“OH DAMN,” says hip-hop artist and life coach Adam Darko with a heavy sigh when asked what the word “family” means to him. “If you asked me this a month ago, you wouldn’t get the same answer, a year ago, not the same answer—but now, family to me just means connection. Just, you know, unconditional love; people I can simply be with effortlessly. This is what I would define as family, right now, at this moment.”
Darko, a 24-year-old transgender man who migrated from Algeria to Malaysia, and has now settled in Montreal, Canada, admits much has changed for him in recent months. His career path recently took an unexpected and dramatic turn, and not just because of the global pandemic. Sharing his music and bits of his personal story…
