Boo Skills x JustBlessed™

A friend by the name of Boo Skills came by JUSTBLESSED™ to show some love.

CHECK OUT BOO SKILLS MYSPACE HERE

Wild Child & Young Frank Lucas x Just Blessed™

A lot of upcoming artists have been coming through the JUSTBLESSED™ headquarters to say whatsup like Wild Child and Young Frank Lucas.

Where does the name Wild Child come from? Wild Child was given his name by a high school friend whom he first began his rapping days with. "We were all in my room rapping and my boy just started calling me Wild Child. I was jus spittin' wit a whole lot of energy and a crazy ass voice”. “He said, “We gone call this dude Wild Child”, and I've been Wild Child ever since”. Wild Child recalls growing up in the mean streets of L.A., and was drawn by the influences of Dr. Dre, 2 Pac, Snoop, and Dj Quik, among others. Throughout his school days Wild Child often bounced around from pillar to post because financial problems were often the norm for him and his family. "I'd say we bounced around ever since I hit junior high", Wild Child recollects. Going from East L.A. to West L.A., from Watts to Compton watching his mom struggle to keep food on the table only fueled Wild Child to find a way out. Instead of turning to the streets he turned to music. His undeniable drive has pushed him into the man he has become today. "When I was in high school we lived in homeless shelters, a condemned apartment, and even motels but I still finished school. Most niggaz would've dropped out. When I make my mind up to do something, consider it done. From where I've been up to where I'm at today, I can definitely say that I'm blessed". Given Wild Child's shortcomings, his undeniable drive has taken him from a student of the game to a lyrical monster. Wild Child incorporates west coast street life and finesses them with an east coast style of flow. This formula has made a way for Wild Child. He has performed all over the L.A. area and his most notable time was opening up for one of hip-hop's legends, Too-Short. He has worked with a laundry list of local acts, including Long Beaches own “The Dove Shack” ("Summertime In The L.B.C.”). Now is definitely Wild Child's time, so look forward to Wild Child making a lot of noise now and in the many years to come.

CLICK HERE to check out WILD CHILD's FREE Mixtape

CHECK OUT WILD CHILD's MYSPACE 

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Find out what your fear is.

A phobia is an intense, unrealistic fear, which can interfere with the ability to socialize, work, or go about everyday life, that is brought on by an object, event or situation

CLICK HERE to see a list of phobias.

R&B HIT MAKER "ZSHATWA" ROCKIN WITH THE BLESSED

Here you can see ZSHATWA wearing a

JUSTBLESSED women's tank-top during the shoot of her music video for her new hit song CALIFORNIA BOY.

Zshatwa is a young, beautiful & talented singer hailing from Los Angeles, Ca. Her passion for music began at a very early age. With a mother who was a soulful songstress, Zshatwa was raised in the church where a lot of her family sang. Her love for the business began when accompanying her mother to the studios to record when she was only 5 years old. That is where she started to develop her relentless work ethic. In that instance, Zshatwa started her journey to make her dreams come true.

Zshatwa’s mother recognized her love and drive for music, and enrolled her in into Bancroft Middle School, which was a performing arts school geared toward every talent Zshatwa possessed. Upon graduating, she went straight into one of the most prestigious musical high schools in Southern California, Alexander Hamilton Music Academy. It was at Hamilton that Zshatwa did not only further her training in singing and dancing, but also developed a love for skateboarding. It was then that Zshatwa began recording and writing about her personal experiences. At the age of 22, Zshatwa has polished her talents, and has really created a niche for herself as a musical artist. She recorded a mixtape called “ Diary Of A Skater Chick” and is currently recording a full length album, as well as teaching dance to young kids in Los Angeles. She is working with a number of amazing producers, and just released her first single, entitled, “FRESH” written by Andre Merrit (Rihanna, Chris Brown, Omarion) and produced by Co-P (Bow Wow, Young Joc, Omarion).

Zshatwa represents the youth of today. This young, “fresh” new artist is bringing an energy that is refreshing and fun. Stay Tuned in 09, because you are definitely going to see and hear a lot from this artist.

ZSHATWA's hit song California Boy currently has over 50,000 downloads and is off the new mixtape "Fresh Campaign"

Be sure to check her out at

www.zshatwa.com and twitter.com/zshatwa

Y-Love, an MC is JustBlessed

Y-Love 

(Yitz Jordan) 
Jewish Hip Hop Artist, Educator, and Activist came through the JUST BLESSED office and showed some love the other day.

Yitz Jordan (Y-Love) is an award-winning inspirational hip-hop artist whose compelling personality and multilingual musical talents have received worldwide acclaim from New York to Ukraine. An Orthodox Jew for nine years, Yitz’s unique perspectives on Jewish identity and Black-Jewish relations have captivated minds at schools, theatres, and various houses of worship worldwide.

His unique musical style, blending holy tongues such as ancient Aramaic and Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddish and Latin over ethnic and futuristic urban beats, was called the “soundtrack to social progression” by URB Magazine, andXXL Magazine said that Y-Love “is making hip-hop kosher.” Yitz has graced stages with such luminaries as Lou Reed and Matisyahu since signing with Modular Moods Records in 2005, and his writing has been featured in print and online in forums from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune to the Jerusalem Post.

Born in East Baltimore, Y-Love was raised by a single mother who earned less than $20,000 a year, in a neighborhood where drug addiction and hopelessness were rampant. In 2004, he lost his mother to cocaine and alcohol abuse, follwing a life peppered with family members in and out of rehabs and jails, while his Puerto Rican grandmother attempted to keep the family together.

His instinctive pull toward Judaism began at age 7, after seeing a commercial on television wishing Jewish viewers a “Happy Passover.” His grandmother had an affinity for all things Jewish as well – even celebrating for an entire day when Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Pulitzer Prize in 1978 – and encouraged her grandson’s interest. His observance continued through high school, where he prayed three times daily, but waned during his college years when he became involved in the Baltimore punk rock scene. It was during this time that Y-Love became involved in the anti-racist punk rock movements, which would provide the revolutionary force behind his yet-to-be-written hip-hop lyrics.

Losing his biological father at 15 and his stepfather at 21 to cancer, Y-Love learned to become self-reliant in the absence of the parental figures that so many take for granted. Enduring considerable racism during his initial transition to the Orthodox community, he was denied apartments for 11 months and was unable to find employment within the community until 2003, among other hardships. Anti-Semitism from the Black community would also impact his transition, as many of his former Baltimore neighbors treated him as persona non grata upon seeing his new traditional Orthodox style of dress, and the verbal insults would become quite common when he would visit his hometown.

After learning in Ohr Somayach yeshivas in Jerusalem and Monsey, NY, Y-Love had a brief, arranged marriage in the Hasidic tradition, which ended in 2003. This would begin a period of tragedy in Y-Love’s life, where he would lose an average of one friend every six weeks due to drug-related causes. Y-Love’s faith has remained unshaken, however, and he uses his pain to help heal others with a message of self-empowerment through faith, religion, and music.

Y-Love is currently touring the globe to promote his new EP, Change.

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