BEHIND THE ARTIST
WHO IS ICKEST?
ICKEST started his online presence through MySpace as a music artist and produced multiple digital albums independently. During the early years of YouTube is when iCKEST began to gain traction as an online creative through his Class Project comedy series that went viral, a one person skit of four personas in a classroom setting. iCKEST has 6 singles and 4 music albums published on many music streaming platforms available worldwide including the most recent title, Jumping Clouds.
iCKEST's music featured on TalentWatch and has been recognized by Hawaii's famous Honolulu Magazine! Check out the article Here!
You can find most recent activity on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. ICKEST has been successfully running a small side business on Etsy of personalized handcrafts and a digital merchandise line on Amazon and here on iCKEST.com!
Check out the Official Merch Here!
Class Project and Youtube journey
Class Project 001 was first published to YouTube on May 1st, 2008 garnering 800k+ views. "This felt like a big deal to me at the time because social media was not as personable back then but I the support was very overwhelming."
Prior to Class Project, iCKEST posted 'Dating Service' on July 2007 which is where the Class Project characters were first introduced. The 'Dating Service' video is a parody of how people used to find a love interest in the 90s prior to social media. But Class Project is where the views were really coming in. Being that Youtube was published in 2005, iCKEST reached considerable recognition around the island of Oahu. Many people would re-create the Here's Bigego parody along with reciting Class Project-isms like, 'oh sha!' and 'hello pipit!' as the character Pipito once said about his favorite cookies. The most recent of the series is Class Project 17, which was published late 2020 during the world wide shutdown. As far as what the future holds, Class Project will still continue with time.
