I first became acquainted with Shayon "Like Crayon" while working at our friendly fascist neighborhood coffee house! We shared a lot of surreal experiences together at this coffee house which was conveniently located across the parking lot from several half way homes and one of americas premier psychiatric clinics. On the other side of the store was a train station and bus stop, so we were always exposed to a very colorful cast of characters that only Long Beach could provide. When we weren't pulling chicken bones wrapped up in paper towels out of the toilet, getting our tip jar stolen, or watching co workers get assaulted by disgruntled patrons high off double shot latte's, we would often spend our shifts together analyzing Richard Bronson's failed attempt at flying his bazillion dollar hot air ballon around the world, or how crazy it was that our manager Mike had two cameos in Snoop Doggy Dawgs "aint nothin but a G thing" video.
Shayon was always the guy behind the counter in his head unconsciously humming some random prince tune or tapping a drum beat on the counter he might want to incorporate in a song he was working on later that night in the studio. It's not everyday you meet people like Shayon who's unyielding ambition and creative talent seeps from his every being. On this perticular Sunday we met up in Downtown LB. I was hoping for some street attire, but he showed up in his Sunday best... It was a church day, we could have chosen to rest on this seventh day, but we worked it anyway. Watch out for Shayon's album Hit Man dropping this fall!
