{"key":"111469","name":"BJ The Chicago Kid","bio":"B.J. The Chicago Kid is one of the most explosive, yet mature, soulful artists\/writers of our young generation. Following the love of his life, BJ married to music at a young age and has since been living his dream. BJ\u2019s talents have assisted artists such as Mary Mary, Musiq Soulchild, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Usher, Mario, Mary J. Blige, and Jamie Foxx via writing and performing.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/111469_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"10000 - 30000"}

{"key":"42372","name":"JMSN","bio":"Christian Berishaj (stage name JMSN) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, mixer, videographer and designer. Born in Detroit. Resides in Los Angeles. His debut album is \u2020Priscilla\u2020. (2) Producer\/songwriter Christian Berishaj was born in the greater Detroit area and quickly developed a fascination with music and performance. He started recording his own music at age 12 and by the time he was 18 he'd gone through various different bands and projects, including recording an album as Love Arcade on which he wrote and performed every sound. Love Arcade was eventually signed to Atlantic records, with a self-titled album on which Berishaj was the sole performer coming out in 2006. A touring band was assembled around the project but none of the members ever played on any recordings and the group broke up after three years. Following Love Arcade, Berishaj relocated to Los Angeles and worked briefly under the moniker Christian TV, licensing songs in various films and television and signing a deal with Universal Motown Records. The label folded and Berishaj again reconfigured, taking on the name JMSN and producing more R&B inspired music, taking a decided step away from the pop leanings of previous projects. He self-released his debut Priscilla in early 2012, earning high praise from press and his artistic contemporaries as well. He followed with the next year with the Pllaje EP and a lengthy tour. JMSN spent much of 2014 prepping his next full-length, The Blue Album. The Blue Album's release date was delayed but eventually saw release in late 2014. ~ Fred Thomas","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/42372_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"20000 - 50000"}

{"key":"114337","name":"Rochelle Jordan","bio":"Born in the U.K, but raised on the Eastside of Toronto, singer\/songwriter Rochelle Jordan is a pivotal figure in the future sound of R&B\/POP. A glorious anomaly in an era of brooding, gritty R&B, producing brash and buoyant feminist anthems, Rochelle is known for her innovative yet throwback inspired, uncommon melody, lyrics, production and vocals.Rochelle built a cult following with past full length releases titled ROJO (2011), PRESSURE(2012) and 1021(2014). The results included critical acclaim from Billboard to Fader Magazine, countless blogs and award nominations including Sirius XM, MOBO, and BBC airplay. After relocating to Los Angeles, Rochelle wrote & performed on Childish Gambino\u2019s Grammy Nominated \u201cBecause The Internet\u201d with the single Telegraph Ave. Soon after, Rochelle charted number 1 on Billboard\u2019s Next Big Sound in early 2014 with the single \u201cFollow Me\u201d. After teasing fans with a snippet of new music produced by Illangelo (Drake, The Weeknd,) Rochelle released the KLSH produced single \u201cLOWKEY\u201d. A multi-talent, she has also lended her voice to Adult Swim's \"Black Dynamite\" as Cindy in \"How Honeybee Got Her Groove Back\".","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/114337_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"21317","name":"Mila J","bio":"Mila J. (Born Jamila Chilombo on November 18, 1983), is the latest R&B\/Rap solo female artist to the TUG roster headed by Chris Stokes, creator of the platinum selling group B2K. Mila J embodies today's urban female by representing strength, passion and presence with a hood glam that ladies admire and fellas want to get next to.The Los Angeles native began rapping at age 4 and immediately knew her destiny was to perform. Reminiscent of the late Left Eye, whom she admires, Jamila contributes her love of hip-hope to her music and sense of style, giving her a street edge with feminine appeal. \"I've always loved old school groups like the Fat Boys oddly enough,\" Jamila shares, \"The guy at the video store eneded up just giving me a copy of Krush Groove because it's my favorite movie of all time and I'd rent it every weekend.\" As one in a family of six, the animated youngster met Chris Stokes when she was just nine years old after her sister had appeared in an Immature video. She caught the producers' eye and he made her a member of his now defunct girl group, Dame Four. Hailing from a music family, Jamila's natural ability shines through, from her sense of style to her self-written rhymes. \"I went to school for fashion, but singing and dancing are in my heart, that what I love and can't see myself doing anything else.\" Is also the sister of Jhen\u00e9 Aiko.Her debut album, Split Personality\"was shelved. Like many female acts in TUG, her career went no where due to poor support from the label. She was co-writer on the project, Mila J collaborated with Cory Bold, a seventeen year old phenom who adds icing to the already sweet cake. Mila J poses a quadruple threat as she can sing, rap, dance, and write. Her first single off her shelved debut album was entitled Complete produced by Cory Bold. Her current status is unknown.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/21317_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"58657","name":"Terrace Martin","bio":"Over the last decade few people have put so much time and energy into the culture they love. Beginning his career as a rapper and producer, Terrace Martin has lent his skills to artists such as Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Lalah Hathaway, Raphael Saadiq, Charlie Wilson, Stevie Wonder, and the legendary Emotions, just to name a few. Martins big break came when he produced a Power 106 radio drop with Snoop Dogg. Shattering the acknowledged rules of hip-hop production, he samples everything from funk to jazz to classical to create fresh and original tracks. His wildly imaginative productions have made him one of the most sought after upcoming producers on the streets of Los Angeles. Born to father, a jazz drummer and mother, a singer, Martin's birthright was music. Growing up listening to everyone from Coltrane to Parliament, he began playing the piano at the age of six. Producing his first tracks on his Casio CZ101 Keyboard and an Sp1200, Martin decided to broaden his musicality and picked up the saxophone. At Locke High, under the auspices of Reggie Andrews, Martin became first chair of the All-State jazz band. As a child prodigy, Martin gained the interest of talk show host Jay Leno, who presented him with a scholarship and later purchased his first professional horn. Not only did Hollywood elite recognize Martin but also world-renowned jazz musician, Billy Higgins, who later made Martin a member of his World Stage All-Stars. Fresh out of high school, Martin attended Cal-Arts but decided school wasnt for him and began touring with Puff Daddy and gospels own Gods Property. From jazz to hip-hop, Martins role models include Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Stitt, Grover Washington, Jr., Dr. Dre, Dj Quik, Battlecat, Premier, Pete Rock, and 1580 K-Day. Martin says, \"I started producing hip-hop tracks because it was the music of my time, but I never lost my love for jazz.\"","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/58657_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"17633","name":"Teedra Moses","bio":"Teedra Moses is an R&B singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in New Orleans and later moved to Los Angeles, California with her mother, Shirley Moses, a gospel singer, after her parents' divorce. Moses brought a little bit of that gospel flair to her own vocal style when she began singing professionally. The final song on her debut album, \"I Think of You (Shirley\u2019s Song)\", is dedicated to her late mother. Teedra Moses is the mother of twin boys fathered by rapper, Ras Kass.She released her debut album, Complex Simplicity (executive produced by herself and partner Pauli Pol), on TVT Records on August 10, 2004 in the U.S. The album peaked at #158 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and reached the top ten of the Top Independent Albums chart.Since then Teedra has gone on to write songs for artists such as Nivea, Christina Milian and Mary J blige she was also featured on two songs from Raphael Saadiq's Ray Ray album and has had her songs showcased on Noah's Arc a LOGO network television series.On December 28, 2008, Moses released the Lionhearted - Young Hustla Vol III mixtape at a performance in Pasadena, California. It is available for sale on her MySpace page.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/17633_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"27370","name":"Jesse Boykins III","bio":"Jesse Boykins III has a timeless sound. He shares a point of view that crosses all genres, generations and cultures. Every note and each word in all his recorded works, to his live performance is skillfully crafted evoking emotions that can move any listener across the world to examine and acknowledge those feelings within themselves.Jesse who was born in Chicago on February 20, 1985 spent most of his childhood in Jamaica and Miami before spreading roots as a teenager in New York City. In his youth Jesse spent most of his time outside of school learning valuable life lessons from his family. His aunts and uncles taught him the value of setting goals for himself; his grandmother a respect for spirituality; his mother a sense of passion and the importance of staying dedicated and focused in order to reach his goals and from all of them was grown an adoration and reverence for music.Jesse\u2019s own musical creations began in the 4th grade. He developed a talent for hearing sounds in his environment and using them as a guide to create melodies that he would record on his karaoke machine. It was around this time that he began to seek out music outside of what he had been exposed to growing up. He sought out soul artists such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway; enigmatic artists such as Bjork, Sade and Pink Floyd and realizing from them the impact of words in their songs he began to delve into the writings of Shakespeare and Langston Hughes. From them he learned how to create depth in his lyrics. He studied their use of metaphors and imagery, and examined how they used these techniques to create stories and worked these methods into his own personal style.At 16 Jesse was selected out of the nation to be 1 of 13 singers in the Grammy Jazz Ensemble, where he was discovered and later recruited by The New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Music. While studying at The New School University, Jesse worked on refining his skills as a writer, performer, arranger, producer and vocalist. He studied with classical trainer Kenneth Kamal Scott and soul artist Bilal. He also created bonds with other talented creative people who became integral parts of his team and dedicated musicians forming his supporting band, The Beauty Created.In early 2008 Jesse entered into the mainstream music scene with his first release Dopamine: My Life On My Back. His first single from that album, Tabloids peaked at #2 on the Billboard Video Monitor. His ambitious follow-up release later that year, The Beauty Created affirmed critics\u2019 acclaim for Dopamine while solidifying Jesse\u2019s defining place in the history of soul music. With the success of both albums, music videos and many collaborations with contemporaries such as The Foreign Exchange, Theophilus London, MeLo-X, Machine Drum, and Phantom Lover he has gained international recognition and built a loyal worldwide following.Jesse\u2019s talent and hard work was also recognized by BET in 2010 when they tapped him to be a major component in their BET Music Matters\u2122 campaign granting him the distinction of being one of the first Independent Artists to premiere a video on their popular show 106 & Park. Jesse was further rewarded by earning a nomination for a 2010 Soul Train Award, which can be largely credited to his release of the video, Amorous (dir. Jarrett Woo) and his worldwide Romantic Movement Tour that year.Currently Jesse is completing his third album Love Apparatus with producer Machine Drum. With the lead single B4 the Night is Thru, released on Robert \u201cBobbito\u201d Garc\u00eda\u2019s vinyl label Alala Records, they delighted fans and critics alike with the evolution of his sound. Jesse considers himself a musical explorer. While recording Love Apparatus Jesse traveled worldwide marking new experiences and exploring new sounds and incorporating that into the project. In his own words he says, \u201cI create World Soul that marks moments in time. Each time I introduce new music to my fans I want it to become a defining part of their lives as much as it is a part of mine.\u201d","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/27370_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"please contact"}

{"key":"21604","name":"Marsha Ambrosius","bio":"Already proven as a talented, sought after songwriter and revered platinum-selling artist, Marsha Ambrosius is meeting the next challenge in her already impressive musical career by reinventing herself as a solo artist with her J Records debut disc LATE NIGHTS & EARLY MORNINGS.Hailing from Liverpool, England, fans first got a taste of Marsha\u2019s talent as the singing half of the duo Floetry. Their 2000 debut Floetic produced signature singles like \u201cSay Yes\" and \"Getting Late\" as well as four Grammy nods. Following the 2005 release of their second studio album, Flo\u2019Ology, the ladies veered creatively and personally. While the split was difficult, Marsha continued to build a name for herself as a songwriter and producer, creating \u201cButterflies\u201d for the late Michael Jackson and other hits for artists such as Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Jamie Foxx and Nas. She\u2019s been nominated for a total of six Grammys and has been honored by BMI as their Songwriter of the Year.Over the years, Marsha has stayed relevant as an artist via touring, writing\/producing and mixtapes like 2007\u2019s Neo Soul is Dead, 2008\u2019s Yours Truly and 2010\u2019s Yours Sincerely. She also appeared as a featured artist on projects from Patti Labelle, The Game, Busta Rhymes, Jamie Foxx and Earth, Wind & Fire, among others. Eventually, Marsha signed with Dr. Dre\u2019s Aftermath Records however a much-buzzed about solo debut never materialized due to creative glitches. Equipped with plenty of her own talent, she found herself being given songs from producers that were \u201cgreat but not songs that made sense in relation to each other.\u201d Marsha calls her sound \u201chonest and consistent\u201d and it was important for her to make an album with an overall cohesive sound. She explains, \u201cI think with an album everything has to make sense, like \u2018Where is this story going?\u2019\u201dBut that wasn\u2019t the only situation posing a challenge for Marsha. A basketball player since childhood, when her music career took off, her diet remained the same as when she was regularly active. Constantly on the road touring and promoting wasn\u2019t conducive to a healthy diet and resulted in her gaining 70 pounds in just one year. She finally got serious about her health and lost the weight safely and slowly over about a two-year period.Now at a strong place mentally and physically, Marsha\u2019s ready to present her sound to the world. The first single, \u201cHope She Cheats on You (With a Basketball Player),\u201d is an anthem that women and men can relate to. Marsha explains, \u201cIt\u2019s the reality of a bad break up. We wanna be decent human beings and say the right thing, you know, \u2018I wish you well.\u2019 But this is \u2018Everything that could go wrong for him I want it to because my ego is bruised and I\u2019m acting out.\u2019\u201d There\u2019ve been many songs written about heartbreak, but Marsha\u2019s approach to \u201cHope She Cheats on You\u201d gets in your face rather than plays the victim.LATE NIGHTS & EARLY MORNINGS is destined to be a classic, as Marsha offers a candid glimpse of her life and perspectives as a woman. Inspired by musical icons like Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Prince, she concedes there is an overall male influence in her songwriting, such as the assertive sentiments heard on hits like \u201cSay Yes.\u201d She explains, \u201cMy pen and my point of view has a certain aggression to it because I\u2019ve listened to a lot of male influenced music, which I think makes me one of the most outspoken writers out here. Sometimes as a woman you don\u2019t wanna say what\u2019s on your mind for fear of being judged. But why wouldn\u2019t I say it like that if that\u2019s how I felt?\u201d Musical peers recruited to contribute to the project include Alicia Keys, a reunion with Dre and Vidal (producers of \u201cSay Yes\u201d), Just Blaze and Focus.While her success in the industry is already solidified, Marsha knows it\u2019s never easy to win over fans as a solo artist. Fortunately, she says, \u201cIt\u2019s like being thrown in the deep end. \u2018Okay I have to swim? Oh well.\u2019 I\u2019ve taken that attitude and it\u2019s carried me forward.\u201d(from MarshaAmbrosius.com)","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/21604_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"20000 - 50000"}

{"key":"89154","name":"Sevyn Streeter","bio":"Amber \"Sevyn\" Streeter is a singer\/songwriter who was a part of two girl groups. Back in 2002 she was a part of TG4 which fell apart and later joined Rich Harrison's group, Richgirl, which split in 2011.Her songs and vocals have been heard by millions, earning multiple awards and countless accolades, but only now is Sevyn Streeter poised to take her own place in the spotlight. The acclaimed singer\/songwriter is currently readying her eagerly awaited Atlantic debut album, a bright and brazen mix of pop, soul, hip-hop, and R&B, spiced by her characteristic gospel-inspired vocals and knack for irrepressible hooks and harmonies.Sevyn grew up in Haines City, Florida where she first discovered her voice while singing in church. She began performing regularly, winding up on the legendary stage of New York\u2019s Apollo Theatre at just 10 years old. The following years saw her honing her craft with tours alongside Bow Wow, B2K, Mario and Beyonce and well received TV performances on Soul Train, Showtime At The Apollo, and the annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards.An avowed student of R&B, soul, and hip-hop \u2013 with influences spanning Michael and Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, Tank and Dru Hill, Jagged Edge and 112 \u2013 Sevyn furthered her musical vision by mastering the craft of songwriting. She quickly proved to be an in-demand writer and vocalist, called upon by a remarkable roster of top studio superstars, including Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Babyface, Polow da Don, Jean Baptiste\/Free School, Pop & Oak, and The Runners, among others.In 2011, Sevyn co-wrote singles featured on acclaimed albums by two extraordinary R&B icons, Kelly Rowland\u2019s \"HERE I AM\" and Mary J. Blige's \"MY LIFE II\u2026THE JOURNEY CONTINUES\", but her breakthrough came with the arrival of Chris Brown's massively successful \"F.A.M.E.\" The album saw Sevyn co-writing a number of the album's biggest singles \u2013 including \"Next To You (Feat. Justin Bieber)\", \"Wet The Bed (Feat. Ludacris)\", and the million-selling smash, \"Yeah 3x\" \u2013 while her distinctive voice can be heard on such tracks as the top 5 R&B\/Hip-Hop hit, \"She Ain't You.\" \"F.A.M.E.\" proved an unqualified pop sensation, receiving RIAA gold certification and the 2012 Grammy Award for \"Best R&B Album.\" The phenomenal success of \"Yeah 3x\" and \"Wet The Bed\" earned Sevyn a prestigious pair of ASCAP Awards, acknowledging the tracks among the year's most-performed songs.Just one year later, Brown once again enlisted Sevyn's songwriting services for his #1 blockbuster, \"FORTUNE.\" This time out, the Grammy-winning superstar chose to highlight her remarkable voice on a number of duets as well as backing vocals throughout. As if that weren\u2019t enough, Sevyn can be seen in Brown\u2019s MTV Video Music Award-winning clip, \"Turn Up The Music.\"A remarkably prolific songwriter, Sevyn's songs will be heard on an array of upcoming albums from such stars as Brandy, Fantasia, and Kelly Rowland. Her most recent songwriting successes include \"New Day\", the Swizz Beatz-produced lead single from Alicia Keys' hugely anticipated new album, \"GIRL ON FIRE.\"Blessed with boundless talent and effervescent energy, Sevyn is now focused like a laser beam on her as-yet untitled solo debut. With a powerhouse sound that's not dissimilar from the gifted young artist herself \u2013 soulful and sophisticated, sexy and strong, heartfelt and honest, flirty and fun \u2013 Sevyn is finally ready to join the ranks of her heroes at the center of the stage and the top of the charts.","featuredImage":"https:\/\/assets.allamericanmusic.com\/images\/89154_h_0.jpg","feeRange":"30000 - 50000"}