Plug Thug Entertainment
We starting to take this music to the next level. There isn't nothing like feeling good bout what your doing. We feel very good bout the projects we are putting together. As a mentor program we have put together a program for teenager wanting and willing to learn the ins and outs of the music business. The founder J.E. Johnson come from the Jeffery Manor area of South Chicago. Now living on Kansas City Mo. He look back at the struggles he was forced to face and want to give the youngsters of today a chance to make a difference. With little support Mr. Johnson only 23 might we add has taken the spare room of his apartment and turned it into a recording studio. Equipped with the basics to record and produce a complete album.
MXL 990 Condenser Microphone
Soundcraft Compact 4 Mixer
M-Audio Studiophile DX4 Monitors
M-Audio Keystation 49e
Mac G3 B&W
At the present time we are looking for assistance to help us get better hardware and may a rented space. If you would like to donate to our cause we would gladly appreciate the help.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
J.E. Johnson (founder)
Mr. Johnson is a 23 yrs old young man that was raised in the none other then Trumbull Park Housing Complex in the Jeffery Manor neighborhood of Chicago's South Side. The product of a corrupted father from the street and an imprisoned mother, he found a safety the performing arts and music. A Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr High School graduate, where he studied graphic arts, held the position of A/V Manager, ahead student tech support. In 1998 he and a number of other high school buddies formed Ghetto Peace Theater, and student driven mentor program, with the assistants of their high school drama teacher and Life Directions Inc, Mentorship Program. In 1999 he attend Gallery 37 Advanced Arts Education Program where he had the honor to work on project for the Chicago Public School, earned an internship at the Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago, and received several gold and silver medal from the Chicago Public Schools Art Fair. In 2000 Ghetto Peace Theater partnered with Little Black Pearl Workshop. During the partnership the members was guided by actress Debra Crable at the DuSable Museum in Chicago, performed and mentored local elementary school students. By the 2001 he earned himself a 4 year scholarship to attend Illinois State University majoring in Graphic Arts. After a year at ISU Mr. Johnson joined the United States Army and served as a 19K Tank Crewman.