Being a music producer is one thing, being a 19 year old black kid in a tiny town like Doylestown is something different entirely. The town isn't at all racist, the shop keepers are kind, of course the local redneck police harass me but hey, it is what it is they harass anyone that looks, sounds or could possibly be different.
To be honest, I sit in my apartment all day, read the bad reviews that competition will put about me on sites like rip off report and anything they can do to take away my hip hop rating on i Tunes. Oh, maybe you didn't know how it works on today's 'download' scene. You see, we're all starving artists trying to be something we're not.
Our competitors trying to go after the same download audience as me will do things to take me out of contention or distract me. They'll write fake reviews about my music and bash me to oblivion, they'll play the race card, yes even minorities argue amongst ourselves as immigrants and blacks battle verbally on the web over who is the biggest victim.
It's all so stupid and I'm embarrassed to say that I'm part of it but hey, this is the reality for a 19 year old wannabe producer, rapper and pure start-up fraudulent thug.
I went to the local high school, yes I believe that I was the only black kid in the entire school and you know something? Not one time did I feel out of place or the brunt of a racist remark or anything even remotely of the sort.
Too the contrary, the teachers respected me, the students always included me, my parents were both married and here I am writing raps about thug life, being kept down and all the other pointless garbage that I've never experienced.
I say all this to get it off my chest but not to be so stupid as to use my hip hop character name. Jamie Brown is the name my mother gave me because she was a fan of the soul singer. I have to say, I love the safe environment that Doylestown offers. I love Delaware Valley college and all the opportunity in this small town.
To be honest, I sit in my apartment all day, read the bad reviews that competition will put about me on sites like rip off report and anything they can do to take away my hip hop rating on i Tunes. Oh, maybe you didn't know how it works on today's 'download' scene. You see, we're all starving artists trying to be something we're not.
Our competitors trying to go after the same download audience as me will do things to take me out of contention or distract me. They'll write fake reviews about my music and bash me to oblivion, they'll play the race card, yes even minorities argue amongst ourselves as immigrants and blacks battle verbally on the web over who is the biggest victim.
It's all so stupid and I'm embarrassed to say that I'm part of it but hey, this is the reality for a 19 year old wannabe producer, rapper and pure start-up fraudulent thug.
I went to the local high school, yes I believe that I was the only black kid in the entire school and you know something? Not one time did I feel out of place or the brunt of a racist remark or anything even remotely of the sort.
Too the contrary, the teachers respected me, the students always included me, my parents were both married and here I am writing raps about thug life, being kept down and all the other pointless garbage that I've never experienced.
I say all this to get it off my chest but not to be so stupid as to use my hip hop character name. Jamie Brown is the name my mother gave me because she was a fan of the soul singer. I have to say, I love the safe environment that Doylestown offers. I love Delaware Valley college and all the opportunity in this small town.
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