ABOUT

COFFEE WITH KINFOLK

“Kinfolk” Kia Shine, most known for his breakout gold single “So Krispy” & co-write of Drake’s 5x platinum “Best I Ever Had” as well his most recent production of "Get That Money " for Memphis artist Glorilla. Kinfolk has made a pivot to film & television with breakout acting roles in SuperFly, They Cloned Tyrone, Half Baked Totally High, & this holiday season's box office hit RED ONE. Kinfolk also co-stars in tv shows such as STAR, ATLANTA, GREENLEAF, JOHNSON, & SAINTS & SINNERS on HULU. Kinfolk is also a voice over actor on Rockstar Games' RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2. Kia Shine is most recently featured in Season 4 Episode 2 of BMF on STARZ

Shine Coleman, known as “Kia Shine” & by his infamous adlib “Kinfolk” is an American hip-hop artist, actor, writer, podcaster, producer & Designer from Memphis, Tennessee. He gained fame with his hit singles “Respect my Fresh”“Stunna Frames” and Major Label debut album on Universal Motown "Due Season." Shine is Grammy -nominated song writer and 5x BMI Award winner. He has worked with artists lsuch as :Lil Wayne,Jelly Roll T.I., T-Pain , Nelly, Jim Jones,& Yo Gotti, Skinny Pimp, LaChat, 8Ball & MJG and more .Shine is CEO of Rap Hustlaz and won the Southern Entertainment Award for Best Underground Artist. Aside from music, Shine is a devoted husband and father, advocating for autism awareness. Shine & his wife Queen founded non profit AutismAdvocates.org in which he was awarded the "Key to the City" of Memphis for his work with Autism and the Arts.

Kinfolk's desire is to inspire and push the positives with @CoffeewithKinfolk. A morning motivational series which is impacting & engaging the millennials generation with inspiration with Spri-TRILL videos (a clever euphemism coined by Kinfolk to describe the true and real messages that touch the spirit. When asked what inspired #CoffeewithKinfolk Shine states “It is my on-going love affair with coffee, (sidenote Kinfolk’s wife of 23years is from the home of great coffee Seattle) and the lack of positive influence to combat the negative that is promoted so heavily these days. He also says as a libra I’m always searching for balance and figured maybe I can be the balance…”