Member Since: 4/10/2007
Band Website: cdbaby.com/jenerus
Band Members:
"New album, BACK TO MY ROOTS dropping 01/01/2008..."
Influences: Kareem “Jenerus†Assassa, like many other striving producers, had a passion for Hip-Hop since he was a young child. His older brother used to always expose him to all types of Hip- Hop, from various West Coast artists to East Coast lyricists and Underground legends. Jenerus followed Hip-Hop through its various flavors. With little musical knowledge, Jenerus uses his “ear†to produce sounds that come together to make his style of music.“Whatever feels right will fit in the track.â€He was born an Arab- American and spent most of his childhood in Los Angeles, California. At 11 years old, his family was dissolved by divorce and he was forced to move to the Middle-East where he lived in various countries such as Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Lebanon, and his homeland Damascus, Syria.“I’ve been to a lot of places, been in a lot of different situations and met a lot of different people, some good and some bad. I’ve had hard times in my life, struggled a bit, my scars have a story to tell, but I’ve learned from it all.â€Jenerus, then at age 17, was back in L.A. doing what he needed to do to stay focused and make a path for his own. Derived from the influences of the streets, he was able to take that hustle, apply it to his many daytime jobs and save enough money to purchase his own production equipment.“I used to save a piece of every paycheck, every dirty dollar, every side-hustle to buy my equipment, from mics, to keyboards, drum machines, and all that. Some days I wouldn’t eat to make sure I stayed focused on buying it all.â€Now, Jenerus is able to get all his musical ideas together, and has high hopes of providing the youth with music they could relate to. Hip-Hop is universal, witness the breaking of language barriers.
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Record Label: Jenerus Music Productions Inc.
Type of Label: Indie