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Artist
J-Mill
12+ albums
about
J-Mill was born in Salisbury Md, where his mother and father then moved to Frederick, Md. His father, a Bronx Ny native, took numberous trips to New York to visit his home. It was there that J-Mill fell in love with Hip Hop. In the mid eightes when hip hop was in its rarest form. During the times of Curtis Blow, The Fat Boys, and movies like Breakin, J-Mill was exposed to all ot this. Trying to make it in rap isn’t a task for the unfocused or easily defeated. With literally thousands upon thousands of signed and unsigned MCs trying to get on, originality is a must and a key factor for succeeding. Fortunately for Maryland rapper J. Mill a/k/a Jamaal Makin It Livin Large, he had a unique plan. Like so many greats before him, he knew he had to do something to stand out from the crowd. Where Hip Hop impresarios like Russell Simmons and Master P made their marks by carving out niches through clothes, poetry, hood movies and Nickelodeon, J-Mill stepped up and came up with his own unique entryway – teaching others how to rap. Already confident in his own ability to master rapping, he knew that he could take his own techniques and use them as a tool to not only distinguish himself as an entrepreneur but also share his gift doing what he loves to do. Upon graduating high school, J-Mill decided to focus entirely on his music and began his ongoing ascent in the game. Despite his best intentions, his path wasn’t without roadblocks. In 2001 he signed to an independent label
