Jason James
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Jason James is an American journalist Andrew writer from Miami, Florida that specializes in covering the entertainment industry.
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Zell
Zhonzell Watson, famously known as Zell, is a music artist and songwriter from Tacoma Washington, USA. What makes Zell different is that he’s always going to stay true to who he is as an artist and person. Growing up Zell always had to push in everything he desired to do. He had to push, so that he wouldn’t be underestimated.
By Jason James 5 years ago in Beat
JAI EMM—Resources and Network Value: Artist Independence Through the Lens of Jai Emm
What is independence as an independent artist? Jai Emm is a paradigm for creatives that consciously control their vision. Her latest release, Laissez Faire epitomizes its own concept, the idea that artists are able to freely create great bodies of work with their own ideas and resources. Artists are sold the dream that you have to be signed with major backing to create masterpieces. We spoke with Jai Emm to discuss what it took to take the other route and put together a captivating independent audiovisual project.
By Jason James 5 years ago in Beat
Hardbody Shard — Move Calculated, Let Them Do The Math
What’s your name and where are you from? My name is Hardbody Shard and I’m from Birmingham, Alabama. When I started taking music serious, like writing, recording, and releasing music, my first artist name was Reason. By the time I released my second project, “Parapenelia,” I had partnered with one of my best friends growing up and another close friend. Together, we formed a brotherhood called BTMG, also the name of my first single off of that project, produced by 30 Roc of Eardrummers. This was around the first time I had ever heard of “Reason” from TDE(Top Dog Entertainment), so I knew I had to do something about my name at the time. So once I released “Parapenelia” is when I took the BTMG and added it to Reason just to separate myself from him. After about a year, we kinda grew apart on the business end so I decided to rebrand and change my name once again. December 25th, 2018 I dropped “Fie On Me”(Directed by ALsoHD Films) (prod. by LamarcusJ and Prezzley P) under my current artist name, Hardbody Shard. I believe that change was something I needed. It was fresh and I knew there wasn’t another artist out there with the same alias.
By Jason James 5 years ago in Beat
Kris Summers AKA Madgalkris
Kris Summers, famously known as madgalkris, is a professional Model, musical artist, and entrepreneur. I came a long way thought the years but with the good there came the bad. If it wasn’t for my several encounters with the law I wouldn’t be where I am today. Not that they were good in anyway, but they were learning lessons that led me in a good positions. I was just about 18 when I was a college student and working a 9-5 job. I was locked up in jail. Once I got out I ad no job and was extremely worried about what to do next. I then eventually got a club job where I was able to make a lot of connections with celebs and popular people in the city. From working in the club for two years I was then offered music video jobs to be a guest appearance, I was asked to model for popular clothing brands. My uniqueness on instagram went viral and I became a influencer that a lot of the younger crowd looked up too. I launched my own waist shaping company that allowed me tome over 8 figures. I became a entrepreneur and my own boss at the same.
By Jason James 5 years ago in Motivation
SB SurfsUp— Memphis Hip-Hop Living Legend
Having vision can take you to new heights. Those new heights pan out your future in the brightest light possible. Joshua Farmer, notably known as SB Surfsup is a rapper hailing from Memphis Tennessee. No stranger to the music industry, SB has been making music and igniting movements in his city over the past ten years. His distinct sound and focus on his undeniable talent allowed him to reach those heights and walk in the brightest of lights. With breakout record "Be Her Man", SB (at the time known as Skool Boy), made his mark as one of the hottest artists coming out of the South.
By Jason James 5 years ago in Beat
Tajh Virgil—Leading to Inspire
What’s your name and where are you from? I am Tajh Virgil, which is also my artist name, and I’m from Milwaukee, WI. I went through many stage names before but I chose my full name because I wanted to stay true to myself and who God created me to be.
By Jason James 5 years ago in Beat
