GDonta
@GDonta
Houston, Tx USA
Joined Mar 3, 2013
Music is deep-rooted in the soul of Lafayette, Louisiana-based urban contemporary rapper G Donta (pronounced G-Don-Tay). At the age of nine, he met his cousin, the legendary, Grammy Award-winning Seattle, Washington rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot for the first time. He recollects becoming awestruck upon viewing all of the luxury and exotic vehicles in his cousin’s driveway.
“I used to see Sir Mix-a-Lot on TV, and hear him on the radio regularly,” he says. “I met him around the time when his platinum single, ‘Baby Got Back’ was released. Seeing my cousin’s success left a lasting imprint in my mind. I always felt that if he did it, I could too.”
As a child G Donta often travelled throughout the United States with his mother, Brenda Jackson, a talented recording artist who began breaking barriers as a popular country-western singer signed to an independent label from 1992-1995.
“I thought it was cool when I saw my mom signing autographs and getting a lot of attention,” G Donta recalls. “Barry Gordy actually wanted to sign my mom, but she was under a contract. Her label was cool with releasing her from her contract as long as Gordy signed their other label acts too. Gordy just wanted to sign my mom though. Unfortunately, her label folded afterwards.”
But, ultimately, what G Donta says he remembers most is the big smile that his mom would wear on her face when she was singing on stage and interacting with her fans.
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