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With well determination and a clear vision for what he wants J. Snipes is a young mogul from Fayetteville, North Carolina who has made valuable contributions to the Carolina music scene over the past 5 years. Growing up in the notorious "Fayettenam" J. Snipes born, Joshua Snipes June, 18 1989, rose above negativity and poverty using his creativity.

J. Snipes began displaying his creativity in high school by creating a group called Young BBC. Since J. Snipes worked a job since 11 years old he gained an idea for organizational structure early and recruited almost 100 members throughout the Fayetteville, NC high school system and surrounding areas. He flourished by creating 100's of hand made shirts for members. The group strove to lower violence while promoting creativity. Heavily affiliated with M.O.E.T city, the group was one of the most influential movements during his high school career.

After high school J immediately moved to Nashville, TN where he began his music career by recording songs and building social networks. "It was only natural. I love music and every aspect of creativity."

After living in Nashville for a little under a year J. Snipes moved back to Fayetteville, NC. He immediately began working at "400 Block Studios" as the production manager and engineer. Through "400 Block Studios" J. Snipes had the opportunity to meet and work with some of the best artists from Fayetteville and eventually started working with many artists on the east coast.

Having previous experience with organizational skills and with all of the contacts he had developed over the years J. Snipes decided he would create something that would have a lasting impact on the community. The Melting Pot was created to bring artists together who otherwise would have never had the opportunity to work together on one song and create an experience like nothing before. "When I first made "The Melting Pot" (TMP) I didn't understand the impact that it would have on not just the independent hip hop community, but even the industry. It's really changed the vibe of everything. More people are coming together for the better and the independent hip hop scene has grown tremendously, the artists are becoming house hold names."

The Melting Pot series has included the artists Lo Keys, Madrina Maria, Rain, Sir Ben Marx, YSM and many more artists who are currently on a rapid rise. He is currently working on TMP4 where he plans to take an new approach to gather the best artists. He says, "I eventually plan on taking TMP to the national level working with the best independent artists on the rise like the XXL freshman of the year, video version."

When asked who he admires J. Snipes says "Smack from the infamous "Smack DVD" and "Smack battles". I watched where Smack came from with the videos and even a blind man can see where he's headed. Reminds me of my struggle and the possibilities. I haven't met him but I respect the man because of where he took his grind and moreso because of his loyalty."

J. Snipes continues to create music, music videos, big events, do shows, interviews, and work with different artists and producers on the east coast daily. He is sitting on two albums and has an official clothing line "L'amour Eleve" that has just dropped. He plans to travel the world and have experiences with all walks of life. Although he handles every aspect of his music, from mixing the songs to shooting and editing the videos, he views it as the gateway to become a fully successful mogul, talented in any realm of this ever growing digital communicating society.

J. Snipes final remarks were: "Love what you do, do what you love. genuine happiness > objectified happiness"

Cut from a peice of leather. Gifted, Ambitious, Relentless. Mogul

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