I met Malachi about a year and a half ago after I was invited to a Space Cade7’s show at Arlene’s Grocery in the Lower East Side. It was a relatively warm night, the venue was packed and I was front row. When Malachi raps he does more than flow, he dances, he levitates. His energy can be felt radiating through the room, it is hard to stand still when you watch the way his feet move around the stage, weaving in and out of all the other artists that make up the group previously known as Space Cade7s. A year and a half later— I am sitting with Malachi outside of Head Sound Records. He is more somber. It is another warm night. Malachi lights a joint, puts on the new Hiatus Kaiyote record, “Love Heart Cheat Code,” and we talk intimately about past lives, religion, influences, and the history behind the collective currently known as the Good Lives Crew.