If you recognize who he is...yes that is Donald Glover. However, he is not just doing stand up and acting anymore he's making a huge name for himself within the music industry under the name, "Childish Gambino"! He gives a new twist to the music industry with his lyrical talent! He is not the only actor turned rapper, lets not forget about Drake aka Aubrey Graham! I first knew Drake as Jimmy from Degrassi. Look at Drake now a huge heavyhitter within the music industry now. So needless to say actors turned rappers are very much artists to look out for, I can especially say that for Donald Glover (Childish Gambino)! Below we have his hit video "Freaks and Geeks" as well as his recently released video "Bonfire". His debut album Camp, is set to release November 15, 2011.
Elle Varner is a rising music artist who is making a huge impact on the music industry already! She was raised around music all her life as her parents are two published songwriters. Starting her music career at a young age she learned how to play the flute at 6 and at the age of 9 the piano. In her later years she became a student at New York University and was also accepted into the second class of the Clive Davis Program of Recorded Music. She has a fresh voice and is definitely an artist to keep an eye on! Since graduation she is now signed to MBK/J Records with a new single out "Only Wanna Give It To You", featuring J Cole. The song has a very catchy melodic flow and is already climbing the billboard charts as well as 106 & Park's video countdown! Check out her official video for her new single below!
Danny Atoms is one of our Über Artists to watch! If you remember we wrote a post on him back in June! Well he's come out with another video, this one is definitely mellow as he gives us a peak into his night at a club with a lovely lady!! Check out his latest video "Last Night At The Club" below!
Check out this rising R&B artist Jared Jones. Originally from Summit, NJ this talented singer was created with a passion for music and entertainment.
This 21 year old artist hails from Baltimore, Maryland! CJ Hilton is a child of a gospel singer, so he was raised around music in the church. The following is an excerpt describing him, taken from his facebook artist page!A talented writer and producer in his own right, CJ plays multiple
instruments -- most of which he learned from his days in church -- and writes
most of his music. He draws from his experiences as well as those of his close
friends, with topics covering “women, to how hard it is being in Baltimore,
going to parties and having fun, just anything.”...CJ describes his sound as
“soulful but young.” While he cites influences such as Usher and R. Kelly, he
also admires old-school veterans like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, and he’s on
a mission to represent old soul from a young perspective. “I don’t feel like
there are any young soulful dudes, like Musiq Soulchild, John Legend -- I feel
like a lot of young cats are scared to do stuff like that. So I wanna be the
ringleader and make it happen.”
I came across this new artist named Danny Atoms and fell in love with his musical style! Below is a video for one of his songs called "Eastside Riding Westside High". The song makes me think of the east coast meets west coast!! This song definitely has the potential of becoming a radio hit!!
