User:Puffedout

Life

 * Born Oct. 28, 1981 in Long Branch, New Jersey. Eldest son of 9 to Cherrie Lee Jackson McMunn. Grandson of Mary Jean Esther Terry Jackson and Jessie Lee Jackson.  Started learning Kung Fu around the age of 10.  Began doing music at the age of 7.  His first song was recorded over his mother's George Michael's tape.  His main musical influences at that time was George Michael, Michael Jackson, New Edition, Boys II Men, Bob Seger, and the Doors. He was in a little group with his cousin called Thundercats after he lost contact with his cousin he just continued creating music.  Then he met up with a kid from Mount Holly, New Jersey and created Christian based singing group called JayBee.  They created 2 successful albums and the 3rd was a double disc in which became a lean more toward rap because of the influence of the streets.  At this time they parted ways. At this time Bruce was around 12 or 13. He began to listen to more Rap music and his musical influences then included Tupac, West Side Connection, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and the Three 6 Mafia.  Bruce began rapping, selling drugs, and engaging in criminal activity.  Then one day as he came home from school he found a U-Hual full of his family's belongings and was told they were moving, this is when he moved to Pennsylvania fighting the whole way cause he did not want to go.  There is when he met Mary Grace Suttie and others but he became very close to her.  She stuck by his side throughout his troubles as a young adult.  Bruce began to change his life around and began a full relationship with her and began a family together. He has 5 children. After the release of Bruce's Total War Album in 2006, it was a good album but more people wanted to hear that hard core gangster rap and this had more of a mental reality, soulful feeling, so he decided to sing more.  Which brought him back to his roots where he began back in Jersey.  He eventually decided to just stay with singing. Bruce also does many things other than music, he builds and repairs computers, repairs game systems, cellphones, tv's, electronics in general.

Company

 * In 1998 Bruce began a small Entertainment company PuffedOut Entertainment.  He started out using just a karaoke machine and tapes to record and make music.  He had about 6 or 7 people under it.  It was a big thing then and people were excited and anticipative to hear the music that was being made.  Then he began taking it more seriously and began getting more involved with the business aspect of it.  And currently has developed into a full Entertainment Business dealing with but not limited to movies, music (all aspects), videos, videogames, and have plans to add sports events to the list. Currently distributing through Def Jam Island.  Bruce's plans for a 2011 album is called Mr. Jackson.

Released Albums

 * 2004 Ready for the Industry
 * 2005 Reasons to Change
 * 2006 Total War
 * 2007 Replika, Pasion of Music
 * 2008 The Big Shabang Theroy