dollah jones - chasing the dream
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Recording Artist
Hip-hop is overrun with cookie-cutter artists who lack originality. But Detroit native, Derrick "Dollah" Jones, who has talked the talk and walked the walk since the age of 14, displays all the makings of a true hip-hop star. With his funky off-the-cuff wordplay, confident swagger, and energetic stage show, it is only a matter of time before his proverbial starship arrives to catapult his career into superstar status.
"I create new stuff [and] I try to be different," Jones explains. "If everybody's going right, [then] I'm the one that tries to go left."
Jones began his career as a gospel rapper, so he faced some resistance when he decided to go the secular route. "At first the people at my church, [and] my mom, [were] on my head about it," he recalls. "But once they started hearing my music and realizing it wasn't all crazy, and hard-core, and thuggish, they accepted it more."
The switch has proven to be a major catalyst for his rapidly advancing career. Jones is looking forward to the release of his debut album, A Dollah and a Dream, in the first quarter of 2008. -janaya black
Log onto www.dollahjones.com for more information.
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