James "Finesse" Bridges born and raised in Queens, NY, he showed lots of promise at a very young age. Anything he was involved in he excelled at, and has always gone back that. "Excell in everything you do". His first passion wasn't singing it was drawing, painting, and basketball. It was in the 7th grade when he knew he really had a talent for singing. One day the teacher of his drama class ask everyone in class one by one to get up and perform a random act in front of the class. Extremely nervous he got up and started singing. When he finished the entire class was so surprised, the word went around the school and his popularity grew outrageous. Ever since then every chance he got he performed on stage. The sound of the crowd puts in a place of peace " It's beautiful" he says. In highschool he join the senior chorus, and gospel choir. He was offered many scholarships for basketball, Through tragic events with his father he was forced to move to florida in 2003. He attended Seminole community college for a brief time, and started working full time. In 2005 he spent some time in jail for a traffic violation; that's when his passion for singing returned. He started writing and recording music with a crew his brother started called "F.L.O.". Eventually the members of the crew went their separate ways. Finesse determined to make it in the music business still continues to write and record. He's ready and he's extremely hungry; he's R&B's breath of fresh air so get ready.