“I grew up off lyrical artists like Jay Z, Beanie Segal, Jadakiss, Styles P, DMX, etc.” Sharod Brown, a budding Atlanta hip-hop artist, is looking to add his name to this list of legendary storytellers. “I want people to know and feel that old Slick Rick type of feel, the art of storytelling. That’s me, I paint pictures with my music.”
Growing up in small town-South Carolina, Brown could never quite fit in with the area’s slow-paced lifestyle. After a weekend in Atlanta in 9th grade, Brown knew that was the city calling his name. A year later, he made the move to the big city, where he lived with his cousins. Brown tested the waters of the rap game from 1999-2003, but due to the loss of family members and other personal struggles, he found himself working promotion in the Atlanta club scene, instead.
Sharod Brown is ready to revamp his career and style and give the rap game another shot after his years on the business side. “The club molded me into knowing how to attack the music business, and what I got out of it is: just be you.” Brown is prepping new music currently and is excited to get it put out into the world. “I have a new song I am working on called, Trial. It’s basically about an old trial that I beat back in ‘04 with a public defender, not a paid lawyer.” With signs of early support, Sharod isn’t thinking about anything else but his music, his storytelling, and his mission.
