User:TheboomBap/sandbox

Jimmy-Lee TV (Born Jimmy-Lee Smith) is a young artist out of New York City who has raw talent, pure star quality and a resilience that is almost superhuman. He got his start as a youngster rhyming in his uncle's studio and it was then that he knew that he had an above average way with words when studio goers and any listeners would sit in awe as he wrote rhymes in front of them and recited them out loud. He ignored his passion for years as he ran the streets of Harlem and landed himself in a state corrections facility in upstate New York for making mistakes and taking his bumps and bruises. He was released from the facility after serving 24 months of a 1 and a half to 3 year sentence and began dabbling in music. After his release he realized that he was part of a cycle and decided that he would not continue to perpetuate the cycle but rather he would break it. Jimmy is a truly special young man and he possesses pure star quality. He possesses So much star quality that along the way he was scouted by a woman who worked for a talent agency, when she saw him outside one day as she was walking home from work in his neighborhood on St. Nicholas avenue in Harlem. She began to send him on castings and go sees through a talent agency and he wound up booking an ad for Apple's advertising for campaign, Landing himself a billboard on Lafayette Street in Manhattan. He then landed a slot in a commercial for Play Station 2. Among the adversities and real life perils of New York City he released a set of Mix tapes hosted by Justo Mix tape award recipient and “Boondocks” character DJ Vlad. Jimmy is a strong-minded young man who doesn't know defeat. He expresses himself well and relays the message of his story through witty punch line packed rhymes laced with a theme of a young man’s struggle to over come his environment, and undertones of his experience. He uses truth as a shield and his words as a sword to attack social issues. These same words also double as a paintbrush used to create a verbal picture for listeners to both listen to and see.