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Brandon Owen Johnson
was born on September 7, 1984 in Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina, and now lives in both Richmond,
Virginia, and Providence, Rhode Island. He grew
up listening to music of many styles throughout
his life and was later drawn to Hip Hop/Rap/R&B
more than any other genre. Influenced by everyone
he heard, and not any one person, he began playing
around with song-writing and rapping at an early
age in middle school.
A few years later in January of 2002, he decided
to get more serious and try to record his own
tracks. When choosing a rap name, using one word
that sums up his entire drive and work ethic,
he dubbed himself, "Fokissed". At first,
he started out recording amateur tracks on well-known
beats. While still an amateur, he and others realized
that he definitely had talent for making and performing
music. Fokissed continued to record songs, gradually
increasing in talent and originality.
Not content with doing anything less than perfect,
he enrolled in a class at a local recording studio
to learn every possible aspect he could to make
better recordings. Ever since, he has been studying
every aspect of the entertainment business that
he can get his hands on, including copyright laws,
mixing, mastering, recording techniques, and is
still in the recording engineer program at the
local studio. He knows knowledge is power, demonstrated
by his 4.3 high school GPA, and wants to gain
every advantage over the next person that he possibly
can.
In early 2002, FOKISSED.com was launched and
has built a large internet following through the
dedicated and persistent promotion and marketing
tactics of himself and his management team. Fokissed’s
web pages now receives over 150,000 combined visitors,
and 300,000+ page views every month. As a result
of his large internet following and exposure,
Fokissed has received many offers from management
companies, publishers, and both small and major
record labels here in the US and overseas. He
has performed live at many venues along the east
coast opening for big names including Mr. Cheeks,
Rocafella's Peedicrakk and State Property, Bad
Boy's Choppa, and more. Fokissed has collaborated
and featured Mr. Cheeks on a song as well.
In early 2004, Fokissed signed a management contract
to further his career. Since, he has been getting
rotation on radio stations across the country,
including a "Battle of the Beats" win
over Mobb Deep on a major radio station and multiple
call-in voting wins over 50 Cent, Ludacris, and
Ciara in Hawaii. He has also made the Top 10 Countdown
on many of these stations as well. Fokissed is
now busy doing shows and has many major things
in the works at this time that will further his
career.
In mid-2004, Fokissed placed in the top ten of
a national hip hop contest sponsored by Toyota,
the "Scion: Next Up" contest. Fokissed
was chosen as a top ten finalist by three celebrity
judges including Rocafella's Just Blaze, Brian
Leach, and Eric Cubiche. He went on to finish
in second place in the national contest overall.
Fokissed has also recently been hired to be the
starring voice in an upcoming animated series
called, "The Whatever Whenever Show".
The show will be in talk show format, and Fokissed
will be the voice of the host, interviewing various
animated celebrities. The show is scheduled for
release later this year.
Fokissed is more determined and is willing to
work harder than anyone else in this business
without question. Everything he does he excels
in and accepts nothing less than perfection. Fokissed
loves nothing more than winning and hates nothing
worse than losing, but is always willing to keep
his head up and keep working to be the best. |
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