Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jamelle Flowers . We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Jamelle , looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

Ever since I was a child I knew I wanted to be an artist. I wanted to create art and share with the world. I didn’t know what that feeling was inside of me but I knew something inside of me was pulling me in that direction. When I was 6 years old I sang “Heal the World” by Michael Jackson for show and tell and after that I knew I wanted to touch people through music and art.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I’m a military brat. For those who are unfamiliar with what that means, it’s a term that describes children who parent(s) serve in the military. I lived all over the world being immersed in different cultures. It really impacted my world view and I believe it’s evident in my music.

I got my musical start by singing in church. Everywhere we moved, we joined a new church and my parents would immediately get us involved. Like many other artists, my musical gift was first honed in the church.

I started recording my own solo material in high school and once I got to college I continued recording my own music and performing at open mic events in NYC. I was trying to establish myself as an artist.

In 2016 I met Kenyatta (President and CEO of Rich Boy Bluz Entertainment Group). His guidance and hard work allowed me to truly transition into an artist. I need to stop and give a special shout out to some really amazing and incredibly talented people. Sierra Rodger’s & Hersong. These ladies are an amazing group of writers that I was blessed to work with. Jerz and the Fatman, Tommy T, Gabe Lang, King Q, HotFarino & King Colavito are some of the most amazing producers in music, period. It was Kenyatta who brought all these individuals together so we could collectively create incredible music. In 2018 I released my first solo album and in 2020 my second album “Satisfaction” won an Eddy Award. I couldn’t have done it without them.

Allow me to announce exclusively to your readers that I have another album coming very soon. I’m so excited for it and can’t wait to release it to the world.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The most rewarding part of being an artist is when people tell you what your art means to them. I wrote a song many years ago back in the day when the engineer would burn your studio session on a CD. You’d then take that CD and play it in your car to see how it sounds. We call it the “car test” lol. I had a song and at the time I was working as a waiter in a restaurant. I let one of my coworkers hear it and she began to cry and tell me how my song embodied everything she was going through in her life at that time. It’s moments like that that are the most rewarding.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

A lesson I had to unlearn was about being comfortable being myself and forging my own path. At one time I had so many people telling me to try to sound like this artist or do music that sounds this way because this is what is being played on the radio and at one time I tried to do that but I wasn’t comfortable being me trying to pretend to be someone else. I had to take time to find out who I wanted to be, create and establish my sound and set myself apart from everyone else who is trying to sound exactly like the next person.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: OfficialJamelle
• Twitter: Officialjamelle
• Youtube: RBBE