Sammie "I'm Him" EP Stream, Cover Art & Mixtape

Sammie has made his R&B return with the release of the I’m Him EP.

The six-track project features the title track that went viral on Instagram. This is the singer’s first release since achieving stardom as a teenager in the early 2000s with “I Like It” and “Come with Me.” He even provided the hook for Soulja Boy‘s hit song “Kiss Me Thru the Phone.”

In an interview with HipHopDX’s senior features writer Ural Garrett, Sammie shares what happened during his hiatus from music and how he was able to live a fairly normal life while still honing his craft.

“I went to high school, played basketball for two years, was the homecoming king and got to live a normal life,” he said. “I think that’s what kept me out of trouble. A lot of my industry peers don’t know what life is like without lights, cameras and action. They don’t know what it’s like when the world isn’t watching them. They go crazy. I had a peace of mind. When I came back and graduated around 2005, I gave you ‘You Should Be My Girl’ and ‘Kiss Me Thru The Phone.’ The next hiatus wasn’t one at all. I had to get away from a business partner who was doing very foul things. I know you’ve heard stories of a plethora of artists who had to fight the same thing. That forced me underground. I was still doing music, but not from a mainstream standpoint. I had to clean out dirty laundry. It took a while to get into the positive space where I am currently. That was most important. I’m one of the blessed few who had stardom and normalcy.”