One evening I was chilling, as I usually do, chatting with my buddy Dante at my Foggy Bottom Metro Station. Out of the corner of my eye I could see this young guy just kind of chillin’ and I thought to myself “what does he need. . . ??” He then slipped a little something through the little at the stations leader kiosk. I asked Donte “What is that?” It was a CD. The first thing that came to my mind was “I gotta have that!”

Clearly for those that read my blog you know by now how I am a huge supporter of the youth of today! I would have to say that the number one quality that got me excited about John aka Hotline was his Marketing approach.

It is all too often that people expect to be “discovered” without putting the work at getting their hard work “out there.” I personally appreciate time spent on foot

When I got home I popped John’s CD, and what I really liked about is that it had a totally different sound. I am no critic but I would like to say it is Hip Hop meets Rock. . . so it is really the best of both worlds!

John is a DC native, graduated from high school in surrounding MD and will be finishing up college in the next six months! I think what made me smile the most is John wants to teach.

See, John doesn’t know how jealous I am of him. . . he has a talent that I will never have. . . an amazing way to reach “the youth of today. . . ” he can reach them through his music. To be straight, I am limited as a white female with limited rhyming skills and many times (most ha ha) I am just not very hip.
I am really excited to see where John goes!!! Please check out his tunes. . . . and clearly follow my blog for updates on HOTLINE!

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