Litefoot

Dressed in an expensive three-piece suit and standing  well over six feet, he made a statement just with his presence. A large man by reputation, his real life image doesn’t change the rep — it just confrms.

As a celebrity, Litefoot draws attention wherever he goes. A rap artist, actor and entrepreneur, he does not ft the stereotype of any of these and as an American Indian in these functions, he is even more unusual. In a recent interview with Litefoot in Seattle where he lives with his family, he is very clear that he didn’t set out to be a celebrity. Quite the contrary actually — but he does say that from an early age he questioned why things were the way they were.

As a teenager he wondered how he could change some of the wrongs he saw and dealt with as a young Native American. Throughout high school, sports were his outlet. It was his sister who was into music and performing in a big way. He went on to play college football at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but was injured after one year.

During the following summer, Litefoot began to fnd his way into music while on a trip to visit his sister in Los Angeles, California. She was there working on a music demo for an album she was shopping to record labels. One night, his sister pressed him into going with her to the recording studio to help her out by writing a rap for one of her songs. She knew he was always writing poetry and loved rap music. After coaxing him to write what would become his frst rap — she then said, “Well, there’s no one here who can perform this, so we need you to do it.” He did.

After returning to Oklahoma, Litefoot began to pursue music and honing his craft as a songwriter. He believed music was something he could do to help make a diference in Indian Country. “Native Tongue” was the frst rap he wrote, recorded and released. He worked two full-time jobs so he could fnance studio time, sound equipment, rentals and a Uhaul to transport the equipment and his crew to events. Cutting lawns and working as a store merchandiser paid the bills, but required starting at 5:30 in the morning.

There was a time when Litefoot doubted his calling and felt very torn and confused. A friend told him that he must pray to know what he was to do. Litefoot recalls, “Right when she said that, I took the phone away from my ear and prayed that the Creator show me what I was to do with my life beyond a shadow of a doubt.” That night, Litefoot went home and turned on the television to hit a channel with a very strange message, which seemed to be aimed directly at him. Litefoot then fell asleep and had a dream. The next morning at work, a colleague told Litefoot about a strange dream he had had about Litefoot — and it was the same dream to the detail. Finally Litefoot understood what the Creator intended for him to do — even though he didn’t really know how to do what was being asked. Litefoot made the commitment to “run not walk the path — as long as the Creator covers my back.”

Litefoot’s advice to our youth:
Pray –
to fnd out what it is you are here on this earth to do.
Pray –
to stay strengthened.
Do it –
Put action into your life.
Don’t wait for others to do it for you.

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