HE WAS BORN JOSEPH NELSON AT BORGESS HOSPITAL IN KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, THE THIRD SON OF JOSEPH AND JANICE NELSON. ALTHOUGH HE WAS A LOT SMALLER THEN HIS OTHER BROTHERS HE WAS VERY BRIGHT. YOUNG JOE QUICKLY GOT INVOLVED IN MUSIC; AT THE AGE OF TEN HE AND HIS COUSINS JAMES, JAMAL, AND DEONTAE USED TO WAIT TILL AFTER SERVICE AND RAP TO BEATS ON THE CHURCH'S DRUM SET BUT JOE QUICKLY BECAME BORED WITH THAT AND HE HOOKED UP WITH TRAVIS THE INFAMOUS "DJ" ONE OUNCE. HE AND A GROUP OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN WOULD FORM A GROUP CALLED "THE BLOCK" ORIGINATING FROM THE CORNER OF CHURCH ST AND PATTERSON ST ON KALAMAZOOS NORTH SIDE. JOE LOVED MUSIC HE DID SHOWS AT KALAMAZOOS MILLER AUDITORIUM, CLUB DOLPHIN, AND BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL. HE ALSO GOT RADIO AND SONG PLAY ON WESTERN MICHIGANS RADIO STATION AND CLUB WAYSIDE. AT THE AGE OF 19, JOE JOINED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WHERE HE WAS STATIONED IN JACKSONVILLE N.C. AGAIN MUSIC FOUND HIM WHILE AT THE PARTY ZONE, A NIGHT CLUB IN JACKSONVILLE, WHERE HE ENTERED AND GOT SECOND PLACE IN A OPEN MIC CONTEST WHICH QUICKLY HELPED TRIGGER THE NORTH CAROLINA TAKE OVER. THERE HE WOULD MEET BUDDY AND BUSINESS PARTNER MARSHALL AKA GUNZ AND THE PROFFECY JOE WAS A PART OF music layout @ HOT FreeLayouts.com MyHotComments
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MADE MAN RECORDS IN JACKSONVILLE N.C. TILL HE CAUGHT HIS BIG BREAK. HE WAS AT A SHOW IN WILMINGTON AND HE WAS APROACHED BY JAMES MORRIS, CEO OF DIAMOND KUT RECORDS, WHERE HE RESIDES TODAY AS JOE CASH AKA YUNG BLAZE HE HAS BEEN SEEN EVERY WHERE, DOWNTOWN ATLANTA WITH B3RECORDS AND CEO BALINDA AKA BOOM BOOM, ATLANTA'S CLUB ATRIUM, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA'S COTTON CLUB, KALAMAZOO'S CLUB SODA, AND HE HAS OPENED UP FOR ARTISTS SUCH AS PAUL WALL, SPEED KNOT MOBSTAS, BONE CRUSHER, TWISTA, AND THE CRIME MOB. JOE IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH B3RECORDS ON THE U.A. PROJECT WHICH IS BASICALLY TO PUT YUNG AND UPCOMING ARTIST OUT ON DA STREETS THRU THE UNDERGROUND CURCUIT. HE IS PROOF THAT BIG THINGS COME IN LITTLE PACKAGES, COMING ALL THE WAY FROM A SMALL TOWN IN MICHIGAN TO BEING HEARD AND LOVED OVER THE WORLD...
