Big June
Big June
Brooklyn, NY, US
Hip Hop / pop / rap
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JUNE (short for Junior a name adopted because he looked so much like his father) HAS BEEN WRITING HIP HOP MUSIC SINCE AS EARLY AS HE CAN REMEMBER HIS PASSION CAME FROM LISTENING TO ARTIST LIKE RAKIM, KRS ONE, AND BIG DADDY KANE HE REALIZED THAT HIS GRITTY STREET STYLE HAD APPEAL AFTER LISTENING TO GROUPS LIKE NWA AND THE GHETO BOYS.
JUNE WAS INTERESTED IN MAKING MUSIC FROM A YOUNG AGE, PERFORMING HIP HOP AND POETRY FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND LATER FOR LOCAL TALENT SHOWS BUT WAS TALKED OUT OF IT BY HIS FATHER WHO PUSHED FOR HIM TO GET A "REAL" JOB AND PERSUE A MORE STABLE WAY OF LIFE AND JUNE DID SO MOVING FROM THE HARDEND STREETS OF BROOKLYN NY TO THE SEMI-SUBURB OF NEWPORT NEWS VA WORKING FOR COMPANIES SUCH AS UPS. AND VERIZON.
WHILE IN VA JUNE'S PASSION COULD NOT BE CONTAINED AND HE FOUND HIMSELF DRAWN TO THE LOCAL MID WEEK OPEN MIC "FUZZY WED'S" WHICH WAS HELD BY A LOCAL BAND "THE FUZZ BAND". THE OPEN MIC WAS A HUGE ATTRACTION IN THE AREA AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WOULD PERFORM THERE WHEN PASSING THROUGH THE SMALL STATE. JUNE'S FIRST TIME ON THEIR STAGE HE RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION. HE LATER ADOPTED THE NAME "OrdiNarY jOe" AND BEGAN PERFORMING SPOKEN WORD AT FUZZY WED'S AND SHORTLY AFTER BECAME AND INTERN FOR THE BAND PROMOTING THE LOCAL ICON OF AN EVENT EVERYWHERE HE WENT.
JUNE'S CELEBRITY BEGAN TO GROW AND HE REALIZED THAT THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WITH HIS LIFE...ENTERTAIN. KNOWING THAT VA WAS NOT THE PRIME LOCATION TO START A CAREER IN ENTERTAINMENT, JUNE PICKED UP WITH NOTHING BUT A BAG OF CLOTHES AND HIS HEAD HELD HIGH AND JOURNEYED BACK TO NEW YORK.
ONCE ARRIVING IN NY JUNE SOON BECAME A REGULAR AT ANY AND EVERY OPEN MIC IN NYC. WINNING COMPETITIONS AT PLACES SUCH AS "NUYORICAN POETS CAFE" AND "THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB" HE SLOWLY BUILT A NAME FOR HIMSELF AS A PROMISING YOUNG ARTIST AND THEN STARTED AN OPEN MIC OF HIS OWN FOR ALL TYPES OF ARTIST TO PERFORM. THE OPEN MIC TOOK SOME TIME TO LIFT OFF BUT WAS A WATERING HOLE FOR EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED ARTIST. MANY OF THE FEATURES FROM THE OPEN MIC WENT ON TO PERFORM ON THE HBO SERIES "DEF POETRY JAM". SOME MOVED ON TO OFF BROADWAY PLAYS AND ONE MOST NOTABLY RECEIVE A ROLE AS A MAIN CHARACTER ON THE HIT MOVIE "ATL" BUT JUNE REALIZE THAT HE HAD BECOME MORE OF A PROMOTER THAN AN ARTIST.
WITHIN THE NEXT 6MONTHS JUNE WAS STRUCK WITH A CRIPPLING TRAGEDY.HIS FATHER HAD PASSED AWAY. THIS BROUGHT ON A GREAT DEPRESSION. KNOWING THAT HIS FATHER WANTED HIM TO WORK A STABLE JOB JUNE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE OPEN MIC AND EVEN TO LEAVE THE ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT SCENE ALONE GIVING HIM TIME TO MORN THE DEATH OF HIS BELOVED PARENT
A YEAR LATER BIG JUNE FELT THE BUG BEGINNING TO BITE. HE STARTED GOING INTO THE STUDIO AND RECORDING HIP HOP MUSIC. HE KNEW THAT HE WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST AND PERFORMER; NOT A PROMOTER SO HE LEFT THE SPOKEN WORD SCENE AND LEFT THE "OrdiNarY jOe" MONIKER ALONG WITH IT.
SHORTLY AFTER, HE STARTED TO PERFORM IN DIFFERENT OPEN MIC'S AND COMPETITIONS. MONTHS LATER JUNE FOUND HIMSELF ON THE STAGE OF THE POPULAR NY NIGHT CLUB "S.O.B.'s" (Sounds Of Brazil) PERFORMING IN FRONT OF MEDIA OUTLETS AND RECORD LABEL EXECUTIVES.
JUNE IS NO STRANGER TO ADVERSITY BUT NEITHER IS HE A STRANGER TO OVERCOMING THE ODDS NOW ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS MAKE A LIVING DOING WHAT HE LOVES, MAKING MUSIC
JUNE'S 1ST ALBUM "THE SCRATCHING THE SURFACE MIXTAPE" IS NOW AVAIL FOR SALE & PURCHASE CAN BE MADE FROM THE MEDIA PLAYER ABOVE OR SEVERAL INTERNET STORES INCLUDING
HE'S CURRENTLY PUTTING TOGETHER A 2ND COMPILATION ALBUM WHICH IN ADDITION TO BEING A LYRICIST HE WILL BE DOING SOME SONG WRITING FOR R&B ARTIST AS WELL
AS ALWAYS HE'S LOOKING TO WORK WITH SINGERS WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND EXPLORE FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE
SEND BOOKING INQUIRIES TO: BIGJUNSMUSIC@YAHOO.COM
JUNE (short for Junior a name adopted because he looked so much like his father) HAS BEEN WRITING HIP HOP MUSIC SINCE AS EARLY AS HE CAN REMEMBER HIS PASSION CAME FROM LISTENING TO ARTIST LIKE RAKIM, KRS ONE, AND BIG DADDY KANE HE REALIZED THAT HIS GRITTY STREET STYLE HAD APPEAL AFTER LISTENING TO GROUPS LIKE NWA AND THE GHETO BOYS.
JUNE WAS INTERESTED IN MAKING MUSIC FROM A YOUNG AGE, PERFORMING HIP HOP AND POETRY FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND LATER FOR LOCAL TALENT SHOWS BUT WAS TALKED OUT OF IT BY HIS FATHER WHO PUSHED FOR HIM TO GET A "REAL" JOB AND PERSUE A MORE STABLE WAY OF LIFE AND JUNE DID SO MOVING FROM THE HARDEND STREETS OF BROOKLYN NY TO THE SEMI-SUBURB OF NEWPORT NEWS VA WORKING FOR COMPANIES SUCH AS UPS. AND VERIZON.
WHILE IN VA JUNE'S PASSION COULD NOT BE CONTAINED AND HE FOUND HIMSELF DRAWN TO THE LOCAL MID WEEK OPEN MIC "FUZZY WED'S" WHICH WAS HELD BY A LOCAL BAND "THE FUZZ BAND". THE OPEN MIC WAS A HUGE ATTRACTION IN THE AREA AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WOULD PERFORM THERE WHEN PASSING THROUGH THE SMALL STATE. JUNE'S FIRST TIME ON THEIR STAGE HE RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION. HE LATER ADOPTED THE NAME "OrdiNarY jOe" AND BEGAN PERFORMING SPOKEN WORD AT FUZZY WED'S AND SHORTLY AFTER BECAME AND INTERN FOR THE BAND PROMOTING THE LOCAL ICON OF AN EVENT EVERYWHERE HE WENT.
JUNE'S CELEBRITY BEGAN TO GROW AND HE REALIZED THAT THIS IS WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WITH HIS LIFE...ENTERTAIN. KNOWING THAT VA WAS NOT THE PRIME LOCATION TO START A CAREER IN ENTERTAINMENT, JUNE PICKED UP WITH NOTHING BUT A BAG OF CLOTHES AND HIS HEAD HELD HIGH AND JOURNEYED BACK TO NEW YORK.
ONCE ARRIVING IN NY JUNE SOON BECAME A REGULAR AT ANY AND EVERY OPEN MIC IN NYC. WINNING COMPETITIONS AT PLACES SUCH AS "NUYORICAN POETS CAFE" AND "THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB" HE SLOWLY BUILT A NAME FOR HIMSELF AS A PROMISING YOUNG ARTIST AND THEN STARTED AN OPEN MIC OF HIS OWN FOR ALL TYPES OF ARTIST TO PERFORM. THE OPEN MIC TOOK SOME TIME TO LIFT OFF BUT WAS A WATERING HOLE FOR EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED ARTIST. MANY OF THE FEATURES FROM THE OPEN MIC WENT ON TO PERFORM ON THE HBO SERIES "DEF POETRY JAM". SOME MOVED ON TO OFF BROADWAY PLAYS AND ONE MOST NOTABLY RECEIVE A ROLE AS A MAIN CHARACTER ON THE HIT MOVIE "ATL" BUT JUNE REALIZE THAT HE HAD BECOME MORE OF A PROMOTER THAN AN ARTIST.
WITHIN THE NEXT 6MONTHS JUNE WAS STRUCK WITH A CRIPPLING TRAGEDY.HIS FATHER HAD PASSED AWAY. THIS BROUGHT ON A GREAT DEPRESSION. KNOWING THAT HIS FATHER WANTED HIM TO WORK A STABLE JOB JUNE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE OPEN MIC AND EVEN TO LEAVE THE ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT SCENE ALONE GIVING HIM TIME TO MORN THE DEATH OF HIS BELOVED PARENT
A YEAR LATER BIG JUNE FELT THE BUG BEGINNING TO BITE. HE STARTED GOING INTO THE STUDIO AND RECORDING HIP HOP MUSIC. HE KNEW THAT HE WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST AND PERFORMER; NOT A PROMOTER SO HE LEFT THE SPOKEN WORD SCENE AND LEFT THE "OrdiNarY jOe" MONIKER ALONG WITH IT.
SHORTLY AFTER, HE STARTED TO PERFORM IN DIFFERENT OPEN MIC'S AND COMPETITIONS. MONTHS LATER JUNE FOUND HIMSELF ON THE STAGE OF THE POPULAR NY NIGHT CLUB "S.O.B.'s" (Sounds Of Brazil) PERFORMING IN FRONT OF MEDIA OUTLETS AND RECORD LABEL EXECUTIVES.
JUNE IS NO STRANGER TO ADVERSITY BUT NEITHER IS HE A STRANGER TO OVERCOMING THE ODDS NOW ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS MAKE A LIVING DOING WHAT HE LOVES, MAKING MUSIC
JUNE'S 1ST ALBUM "THE SCRATCHING THE SURFACE MIXTAPE" IS NOW AVAIL FOR SALE & PURCHASE CAN BE MADE FROM THE MEDIA PLAYER ABOVE OR SEVERAL INTERNET STORES INCLUDING
HE'S CURRENTLY PUTTING TOGETHER A 2ND COMPILATION ALBUM WHICH IN ADDITION TO BEING A LYRICIST HE WILL BE DOING SOME SONG WRITING FOR R&B ARTIST AS WELL
AS ALWAYS HE'S LOOKING TO WORK WITH SINGERS WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND EXPLORE FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE
SEND BOOKING INQUIRIES TO: BIGJUNSMUSIC@YAHOO.COM
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