Fokissed

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Brandon Owen Johnson was born on September 7, 1984 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and now lives in both Richmond, Virginia, and Providence, Rhode Island. He grew up listening to music of many styles throughout his life and was later drawn to Hip Hop/Rap/R&B more than any other genre. Influenced by everyone he heard, and not any one person, he began playing around with song-writing and rapping at an early age in middle school. A few years later in January of 2002, he decided to get more serious and try to record his own tracks. When choosing a rap name, using one word that sums up his entire drive and work ethic, he dubbed himself, "Fokissed". At first, he started out recording amateur tracks on well-known beats. While still an amateur, he and others realized that he definitely had talent for making and performing music. Fokissed continued to record songs, gradually increasing in talent and originality. Not content with doing anything less than perfect, he enrolled in a class at a local recording studio to learn every possible aspect he could to make better recordings. Ever since, he has been studying every aspect of the entertainment business that he can get his hands on, including copyright laws, mixing, mastering, recording techniques, and is still in the recording engineer program at the local studio. He knows knowledge is power, demonstrated by his 4.3 high school GPA, and wants to gain every advantage over the next person that he possibly can. In early 2002, FOKISS

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