About John Keenan

John Keenan is an independent rapper, producer, and writer who has spent more than two decades building his craft outside the conventions of the music industry. From his base in Kansas, he has taught himself every aspect of the creative process—writing, production, engineering, design, and video—so that each project carries his vision without compromise.

His latest album, Wreckage of the Past, is the most complete reflection of that path. It is a body of work that confronts heartbreak, masculinity, faith, and cultural disillusionment with honesty and precision. The record is self-produced, free of features, and structured as a long-form journey rather than a playlist of singles. Its sound moves between hip-hop, R&B, jazz, and experimental textures, but always circles back to lyricism and storytelling as its foundation.

Keenan’s work is marked by restraint rather than excess. He has no interest in imitation, trend-chasing, or spectacle. Instead, he creates from the vantage point of discipline and endurance. Years of failure and rebuilding have shaped a voice that is both vulnerable and unyielding—what one reviewer called “quiet but relentless.”

Beyond the music, Keenan is the founder of Full Circle Muzik, his label and production company, and Half Square Films, an emerging platform for short documentaries and visual projects. He is also the author of Play God, End Up Jesus, a book on faith, struggle, and self-examination. Together, these projects form a larger vision: art that stands outside of algorithms and mass production, offering something more permanent.

For Keenan, the goal has never been image or acclaim. It has been to tell the truth as he has lived it, to test the limits of what one individual can create, and to leave behind work that speaks clearly when he no longer can.