THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF KHALIL JOHNSONDETROIT MICHIGAN, BETTER KNOWN TO MOST IN THE MUSIC WORLD AS MOTOWN, HAS PRODUCED YET ANOTHER POTENTIAL LEGENDARY MUSICAL STAR, KHALIL JOHNSON.THE HOME OF MOTOWN RECORDS IS THE PLACE WHERE MUSICAL LEGENDS SUCH AS MARVIN GAYE, STEVIE WONDER, RICK JAMES, MICHAEL JACKSON, AND DIANA ROSS GOT THEIR START. UP-AND-COMING ARTIST KHALIL JOHNSON, ALSO KNOW SIMPLY AS KHALIL OR YOUNG SED, IS MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH DETROITS HIP-HOP MUSIC WORLD, CURRENTLY CREATING THE SOUND CONSIDERED TO BE THE MID-WESTS BEST AND MOST CREATIVE.KHALIL HAS OPENED FOR MANY ARTISTS, INCLUDING BIG ACTS LIKE JAY Z (JOE LOUIS ARENA-DETROIT), OUTKAST & ABOVE THE LAW (FERRIS STATE-BIG RAPIDS), RUN DMC (ST. ANDREWS HALL-DETROIT), AND YING YANG TWINS (CLUB ESCAPE-DETROIT).KHALIL JOHNSON, SON OF EMMA JOHNSON, GRADUATED FROM MURRAY HIGH SCHOOL IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT AND WENT ON TO GET A MARKETING DEGREE FROM FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY. WHILE AT FERRIS STATE, KHALIL PERFORMED IN SMALL VENUES ON AND OFF CAMPUS TO PUT EXTRA MONEY IN HIS POCKET. IN LESS THAN A YEAR, KHALIL BECAME THE MAIN DRAW IN BIG RAPIDS, PLAYING IN FRONT OF CROWDS OF MORE THAN 5,000. REALIZING HIS TALENT AND LOVE FOR THE HIP-HOP CULTURE, KHALIL BEGAN TO SPEND MORE TIME DEVELOPING HIS SOUND, STYLE AND COLLECTION OF SONGS. HE ATTRIBUTES HIS SPECIAL STYLE AND DELIVERY TO RAP ARTISTS NAS, RAKIM, LL, AND BUSTA RHYMES, ALL ARTISTS WHOSE MUSIC CONSISTS OF LYRICS, KNOWLEDGE, STYLE, AND ENERGY. KHALILS MUSICAL GOAL IS TO BRING TO THE WORLD OF HIP-HOP THE UNIQUE SOUND OF THE 80S, WITH A MODERN TWIST.KHALILS DRIVE, DETERMINATION AND MOTIVATION ARE BASED ON HIS LOVE FOR GOD, LIFE AND HIS SON, KHALIL. THE DAY MY SON WAS BORN CHANGED MY LIFE. HE BECAME MY INSPIRATION, MY REASON FOR LIVING. I WANT TO GIVE HIM THE LIFE I NEVER HAD AND LOVE FROM A FATHER, SOMETHING I NEVER RECEIVED. I WANT TO BE A ROLE MODEL FOR HIM.
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