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Jonny James better known as J-EA is an unsigned underground Lyricist/Vocalist who resides New Rochelle, New York. He started rapping in 2000 in Newark New Jersey under the guidance of his older brother Namill. J-EA quickly excelled in battle rapping and was a dominant force in the area over the other rappers. Soon after winning his first couple of battles he decided to head back to his hometown to spread his name as the best in the area. He rapped against every rapper he can find off the streets or through the Internet looking for nothing more than recognition. In 2002 at the age of sixteen J-EA was in talks with Sony for a demo deal. But due to Sony wanting to change his image the deal did not pan out. In 2005 while still on probation for car theft and gang activity, J-EA unexpectedly got his girlfriend pregnant. Wanting to be a better influence on his child before he grew up, J-EA took it upon himself to ask to be put in jail in an attempt to alleviate the probation charges. While in jail J-EA started reading and writing excessively. Realizing that battle rap wasn’t the route he wanted to go he decided to change his style to more of a lyrical one. Upon his release on April 13th 2007 J-EA recorded 60 songs just to vent out his experiences. Those became the mix tapes titled “ Goodmorning” and “Homecoming”. Currently J-EA is touring the New York area promoting his mix tape “Long Overdue” with the smash hits “On To The Next” and “Come Ova”. These singles have received great feedback from his fans and label executives such as G-Units’s Dre McKenzie who has called J-EA “the future of hip hop”. At the moment he is receiving interest from several labels such as G-Unit, Kotch Records, Universal Records and Warner Music Group. With a college tour set to take off in March, J-EA is surely the definition of a rising star raising above adversity and keeping his eye on the goal through nothing more than hard work.
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