Friday, June 3, 2011

ARTIST ON THE RISE: Tommy Buhama

On The 6th presents a New York rapper on the rise named Tommy Buhama. If you get a chance go ahead and download and listen to his mixtape "Hurricane Season: Andrew". But for now take a minute and read up about Tommy.

In his own words:

MY NAME IS TOMMY BUHAMA, I'M A HIP HOP RECORDING ARTIST FROM THE BRONX, NEW YORK. A REAL FACT ABOUT ME IS I DON'T EAT MEAT ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.

I'VE BEEN ENTERTAINING NOW FOR A MINUTE, BUT REALLY I'VE  BEEN TAKING HIP HOP MORE SERIOUSLY FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS NOW. THE FIRST PROJECT I RELEASED WAS A MIXTAPE LAST SUMMER CALLED "HURRICANE SEASON: ANDREW"


SINCE THE 5TH GRADE I'VE DREAMED ABOUT  BEING A RAPPER. IT WASN'T UNTIL I WAS 20 WHEN SOMEONE TOOK ME SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT I DECIDED TO TAKE MUSIC MORE SERIOUS.




I'M PROUD OF THE RESPONSE MY "HURRICANE SEASON" PROJECT RECEIVED. A NICE CROWD CAME OUT TO THE RELEASE PARTY, A FEW DOWNLOADS ,A FEW LISTENS ON THE INTERNET. IT ALSO GAVE ME A REFERENCE POINT WHEN TALKING TO EXECS.

I'M THE MOST COOL HEADED PERSON IN THE WORLD. I TAKE PRIDE IN THAT. PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY I'M APATHETIC, OR THAT I'M TOO LAID BACK. I JUST STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE WORLD IS GOING TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS JUST TO STRESS YOU OUT, WHY WOULD YOU HELP IT?


I'M STILL LEARNING A LOT ABOUT THE INDUSTRY AND ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT IN GENERAL. BUT IF I WERE TO GIVE SOMEONE ELSE ADVICE IT WOULD BE TO SET REALISTIC AND ACHIEVABLE GOALS. YOU CANT GO WRONG IF YOU SET A
GOAL, AND STICK TO IT, YOU'LL EVENTUALLY BE GOOD.


I HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO MY LATEST PROJECT. MY TEAM AND I ARE JUST PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. YOU'LL SEE WHEN ITS READY TO BE REVEALED.

You can follow Tommy on twitter at @TOMMYBUHAMA