{"id":223915,"date":"2026-02-19T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=223915"},"modified":"2026-02-19T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:41:49","slug":"fokis-always-been-a-dreamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/fokis-always-been-a-dreamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fokis &#8211; Always Been A Dreamer (Prod. By K-DEF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y8iT70AMhI8?si=18Ltgp9HSlXZXbfI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fokis releases new single &#8220;Always Been A Dreamer&#8221; produced by legendary New Jersey producer K-Def. From his docu-album &#8220;Hello, My Name Is Fokis&#8221; that is finally coming to DSPs + Vinyl this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Always Been A Dreamer&#8221; is a reflective anthem for creatives who&#8217;ve been told their dreams aren&#8217;t practical. Over K-Def&#8217;s signature soul-sampled boom bap production, Fokis delivers a message of persistence and self-belief. The official video is taken from Fokis&#8217; groundbreaking docu-album &#8211; a 46-minute visual experience combining music with documentary storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>K-Def is a New Jersey-based producer who rose to prominence as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Marley Marl. He co-produced classic records for Lords of the Underground and Intelligent Hoodlum, and released &#8220;The Turnaround: The Long Awaited Drama&#8221; as one half of the duo Real Live. His production credits include Ghostface Killah, UGK, Craig Mack, and Ol&#8217; Dirty Bastard.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised on NY&#8217;s Lower East Side of Manhattan, Fokis has built an impressive career as an artist, producer, and entrepreneur. He&#8217;s played shows with Common, Busta Rhymes, and The Game, while recording and mixing for artists like Big Daddy Kane, Fat Joe, and N.O.R.E. His international collaborations span Germany, Poland, France, and the Czech Republic.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"223916\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/fokis-always-been-a-dreamer\/fokis-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-scaled.avif\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Will 2 Win Media, Inc.&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fokis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-540x540.avif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-1024x1024.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-540x540.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-223916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-540x540.avif 540w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-1024x1024.avif 1024w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-150x150.avif 150w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-768x768.avif 768w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-1536x1536.avif 1536w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-2048x2048.avif 2048w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-scaled.avif 1280w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fokis-scaled.avif 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fokis releases new single &#8220;Always Been A Dreamer&#8221; produced by legendary New Jersey producer K-Def&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Wfx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}