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Brandon Jones Also known as B.Jonez and/or BeastMode B Dot is an recording artist from Nashville Tennessee. Born in Fort Campbell Kentucky, where his mother & father were stationed at, they would later migrate to Nashville after his brother Chris was born , settling into the Hermitage area for most of his early childhood. It was during this period throughout the 90s where he would develop an ear for music and learn about different aspects of life. With his mother being from Chicago and his father being from a rural area close to Lynchburg Virginia, he saw different sides of life early on. He took an early liking to music through his parents musical tastes. While his mother was more into the R&B of that era like , SWV, Jodeci, and TLC his father was into the hip hop of the time like , 2Pac, Biggie, snoop dogg ,Nas, and Warren G just to name a few. He honed his rhyming skills all throughout middle school and high school constantly writing songs and studying past and present greats of the hip hop genre. Some of his personal favorites were LL Cool J , Big Daddy Kane and KRS-1 of the 1980’s, 2Pac, Snoop and Biggie of the 1990’s and Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and TI were some favorites during the 2000s which at the time of his adolescence was the present. Although he had personal favorites he was a fan of mostly every hip hop artist of every era and studied the genre in it’s entirety from its inception. Around 2006 B.Jonez along with a few neighborhood and high school friends started a crew known as NGM Squad or Niggas Gettin Money which later progressed to other meanings with the best fit being New Generation of Music. In 2010 they released their first collective project entitled “Live From The 615” that featured two Members out of the Wu Tang sized NGM Squad, Silverstone , who now goes by OG Foxx, and C.Styles who now goes by Jay Ville. Since that group project ,B.Jonez has gone on to release a few solo mixtapes, “Respect It or Accept It”, “The Rapaholic “, which was a freestyle mixtape, and he’s also worked with other artist on collaboration projects such as “Respect The SmokeSkreen” a 10 track collaboration album featuring fellow artist Top Prospekt and “TENN” another 10 track Collaboration project featuring fellow artists Top Prospekt and EGO Live. He recently became apart of an independent label in Chicago known as Project Born Elite Mind Records. With a solid team behind him he’s working on delivering his forthcoming project which he says will be very soulful.

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Elijah Buras is a rapper and producer going by the stage name “Bleaux,” which derives from his middle

name, Bleau. (It was intended to be spelled like “blue” in French, but his parents mistakenly left out the

“x” at the end. For his persona, Buras simply added the “x.”)

Born and raised in Englewood, TN, Buras grew up listening to “classic” rock like John Mellencamp or

AC/DC before discovering rap music in the 5

th grade. He would eventually become fixated on DJ music

and EDM, learning to use beat-making programs like FL Studio in High school, and beginning to freestyle

in college. He released his earliest material on SoundCloud, although in 2019 he compiled his favorite

beats of this era for the album Intergalactic Ghost Federation, an archival of instrumentals arranged in a

way that Bleaux imagined as the soundtrack for a video game.

His creative drive and technical skills would further blossom from participating in “beat battles,”

monthly events that he would attend (and competitively lose) for a year straight before finally winning.

He would meet several different musicians and producers in the process — including those at the

Upstate Sound, the label that has published some of his latest work.

In 2020, his EP Aggro was his first complete feature of his rap vocals, which included occasional

screaming for edgier pieces such as the single “Face Lift.” A music video for this song would drop around

the same time.

As for other projects, Buras has also begun to work on his own merch line (producing specialized

hoodies, shirts, and hats) and has also begun work as a teacher of production techniques in FL Studio.

His newest album, Grasshopper, will release on May 28

th, 2021. Its first single, “Heavy,” dropped on April

As a talented entertainer and student of music I am on a mission to reach the masses and enlighten the souls of people with lyrical eloquence and substance creating timeless music that is positive, true, and elevates the spirit.

I released my debut promo CD, entitled “All the Above” in 2011 gaining dedicated listeners in several cities after my 2008 appearance on American Idol. My time on Idol led to many opportunities including opening for Ledisi in 2013 after winning a local musical contest.

I have graced audiences all over the country with my unique blend of R&B, jazz, funk, hip-hop, and blues.

Hailing from the north side of Nashville Tennessee, I draw from her culture to enhance my R&B sound influenced by artists like Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Mini Ripenton, Nina Simone, Chaka Khan and Donny Hathaway.

I am currently setting up a digital project release to promote my new single  “BNA | Black National Anthem.” A project dedicated to spreading knowledge about Kwanzaa.

It started with a pair of Timberlands in 2017. She turned the basic, wheat nubuck boot into a Disney-themed shoe that even Mickey Mouse would be proud of, with his face on the sides, a red ‘M’ on the right boot and his famous white glove on the left. “It literally took off,” Breanna Berry said. “I have gotten so many opportunities since then. It’s been the best three years of my life, I can tell you that.”

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