Jaitonic— Musical Genius

Akire Adams, famously known as Jaitonic, is a professional musical and songwriter

Tell us a little about you:

Jaitonic comes from the fact that my middle name is jai-Quan. I always wanted to drink and I heard of a drink called gin and tonic so because I’m black and white I thought it would be cool to mix the two. That’s where I came up with the idea of Jai-Tonic. I was born and raised in a small town called Schenectady NY. A lot of people knew who I was but I was never a popular person. I was picked on, jumped and spit on by kids at school because I was different and less fortunate. I believe what makes me different as a person and as an artist is due to my up bringing. I was raised in a 2 homes from 1 through 7 full of filth, cock roaches and dirty dishes where either my white grand mother took care of me or my mother. Growing up wasn’t easy and I was even held back in second grade for missing to many days of school.i would have to tend to my handicap aunt where I had to give her baths and had to also tend to my Obese grandmother where because she was to heavy I’d have to bring her diapers so she could use the bathroom then clean up after her. At the time I was there with my little brother and we would sometimes visit my father who is the father of my half brother. later on down the line I grew to find out that the dad who was raising me wasn’t really my biological father, he was Greek and Venezuelan. My biological father sold drugs and the reason my mother never told me about my real father is because she didn’t want me to grow up with out a father. In some ways I feel like it was a gift and a curse. When we would visit my father me and my brother would notice the difference between house holds. My fathers house was much cleaner and things were more laid back. Me and my brother eventually spoke out about our harsh living conditions with our mother, this resulted in our father taking full custody of us. Every other weekend we would get dropped off at our mothers house. Most times both my father would talk behind each other’s backs to us leaving tension in the air and putting us in the middle of everything. As I got older I noticed how strict my father was. It got to a point where I felt like neither my mom or dad were safe living conditions. My father was very racist, I was told not to date black women because black women are crazy. I was also told that I’m not allowed to watch bet because that is a racist Chanel. I was a black and white kid being raised with a distorted perception of reality I dealt with verbal abuse and physical abuse. Sometimes the beatings I received from my father resulted in terrible nose bleeds. My father wasn’t very supportive nor did he provide us with the essentials.My clothes never fit and the shoes he purchased I would have to make them last because that was all I’d get. Sometimes the teachers would donate shoes to me. Living with my father I felt like I always had to defend myself. He didnt want me to listen to rap music, he didn’t like it when I would show off, he never gave me the confidence I needed. It seemed like no matter what I did I wasn’t good enough. One thing that stuck with me the most was hard work that’s one great quality that was instilled in me that I always Mention is hard work I carried that with me my whole life. I felt like if my parents won’t get it for me then I’ll go and get it my self. It was my responsibility to make my self happy.

In life I want to accomplish number one being successful in music. I want to be as big as drake if not bigger one day, I’ve been into music for as far as I could remember.

I have hopes and dreams to start my own health business one day I truly believe health is wealth and it goes hand in hand with the gym if I’m not at work or in the studio you’ll most likely find me in the gym, I also can be very creative so one day I plan to invent gadgets as well as own my own clothing brand.

In five years I see me owning a couple properties in turkey, Africa, Canada and America. I also see my self purchasing my dream car which is a Lamborghini Huracan and getting a sick paint job done by west coast customs. I plan to be in a situation where my bills are paid 5 years ahead and I’m living my dreams of being on tour performing for thousands of people screaming my name.

As a young man music was all I thought about I sang in Choir and went all the way to all city and scored well with my team I also did tap and jazz on broad way I played the violin and trumpet and I also played almost every percussion instrument including the drum set which I played in a school jazz band. I also fell in love with poetry one year I wrote a song and performed it at a middle school talent show I took out a rhyming dictation from the library after awhile I didn’t have to look in the book any more my brain started putting the words together for me. I also joined an after school program where I learned to understand how beats were made sharpened up my rap skills and even acted in a movie called fast life. I feel like I’m a bit of a perfectionist and what I bring to the table is quality I strongly believe in taking your time and craftsmanship.

The legacy I plan to leave behind is an idea that no matter where you are in life there is a way to be successful with out scamming robbing or selling drugs, I believe this world is filled with opportunity and with the will to succeed there is nothing you can’t do I want to inspire children men and women that you don’t have to be the victim and also that there’s no such thing as being ugly when your successful.