“Aunt Jackie” has been a home-made DIY project from the beginning. Named after his friend Tone Wop’s actual aunt, the simple yet catchy tune became a top request at parties and talent shows after Jason Fox put it up on MySpace. The video was the next logical step, taped on a camcorder at night by the Apollo Theatre marquee, “‘cuz that was the only place at the time that had lights on.”

“I grew up on a lot of Will Smith and LL Cool J and I just felt like hip-hop has gotten so distorted,” says the former party promoter. “I felt it was time to bring it back to the original roots… My style is about making people happy. I’m a party person and you’ll see that through my music. I’m from Harlem and part of a big Harlem movement, but I’m repping the whole world. I get mail from Japan that I can’t even read.”

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