Shon J

I wrote my first song when I was 7. It was a diss on Pewdiepie because my dad didn't let me watch him at the time, so I thought he was a really bad person or something and that's why I couldn't watch him. Then when I was 15, I heard 2Pac's All Eyez On Me album, and I started rapping for real.

Not yet, but soon. My school administrators want me to perform at prom, and so they paid for my ticket even if I don't perform.

1. Soulja Boy - my beats are heavily inspired by his beats, and i take inspiration from his rapping style and hooks ALL the time.

2. Kelsey Jaffer - she's my favorite voice actor. she inspired me to sign up for bluesky, inspired a lot of my political views, inspired me to make Terraform, inspired me to make Terraform (Mixtape Version), inspired me to make a music video for Terraform (Mixtape Version), and honestly so much more that it'd take up this entire list to keep going.

3. Juelz Santana - my favorite rapper from the north easily. juelz santana inspired an entire phase of my career, which keeps resurfacing at random points. he inspired my rhymes, delivery, and flow.

4. Cam'ron - similar to Juelz Santana in the sense he inspired the same phase of my career almost equally since i was hearing them on the same songs all the time.

5. Beez - my dad who introduced me to rap, and who i constantly reference when i need to grow as an artist because he's always there to ask questions. his beatmaking inspired a major portion of my development, and you can still hear the influence in a lot of my music.

6. Lil Jon - his life story inspires me, as well as his crunk sound. to this day and probably forever, i will always wanna be like Lil Jon. his production and vocals are heavy inspirations on a portion of my sounds.

7. Taz - the UK rapper from the early 2000s. Taz is a very very big inspiration on a lot of my non-crunk music. for a long time, and even still, i study his beats and songs to be more like him. although he didn't have major success, he's an extremely great reference for what i need to be.

8. Tempa T - my 2 UK grime phases were short lived, but when I was trying to make grime all the time, and wanted to do vocals, i would just yell everything like Tempa T, and make all my beats sound like his beats, and etc. i actually found what sample he used in Next Hype, and he saw it, which led to a short chat over youtube comments between us, so that was cool.

9. Dizzee Rascal - Dizzee Rascal even now is a pretty big but subtle influence on my sound. the way he delivers his words on Boy In Da Corner is one of my biggest references when i try to improve my inflections and such. i also tried to make a lot of my beats sound like his when i was doing grime.

10. JME - used to be a much bigger influence on my sound, but i don't see myself referencing a lot of JME for my music anymore. i reference him on the business side of things much more than his music, because he was totally independent and still sold major records, and has a pretty massive following.

Logitech Guitar Hero Microphone, Shure SM58 (Haven't recorded with it yet), Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, Tascam TH-02, FL Studio Full Edition.