Shamir Bailey has come far from where he was both musically and mentally just one year ago.
Last spring, the 23-year-old Philly resident was ready to leave his recording career behind after a few years of feeling trapped in a major label deal that left him creatively stifled. While his manager and the label executives wanted more of the electro-pop direction of his
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: The Dreamer: Shamir Is Carving Out His Own Musical Independence
