Kyle Caines, otherwise known as Southside Diddy, is a soulful melodic artist originally born in St.Thomas, USVI. South’s family moved around the US for a short time before finally settling in Atlanta, Ga Growing up on the southside of Atlanta is where Southside Diddy’s love for music grew. Going from listening to reggae, dancehall & r&b music to the heavy bass of southern trap, melodic rap & New York’s style hip hop motivated the young Southside to want to be apart of what he enjoyed listening to. Throughout high school, Southside Diddy, starting taking chorus & band seriously, which he just developed a deeper love for melodic sounds and hearing instruments in harmony. Around that time Southside’s uncle, Dj Benny D, often took him to various different studios & tours in which the young Southside was able to watch artists such as Akon & R. City perform and record first hand. Southside, later joined the US Marine Corps in 2013 where he was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Ca.. Being so close to San Deigo and Los Angeles, Southside would drive to & from each city to network and maintain old & new relationships while on active duty military. When the military tour was over, his love for the development of music artists returned along other traits. One of which became songwriting which he did for various artists. Not too long after, Diddy, dropped his first single “New Lover” in late November of 2018. At that moment the legacy of Southside Diddy the artist had just begun.