Da Building Process by Kay Bey aka Da Button Pusha

The independent and underground hip-hop music scene is filled with multiple movers and shakers, networkers, grinders, and builders. Kay Bey aka Da Button Pusha is one such person. You can’t touch down in the Pittsburgh hip-hop music scene and not know who the Da Button Pusha is.

In all scenes there are artists, promoters, and hustlers. There are also, among the many, the few who additionally try to not only push themselves but to elevate those around them and the scene as a whole. Kay Bey definitely falls into that category. Over the years Bey not only wrote, recorded, and performed her own music but she organized and headed long-running showcases, TV shows, and radio shows that reached out to local and out-of-town artists for the benefit of the Pittsburgh scene. To do that, you have to know something about networking and building.

In Da Building Process, Kay Bey details her experience and the steps she took to accomplish the things that she did. The book breaks down her process of networking and building by comparing it to the process of building a road. The road building analogy is put up against that of building up a scene and building with people. One  might imagine that outside of hip-hop, where Da Button Pusha might be more known by the name Kay Bey, she has professional experience in road building. The comparisons made work well enough to get the point across in an understandable way.

This short 40-page one-sitting-read could be beneficial for anyone looking to look at networking from a different point of view. One might also find interest in the behind-the-scenes narrative in various aspects of the local entertainment environment. The unique aspect of Bey’s story here is her relentless effort to do better for her city and the artists within it. This reads as one of the countless unheard stories from one of the many people that you may cross paths with among the hustle and bustle of the artistic scene. There are some insights here that I’m sure anyone looking to expand their reach within their community and grow in that regard can benefit from.