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑫𝑼𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑩𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑻 𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬
Davie FP’s childhood reads like a split-screen.
After his parents divorced, life became two environments, two textures, two definitions of “normal.” He lived with his mother day-to-day and spent weekends with his father—one home rooted in the suburbs, and the other rooted “down the way,” where freedom and poverty exist in the same breath, and maturity arrives early whether you asked for it or not.
Most people don’t realize what that does to a person’s psychology. It can fracture identity. Or it can sharpen it.
In Davie FP, it created comfort in any setting without creating two different versions of himself. That matters because music—and the business around music—will constantly pressure an artist to code-switch their spirit. Davie FP didn’t learn how to become two people. Davie FP learned how to be one person with range.
That’s why he can move through genres without sounding confused. He’s not switching personalities. He’s translating one truth through different emotional colors.
𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬, 𝑳𝑨𝑼𝑮𝑯𝑻𝑬𝑹, 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑯𝑼𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑹: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑬𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳 𝑨𝑰𝑹 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑬𝑫 𝑯𝑰𝑴
The emotional atmosphere of Davie FP’s childhood can be captured in three words that shouldn’t be able to coexist, but often do: love, laughter, and hunger.
That mix doesn’t only shape what a person remembers—it shapes how they move. Hunger changes attention. Hunger changes the way you interpret silence. Hunger changes how you define safety, and how you measure peace.
For Davie FP, feeling safe wasn’t abstract. It was tangible. Safety meant a good meal and everybody home at the same time.
When those pieces weren’t there—when hunger and being alone collided—Davie FP learned the kind of lesson you don’t forget. He learned to protect himself the way kids do when they’re forced to think too far ahead.
It’s impossible to understand Davie FP’s obsession with freedom without understanding that peace was never automatic. Peace had to be created. Peace had to be protected.
And later, peace becomes the studio. Peace becomes the page. Peace becomes the place where a song can tell the truth without flinching.
𝑯𝑼𝑺𝑻𝑳𝑬 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑭𝑨𝑰𝑻𝑯: 𝑻𝑾𝑶 𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷 𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑮𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑫𝑬𝑪𝑰𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺
Two leadership styles raised Davie FP from the inside out.
With his mother, the energy was motion: a go-getter mentality, a by-any-means-necessary resilience, the kind of leadership that doesn’t wait for permission. That’s the engine that builds work ethic—the one that makes an artist realize early that nothing changes until you move.
With his father, the energy was belief: faith so deep it didn’t require proof to stay active, a mindset that says the storm is temporary even when the storm is loud. That kind of faith creates endurance.
Put hustle and faith inside one person, and you get Davie FP: an artist who can outwork doubt while still moving like destiny is real.
That blend becomes the foundation of his sound. Not just the melodies. The mentality. The refusal to quit. The refusal to fold. The refusal to trade his spirit for a shortcut.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑯𝑬𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 “𝑫𝑶𝑾𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑨𝒀”: 𝑻𝑾𝑶 𝑵𝑬𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑩𝑶𝑹𝑯𝑶𝑶𝑫𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑨𝑼𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑯𝑰𝑴 𝑯𝑶𝑾 𝑻𝑶 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑳𝑫
Davie FP’s story includes two neighborhood energies that shaped his instincts.
One environment carried safety, rules, fun, and a youthful immaturity that allowed him to be a kid.
The other carried fun and freedom too, but it also carried poverty, village energy, and maturity that arrives early. Those aren’t just settings. Those are different rulebooks.
Older friends influenced his perspective, and that kind of influence accelerates growth. It teaches you how people move when they’re protecting something. It teaches you how to spot the difference between real love and performative loyalty. It teaches you which smiles are safe and which smiles are strategy.
That education becomes songwriting later. It’s why Davie FP writes like someone who watches the room, not someone who’s guessing.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑷𝑷𝑬𝑫 𝑰𝑵: 𝑭𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑳𝒀 𝑨𝑺 𝑨 𝑭𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵, 𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝑨 𝑺𝑳𝑶𝑮𝑨𝑵
Every artist has a support detail that explains their backbone.
For Davie FP, one of those details is his oldest sister—someone who filled in meaningful blanks and played a major role in raising him. That kind of presence changes a life. It teaches responsibility without turning love into a lecture.
It also helps explain why Davie FP values integrity so heavily. When family teaches you to stand on something, you carry that lesson into everything—especially the moments where it would be easier to fold.
𝑷𝑶𝑰𝑵𝑻 𝑮𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑫 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑺𝑬𝑻: 𝑻𝑬𝑴𝑷𝑶, 𝑷𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑬, 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑨𝑹𝑻 𝑶𝑭 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝒀𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑴
Before Davie FP became known for his pen, Davie FP was known for motion.
Naturally athletic. Naturally humorous. The kind of presence that can lift the energy in a room without trying. Basketball became a major training ground—high school, collegiate, and semi-pro—and Davie FP operated at point guard, the position that teaches you how to lead without needing to announce you’re leading.
Point guards are tempo controllers. They make decisions under pressure. They see angles before the play shows itself.
That discipline translates directly to music.
Davie FP understands pacing. He understands the value of letting a moment breathe instead of rushing past it. A lot of artists run through emotion like they’re scared the listener will leave. Davie FP writes like he trusts the listener to stay long enough to feel it.
That’s craft.
That’s composure.
That’s point guard DNA.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑪𝑶𝑶𝑳 𝑲𝑰𝑫 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑲𝑬𝑷𝑻 𝑰𝑻 𝑮𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑫: 𝑯𝑼𝑴𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑨𝑺 𝑨 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳 𝑭𝑳𝑬𝑿
In high school, Davie FP carried himself with a quiet humility—he didn’t move like status mattered. He made space for people who didn’t always feel seen, and that instinct to include instead of overlook has followed him into his music.
That detail matters because it reveals something deeper than charisma: emotional awareness. Davie FP doesn’t just write from imagination. Davie FP writes from observation—of people, of pressure, of what gets hidden behind smiles.
That’s why the music lands. Davie FP isn’t building a catalog for algorithms. Davie FP is building a catalog for humans.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑺𝑬𝑫 𝑯𝑰𝑴: 𝑵𝑨𝑺, 𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑵, 𝑴𝑰𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑬𝑳—𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑬𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑻
Davie FP has been a music lover from the beginning, but Davie FP didn’t start as a kid dreaming of being a “music star.” Davie FP started as a connoisseur—someone who could feel what a record was doing to the room.
Nas showed him lyrical creativity and storytelling that feels lowkey but unforgettable.
Marvin Gaye showed him what effortless cool sounds like—the type of magnetism that doesn’t chase the room, it pulls the room.
Michael Jackson’s visuals showed him that creativity doesn’t have a ceiling, that music can be a world with images attached, not just a song with a hook.
Those influences don’t show up as imitation.
They show up as standards.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑺𝑻 𝑻𝑬𝑨𝑹 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑫 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑾𝑨𝑺 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑳
There’s a moment in every real artist’s story where music stops being entertainment and becomes a mirror.
For Davie FP, that moment arrived around five or six years old—when a record made him cry before he had the language to explain why.
That’s the first time music proves its power: it touches something inside you that you didn’t know had a name.
That’s also why Davie FP writes the way Davie FP writes now. He’s not chasing cleverness for applause. Davie FP is chasing impact—the kind that stains memory and returns people to themselves.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑬𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑻 𝑷𝑬𝑵: 𝑾𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑰𝑵 𝑺𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑩𝑬𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑳𝑫 𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑷𝑷𝑬𝑫
Davie FP began writing in 2005, and it started as a secret—hooks for a friend, words built away from attention.
That origin story matters because writers who develop in silence tend to keep their voice when the lights get loud. When the pen becomes your private language first, authenticity isn’t a strategy—it’s the default.
That’s why Davie FP’s music doesn’t feel like he’s trying to convince you.
It feels like Davie FP is telling you what time it is.
𝑫𝑼𝑩𝑨𝑰, 2017: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑫𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑵𝒀 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑷𝑷𝑬𝑫 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮
In 2017, Davie FP performed at a wedding in Dubai, and the crowd reaction made the truth unavoidable.
That’s the night the “secret” stopped being sustainable.
A moment like that doesn’t just flatter an artist—it rewrites the internal contract. It turns “maybe” into “I have to.” It turns “one day” into “now.”
Davie FP didn’t walk away from Dubai pretending it was luck.
Davie FP walked away with confirmation.
And confirmation creates responsibility.
𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑬 𝑪𝑶𝑹𝑵𝒀: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑹𝑼𝑳𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑨𝑴𝑬
Davie FP moves with a rule that functions like a shield: never be corny, and never compromise who he is.
This isn’t ego. This is protection. It’s being able to look in the mirror and respect what you see, and being able to face the people who respect you without feeling like you traded something sacred just to get ahead.
Musically, that rule shows up as direction.
Davie FP goes left when the masses go right. Davie FP competes with what’s on the radio instead of duplicating it. Davie FP chooses innovation and authenticity over trends and moments.
In an age where imitation is profitable, Davie FP treats originality like currency.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑷𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑭𝒀 𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑨𝑳𝑶𝑮 𝑨𝑺 𝑨 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑬: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑴𝑹. 𝑭𝑹𝑬𝑬𝑫𝑶𝑴 𝑷𝑨𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹
There are artists who post songs, and there are artists who build a body of work. Davie FP belongs to the second category, and you can hear it in the way his catalog moves—like chapters, not scattered thoughts.
Right now, the foundation of Davie FP’s Spotify presence lives under the name Mr. Freedom Papers, a name that carries the DNA of the era before the rebrand fully locks into its final form. That detail is important, because it explains how the music has been moving: the identity has always been intentional, but the presentation is evolving toward its sharpest version.
The positive read on Davie FP’s Spotify is simple: there’s an emotional fingerprint. The writing stays consistent. The perspective stays human. The records don’t feel like disposable “drops.” They feel lived-in—like they were made to be replayed, not just posted.
If you want the cleanest entry point into the foundation, the catalog lives here: Mr. Freedom Papers on Spotify.
𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝑭𝑹𝑬 (2023): 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑨𝑳𝑩𝑼𝑴 𝑾𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑷𝑺 𝑯𝑰𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑻𝑯 𝑰𝑵 𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑽𝑶𝑰𝑪𝑬
Finally Fre doesn’t read like a playlist of moods. It reads like a personal exit from self-editing.
This is the album where Davie FP stops hiding the truth in his voice. Not in a dramatic, attention-seeking way—more like the moment a person gets tired of pretending they’re fine, and chooses clarity instead.
It carries the emotional philosophy behind the “Freedom Papers” universe: the idea that freedom is not just a word you post—it’s a daily decision you defend. Finally Fre feels like Davie FP putting his name on that decision, even while still moving under the Mr. Freedom Papers chapter on streaming.
That’s what makes the project important. It isn’t trying to be trendy. It’s trying to be honest.
𝑶𝑵𝑳𝒀 𝒀𝑶𝑼 (feat. MKO): 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬-𝑵𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑭𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑫𝑶𝑬𝑺𝑵’𝑻 𝑭𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑪𝑯
“Only You” is the kind of record that feels like a late-night message you type with your chest and then stare at for five minutes before you decide whether you’re brave enough to send it.
It opens with that looping “I don’t get you,” and instantly puts the listener inside Davie FP’s headspace: confused, emotional, and too real to pretend he’s unbothered. That repetition isn’t filler—it’s storytelling. It’s what your mind sounds like when you’re trapped between what somebody said and what they showed you.
Davie FP asks the questions people only admit to themselves: do you think about me anymore, do you still care for me. The framing makes it feel immediate because it’s not romance as an aesthetic. It’s romance as a psychological standoff—wanting someone while also being embarrassed by how much you want them.
Then the hook lands like a bruise you keep pressing on purpose. Being told you’re out of your mind, wasting time, crazy—because all you want is her. That dynamic is painfully familiar in this era: the person who cares gets treated like they’re “doing too much,” while the person withholding gets to act like emotional distance is maturity.
This is where Davie FP’s pen shows its real power. He doesn’t write heartbreak like a cliché. Davie FP writes heartbreak like a scene. Like the camera holds on the face too long. Like the room is quiet but the chest is loud. Like you’re not just listening—you’re remembering.
MKO adds another layer to the tension, pushing the record deeper into that late-night honesty where ego and desire keep interrupting each other. The song feels like two truths arguing in real time: the truth that wants love, and the truth that refuses to be played.
“Only You” proves what Davie FP does best: he can take something common and make it specific, visual, and personal—so the listener isn’t just hearing it, they’re seeing their own situation inside it.
To hear the foundation where this chapter lives, tap in here: Mr. Freedom Papers on Spotify.
𝑫𝑺𝑷 𝑷𝑨𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑻𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 2026 𝑾𝑨𝑲𝑬-𝑼𝑷 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳: 𝑩𝑬𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑨𝑳𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑫 𝑰𝑺𝑵’𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑨𝑴𝑬 𝑨𝑺 𝑩𝑬𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑷𝑨𝑰𝑫
Davie FP doesn’t romanticize the streaming economy.
His view is blunt: the payout reality across major DSPs forces independent artists to evolve, because the math rarely honors the sacrifice. The modern artist has to become self-sufficient and adopt the business practices of an entrepreneur.
Not to kill the art.
To protect the art.
Because if an artist doesn’t build a business around the gift, the system will build one around the artist. Davie FP is not interested in being a product inside somebody else’s machine.
Davie FP is interested in ownership.
Davie FP is interested in legacy.
𝑫𝑰𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑻-𝑻𝑶-𝑭𝑨𝑵 𝑶𝑹 𝑵𝑶 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑵: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑶𝑴𝒀 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑺𝑬𝑻
Direct-to-fan isn’t a side quest in Davie FP’s strategy—it’s the spine.
Merch, experiences, ticket sales, livestream culture, licensing, digital products—every lane that creates sustainability without begging a platform for permission becomes part of the infrastructure.
Davie FP understands the business plainly: it’s not smart to keep spending money with no expectation of making money. He’s comfortable monetizing beyond streaming and ads because he understands the difference between selling out and building out.
And the rule stays the same: never be corny.
That rule is quality control.
That rule is how a brand expands without losing respect.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑨𝑼𝑫𝑰𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑭𝑬𝑬𝑳𝑺: 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺, 𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝑺𝑪𝑹𝑶𝑳𝑳𝑬𝑹𝑺
Davie FP isn’t building for listeners who treat music like background noise.
Davie FP is building for music lovers—people conscious of the power of words, people who want to feel something the moment they press play, people who still treat a song like a companion through real life.
That’s the audience that buys tickets because they want the energy in person.
That’s the audience that joins livestreams because presence feels like community.
That’s the audience that shares the record because the lyrics feel like something they’ve lived.
Davie FP’s range speaks to a wide demographic because real feeling doesn’t have an age limit. If you’re the type of listener who wants cool, sexy, and raw—without the emptiness—Davie FP is already in your lane.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑰𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑹𝑶𝑶𝑴: 𝑾𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑽𝑬𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑯𝒀𝑺𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑬𝑺 𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝑺𝑶𝑵𝑮𝑺
Davie FP’s imagination doesn’t operate on a small scale. It drifts. It expands. It leaves the room and comes back with ideas. The kind of mind that can float is also the kind of mind that can build worlds—because creativity is often controlled wandering.
Peace becomes mandatory in that type of life. Davie FP needs quiet to create. Davie FP needs calm to hear what he actually feels. That’s why the records have that “take you somewhere” effect—because they were built in a place where the mind had room to travel.
If Davie FP’s music were a movie, the recurring theme would be clear: “Find Your Freedom,” with a soulful soundtrack and scenes that feel like real life, not a highlight reel.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑴𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑩𝑬𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑴𝑨𝑵: 𝑻𝑬𝑨𝑴, 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑪𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑬, 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑩𝑨𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬
Davie FP’s operation reflects an artist who respects the craft enough to build infrastructure around it.
At the center of that creative infrastructure is Kevin “Mr. Soul” Harp, Head of Creative Art—an irreplaceable human value in Davie FP’s universe. He’s the taste and the translation, protecting the emotional integrity of the brand while shaping the visual language around it. In an era that tries to template everything, Kevin keeps the work human—making sure every creative decision still sounds like Davie FP looks.
The team includes Kevin “Mr. Soul” Harp (Head of Creative Art), Mica Job (planning, creative strategy, outreach), Julia Houston (scheduling, footage, BTS), Byron Bruce (sound, equipment, event production), Latif Hughes (event partner, cameraman, promotions), Terrence Moore (public relations), and Marquette Williams (Film/TV direction—camera crew, equipment, video execution).
That’s not “extra.”
That’s what it looks like when an independent artist moves like a company.
At the same time, Davie FP keeps it honest about the hardest part of the mission: separation. The line between music life and personal life blurs easily when the machine never stops, and the vision never turns off.
Balance is the Achilles heel for a lot of great people.
Davie FP is navigating what it means to keep building while still protecting family, peace, and presence—and sometimes that means admitting the truth: the personal support system has been Davie FP himself. Protecting the peace has required self-discipline, self-awareness, and a willingness to be alone in the vision until the vision becomes real.
2026: 𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳 𝑴𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑺 𝑶𝑵𝑳𝒀 — 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝒀𝑬𝑨𝑹 𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑬𝑺 𝑬𝑳𝑬𝑽𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵
In 2026, Davie FP isn’t chasing “more.”
Davie FP is chasing higher.
Higher standards. Higher discipline. Higher intention. Higher outcomes that actually change the trajectory of the brand instead of feeding the timeline. This is the year motion becomes elevation. This is the year the catalog stops being treated like content and starts being treated like an asset.
Davie FP’s focus is clear: expand outside of Cleveland, begin work on the third album, and increase revenue across every lane tied to the Freedom Papers universe.
The non-negotiables behind that vision are simple, but not easy: focus, relationship building, and doing the work even when nobody is clapping.
That’s vertical growth.
Not noise.
Not luck.
Not shortcuts.
And for anyone watching the foundation while the new era continues to sharpen, the music lives here: Mr. Freedom Papers on Spotify.
𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑫𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑵𝒀 𝑽𝑶𝑾: 𝑭𝑹𝑬𝑬𝑫𝑶𝑴 𝑨𝑺 𝑨 𝑫𝑨𝑰𝑳𝒀 𝑭𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻
Davie FP’s story is not simply about music.
Davie FP’s story is about becoming—the kind of becoming that requires contrast, endurance, and integrity that doesn’t crack when culture tries to sell shortcuts.
It’s about reclaiming voice.
It’s about refusing to be reduced to metrics.
It’s about refusing to trade identity for access.
And it’s about building a soundtrack that helps other people find their freedom too—because Davie FP understands that freedom isn’t just a word. Freedom is something you fight for with your dreams, your gifts, and your goals.
Davie FP’s ongoing story—updates, visuals, and the temperature of the movement—can be followed on Instagram: Davie FP (@davie.fp).