AT FIRST LOOK AT HIS BOYISH CHARM AND SKATEBOARDER FRAME U WOULD THINK HE IS MAYBE A COLLEGE STUDENT, BUT EDDIE JERMAINE MILLER, BORN AUGUST 5, 1984 BETTER KNOWN AS JMONEY (FIRST NAME LAST NAME) HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN A DIFFERENT SCHOOL...THE REAL UNIVERSITY.....LIFE.
RAISED BY A SINGLE HARDWORKING MOTHER AFTER HIS FATHER LEFT WHEN HE WAS 2 YEARS OLD. TEACHERS OFTEN BELIEVED IN SCHOOL HIS REBELLIOUS BEHAVIOR CAME FROM NOT HAVING A FATHER @ HOME. THRU HIS BIRTH RIGHT LEO LEADERSHIP HE HIT THE STREETS @ THE EARLY AGE OF 12 TO HELP SUPPLEMENT HIS MOTHER'S MEAD PAPER FACTORY JOB. HE WENT FROM BEING KNOWN AS J TO JMONEY QUICKLY.
@ 15 HIS NATURAL HUSTLING SKILLS FOUND HIM SITTING ON ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS. THRILLED BY THE EXCITEMENT OF FAST MONEY & GIRLS HE BEGAN SNEAKING IN LOCAL ATLANTA STRIPCLUBS WITH HIS OLDER SISTER WHO DANCED THERE. WITH HER POPULARITY & HIS WEEKLY RAINFALL OF MONEY HE BECAME VERY WELL KNOWN IN EVERY ATLANTA NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS WAS DURING A TIME WHEN MANY UP & COMING RAPPERS WERE RELEASING MUSIC & SIGNING RECORD DEALS.
AFTER WITNESSING THE QUICK RETURNS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, J MONEY BEGAN TO INVEST IN CHILDHOOD FRIENDS THE TRUTH GROUP. ONCE THE GROUP WASTED TIME AS WELL AS MONEY HE DECIDED TO TAKE IT SERIOUS HIMSELF & STEP INTO THE BOOTH KNOWING HE HAD THE REAL STREET CRED & TRUE HUSTLER INSTINCTS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN MORE THAN ANY.UNFORTUNATELY A PAST WARRANT CAME BACK TO HAUNT HIM & HE WENT ON VACATION FOR FOUR YEARS.
BLESSED WITH THE ABILITY TO MAKE GOOD OUT OF BAD HE CAME OUT NEWLY FOCUSED & SIGNED WITH ON DECK RECORDS KNOWN FOR DISCOVERING & SIGNING RINGTONE KINGS THE SHOP BOYS ("PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR"). AFTER SEEING HIS LITTLE BROTHER RECEIVE 20 YEARS FOR CONSPIRACY J MONEY HAD A NEW PURPOSE, TO CHANGE MUSIC TODAY & BRING PEOPLE INTO THE FUTURE.
CALLING HIS SOUND THE NEW FUTURISTIC SWAG MOVEMENT HE OFTEN JOKES HE'S SO AHEAD OF HIS TIME HE DOESN'T EVEN BRUSH HIS HAIR. PLAYING A MAJOR PART OF ATLANTA'S WESTSIDE MOVEMENT HE RECORDED HIS FIRST HIT SINGLE "TRAPPER OF THE YEAR" WITH D4L LABEL SIGNEE SHAWTY LO AS WELL AS FORMING THE BLACK AMIGOS WITH FELLOW MEMEBERS LA (GRAND HUSTLE) & PARLAE (D4L).
WHILE HIS MUSIC IS RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS & AN INCREDIBLE AND UNBELIEVABLE STREET BUZZ J MONEY STAYS IN HIS CLASSROOM...THE STUDIO OFTEN SLEEPING THERE MANY NIGHTS. HE REALIZES HE'S NOT JUST HERE FOR TODAY BUT TOMORROW. SO, HE'S CONTINUING TO LEARN MORE TO FOR SEE THE FUTURE. STAY TUNED!
"WINNERS MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, LOSERS LET THINGS HAPPEN!!"