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Old Blog from Myspace Gives you more insight on my life and where I've been
Thursday, March 05, 2009

Under The Influence "When Life Give's You Lemons You Make Lemonade Wine"
Current mood: blessed
Category: Life

It's hard to live for yourself when you're "under the influence" of so many others.
My career has been amazing and at the same time heartaching.
My personal life has been alot of issues and hard to deal with.
I live today my Birthday March 5th 2009 24 years old with a strain on my personal and a indifference in my career.
When I started this venture of being a artist in the entertainment business I was 12 years old, when I started to get paid selling tapes and professionally being a entertainment artist.
My uncle Samuel "FACE" Elchols was my biggest influence on being a rap artist.
My Mother and Family was my biggest influence on being a R&B artist.
My Father was my biggest influence on being a enterpenuer and professional businessman.
My Brother was my biggest influence on being in the streets.
Growing up I had good and bad times, I was a honor roll student from Kindergarden to thrid grade.
At 12 the streets had a influence on my life, I was gang affiliated, smoking weed, girls, hanging out all night, fights at school, expelled from school.
I lived this life off and on, 12 to 14 was streets, 14 to 16 was my Father (expelled from Central), 16 to 18 was with my mother, in between all that was my uncle and my brother.
I have allowed so many influences to control my life whether friends, family,or foes. I regained a new found wisdom and knowlegde that people are not important, but what you do to people and how they influence your life, is.
Everybody won't be happy and nobody paid the price, for the lifestyle, or can gauge how much you know.
I thank God for all the influences and all that he has brought me through.
Professionally I have worked with the best and worst of people, I started selling tapes in elementry in Nashville (Kings Lane Area/Kings Lane Elementary) of me and my homeboy Antwan of our gorup "Sunnyview Killas", also me and my uncle had a duo group as well "The Remidies" which I will reveal some of the recordings soon. That was at a very young age, at 10 I sung and preached out the bible, going to church (New Salem Baptist/Rev. Frank E. Ray) almost every sunday and my family being strong at the time carried me a long way.
I always thought any job where I can get in the industry I would do it, I met Les King while living with my Father at 14 a producer which produced a couple of records for me when I did as Icalled it "spritual rap" after moving with my dad coming from a 3 year struggle with street life.
I met Mr.Del doing this period and he mentored me almost everyday on my renewed lifestyle and my music career, Mr. Del being a former Three Six Mafia member changing his life to become a christian rapper inspired me so much, along with Del constantly telling me to change my name to something meaniful, I changed my stage name to "Godfellow"
(God-
a. A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.

b. The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being. 2. A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality. 3. An image of a supernatural being; an idol. 4. One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed: Money was their god. 5. A very handsome man. 6. A powerful ruler or despot) (Fellow- 1: comrade , associate2 a: an equal in rank, power, or character : peer b: one of a pair : mate3: a member of a group having common characteristics ; specifically : a member of an incorporated literary or scientific society4 aobsolete : a person of one of the lower social classes barchaic : a worthless man or boy c: man , boy d: boyfriend , beau5: an incorporated member of a college or collegiate foundation especially in a British university6: a person appointed to a position granting a stipend and allowing for advanced study or research) Which meant to me God's Friend he held his hand on me to this day, even as I write this. At 16 I left school and my Father's house, went back to Nashville on my own, still battling the spirit and the world, and eventually came back home to Memphis and went back to my Mother's house.
I also had my own studio in my mom's garage of 2 years and met alot of underground and unsigned artists, it was called R records. I taught artists how to perform, write, structure songs, and promote thier product.
I soon met Mista Ian a local rapper in Memphis that associated with Yo Gotti, Kia Shine, ect.
I promoted for his teen club (Club Level One) and he taught me alot about the music industry and more about the life of a hustler.

(ANOTHER WHOLE STORY IN BETWEEN THIS PERIOD)

I soon met Killer Mike of Memphis a promoter, and I was similar to a "Bentley Fonzworth", I drove, promoted, bought things for him, lived with him, and would do almost anything to prove my worth as a artist, a hard worker and further my street cred. I met artists such as Mac E, Gangsta Boo, Young Snipe, Calico Jonez, Three Six Mafia, The Volunteers, 8 ball and Mjg, Darkside, Indo G, Skinny Pimp, Clover Gs, Lil Scrappy, Kavious, ect. I met alot of people and built several relationships at the age of 16.

I soon moved with my uncle and met alot of people some I knew and some I didn't Frayser Boy, La Chat, Leutinent G, and many more. I soon moved out due to living a life abundant of women and women, sex, drinking and smoking, hated on, drama ect.
Now 18 I moved to a rival part of the city North Memphis with my ex-wife and met others like Criminal Manne and had to shot at niggas and more, looking for work struggling basically on the streets, I joined the military in 2005. I remained a relationship with certain members of my family and promoted records coming from my uncle and his producer Gangsta Rob (Dynammik Productions) now Out The Frame Productions, I was considered a artist but mostly Director of Promotions, I taught them how to push their records, used alot of connections to book shows and get airplay, ect. Soon we parted ways due to differnces in direction of the label.
I met millionaries in my travels, I met Johnny Kim (Dereko Films/Glamourocke Records) and built a 2 year relationship we eventually professionally worked together. I was a A&R for his spin off record label (Glamouroke Records) with a associate which was under my direction to bring to the label to the majors Farris "Rj Groove" Jackson, which we both learned the work of a A&R and I opened alot of connections to him, and open deals. In turn I introduced him to Calico Jonez and 32 which led him to be A&R for the label Streets On Lock after unconsolible differences between Johnny and his label I left prior to Farris' depature to pursue Streets On Lock venture which led him to have a major label deal on the table in 2009 with Universal.

(ANOTHER WHOLE STORY IN BETWENN THIS PERIOD)

I have a movement of 9 years "The Independent Movement Global" which I ran all at the same time working for others, Jasmine Norwood manager of Red Boss at the time we met was a big influence of The Movement along with several others, that have been there since Day One. Her career I followed as she did mine she started working for Upd, Grand Hustle, Debra "Mama" Hughes and others. Which indirectly turned the page of my career and personal life. Myself and Farris "Rj Groove" Jackson remained friends as close as family and we continued to network and do business together, he has helped my personal life in so many ways. I've been with my current fiance for 4 years after my ex wife cheated and got pregnant by someone else among other hurtful things a month after I left for the military in 2005, which hurt and destroyed my security in loving or trusting. In essence we (my fiance, Myself, Farris) have been through alot he opened the doors of his brother's house when I was in Washington State when she put me out for not working and trying to grind this music with no extra income, he even currently opened his doors in Virginia doing the Universal deal while she ironically goes to school for the army and I had nowhere to go due to our diminishing relationship and my own doing my distrust, cheating, not providing, abuse, ect. I came a long way from where I was and I was under stress and such influence of making it big, that I can only Thank God for my life and what happens in my life, it is for his reason and is only a season. I'm back with her and it's hard to have left a good friend but was easy too, to leave the influence I felt as if I was in a wirlwind of work for diddy, real world, change of heart, 50 cent's The Money and The Power, and a movie all at the same time. Arguements, Lust, Insecurities, Altamatums, Drama, Fear, Love, Hate. Likes, Dislikes, Greed, Selfishness, Indifferences, among other issues that lead to where we are today. I believe there is no Love lost and we are still friends (No Homo) but something had to give whether it was a bad or good decision on my part. Opinions are over rated and my Opinion is just that an Opinion. There were a lot of personal boundries broken, and business mixed with these boundries that led us back together and me in a battle between the spirit and the world, abuse can come in so many forms, whether from male or female, love can as well. It's hard to give up something to gain alot and I gave up something to gain patience, a relationship with God again, a new business venture, no influence but my own. Believe me things are not perfect on my end the exterior seems a grand smile and wanting for nothing, but there is a lot of work I have to do to regain her trust and others, to regain finacial stabilty, to regain peace and not drama in my life, to regain self worth because I feel worthless at times, to regain my heart as I once knew it, and I know through God things will work out no matter if I am on the streets or in the Lights of Wall Street I will be alright, it's such a blessing to regain a sense of security knowing no matter what happens in life, life is what it is and you have to take the good with the bad. "Keep God First and Keep Grinding" P.S. -Pray for me and my family and everyone invovled in my world because we only come through this world once and leave as we are, good, bad, happy, and/or sad, when it is our time it's our time. -Godfellow



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