Authentik's given name is Brandon Braun. Brandon was born in Denver, CO on May 2, 1997. Brandon began to become interested in Hip-Hop in the early 2000's. He began writing music around the age of seven and attempted to start pursuing the art at the age of 13. Being surrounded by so many "rappers" at an early age, Brandon took it upon himself to take music to a different level and add substance into his craft. It took him three years of writing and preparation to build up the nerve to release his music and show his peers. About a year later on his 17th birthday Brandon knew that he wanted to pursue music so he began releasing music weekly and practiced day in and day out. Later, Brandon had the opportunity to meet some of his idols such as Tech N9ne and even had the opportunity to preform along side of Krizz Kaliko. Brandon was later able to release a song referred to as Beautiful (prod. by Age) in order to raise awareness for suicide preventio...