Q And A With Rising Artist J-Giv

Q. What is your real Name?
James Givens Jr.

Q. What is your Stage Name?
J-Giv

Q. Where are you from? State / Country?
East Palo Alto, California

Q. What made you want to pursue a career in music?
Myself I fell in love with hip hop & R&B but as a 13 year old I looked to lil bow wow & my favorite artist Ludacris.

Q. Can you share some highlights of your music career if any?
https://thesource.com/2023/05/26/j-giv-joins-forces-with-bighomiee400-masethemessiah-savaeon-garden-boi-bigg-for-new-single-lately/

Q. How would you describe your style and sound as an artist?
Ima Gritty Animated Emo Artist which means my style is always great on the mic.

Q. In what ways do you believe your music resonates with your audience?
Cause I speak from places of experience & what I go threw from that moment of time.

Q. How do you approach collaboration with other musicians or producers?
If they wanna work with me – we just need to talk & sign paperwork if it’s big artist/producer’s – Indie we can work a deal out song for song.

Q. Can you share any experiences working with a team in the past? or are you truly independent?
With a team it’s hard to be honest & when u a solo artist it’s even harder – but I had to choose it’s better to be in a team cause it’s less pressure on u when u trying to make it as an artist.

Q. Have you had any significant achievements or accolades in your career that you’re particularly proud of?
Honestly having my first 8,000 plays on sound cloud cause that told me my music means alot to people it ain’t no million yet & the song is positive not negative that puts a smile on my face.

Q. What motivates you to continue pushing yourself as an artist?
Friends & family telling me to keep going & goals I haven’t reached yet that I want to accomplish.

Q. Have you faced any challenges in your career, and how did you overcome them?
Yes it’s alot of challenges such as wanting to quit cause I felt less appreciated as an artist compared to the major artist and how I overcome that was telling myself I will be heard I even made a song called Can’t Quit to remind me there is light at the end of the road as an artist longest u work hard I will become major.

Q. How do you engage with your fan base on social media, and what role does it play in your overall strategy?
Honestly I’m just me no strategy if fans wanna talk there’s ways to engages with the gimmicks honestly I would love to connect with them threw video games or to find out what songs they like of mines tell them the story behind the songs.

Q. What is the next single you want to release?
Therapy it’s dropping January 27th.

Q. Are you interested in a distribution deal with our label?
It depends on the deal.

Q. Music Link?
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/54jEmk0xkV7b8S23fA169u?si=OJ3c6xE8RyOfO_3UtUfXKA&pi=jlAzf7yPRcmJW

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