Meet B Jet

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful B Jet a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

B, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?

Feel like it’s in me, not on me. Ever since I was a kid I watched my mom do it all by herself. I’ve seen her work 3 jobs and still make time to come to my games. I’ve seen her experience domestic violence and at the time I couldn’t do anything about it. There were times she didn’t eat so that we could. I’ve seen her give me her last so that I wouldn’t go without and that’s never gone unnoticed. She couldn’t quit, she had to make a way and she always did. I feel like she loves us more than she loves herself.
Adding to that, I feel like majority of us grew up on Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Kids Next Door, Etc. They always kept fighting until the end, never said never. If they couldn’t find a way, they would make a way and I resonate with that wholeheartedly. You don’t lose until you quit.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

What’s going on family, my name is Bryce but you can call me B Jet. I was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and raised in Augusta, Ga. I have 5 brothers, 5 sisters and I’ve been writing music since I was 9 years old and actually started recording music at 15.

My MomMom made my cousin and I start writing poetry around 9 years old. It could be any kind of writing like freestyle, limerick, haiku, sonnets, but thats where my live began. That’s also around the time BowWow dropped Fresh Az I’m Iz and his Wanted album and from that point, I knew this is what I wanted to do. My MomMom passed when I was 14, I was in the darkest part of my life and writing is how I felt most connected to her. The following year my brother Big Ferro called me and told me he needed a verse and the rest is history. I fell in love with the booth that day and he created a monster.

I don’t like being called a rapper, yes I can rap my ass off… but I make good music in general. I’m an artist, I have some country, old school R&B, Indie Rock, Pop, etc. All that in the vault. If I had to give yall my 5 biggest influences I’d probably say J Cole, Kendrick, Big Krit, Drake, TI .. Tyler the Creator, Mac Miller, Ace Hood get honorable mentions.

I will say, I struggled with being so creative that I didn’t create anything “visually” if that makes sense. However, if you like your art, somebody else’s opinion shouldn’t matter. So keep chasing your dreams!

If you haven’t heard, I recently dropped my project “The Sampler Platter” on all platforms and its my ode to Lil Wayne’s No Ceilings, so you should definitely check that out and let me know what you think. I have another project OGOL 2 dropping in September and a Collab Album with my engineer dropping later this year as well. Next year is when I’m planning on dropping my first album and spicing it up by giving yall some of the other genres. So stay tuned for that, and a website coming soon! In the meantime check out the visuals I drop for yall on my YouTube: “B Jet TV”

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

The biggest thing for me that I see in the young kids is they aren’t “Coachable.” Sometimes you have to shut up and listen. Especially with our elders, for the most part they mean well. The communication and delivery of the message is one thing, but if you can be respectful, look them in the eyes, and listen… one you may learn something, and two, you never know who you’re talking to. You never know how this person can impact your life. You never know who’s watching you. You could be talking to the person meant to change your life, and you can throw it all away because you don’t know how to come correct and listen. But that’s just me.

Be delusional and invest in yourself. It’s only delusional until you do it. They don’t believe you can do it until you do it. So why does their opinions matter? Make it happen yourself, invest in yourself. Be consistent and make your dreams come true. I’m rooting for you.

Drop it now.
If I could go back, that would be the only thing I did different… Your music is like a timestamp in your life. It paints a story. So drop that music, you never know who needs to hear that song you’re sitting on!

Alright so to wrap up, who deserves credit for helping you overcome challenges or build some of the essential skills you’ve needed?

My mom and My MomMom are undoubtedly the biggest influences in my life. With my dad being absent, my mom played both roles. All we had was each other, but that was enough. They taught me everything I know. Especially being a black man in America, you gotta know how to move in White America. They made sure I was well equipped, it was on me to go out there and make the most of my opportunities and chase my dreams.

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