Jonathan Hamilton is something out of the ordinary when it comes to his music. Known in the music world as Jun Tzu, the 21-year-old has already suffered some controversy for the unusually political slant on his lyrics. Jun started writing poetry when he was just nine years old, he travelled around the world with his father who was a traveling Christian preacher at the time. Jun has since won numerous awards for his poetry. Inspired by his Irish heritage, his lyrics are both poetic and political, describing experiences of growing up in Northern Ireland, views on religion and his own take on the rising violence on the streets of Manchester. Jun has now produced his first mixtape, "Forbidden Knowledge," with a ‘little help’ from Raw Fish Records – City College's own record label. He sold over 2000 copies of his first and went onto release Manchesters most controversial CD ever! "Exposure: The Documentry Mixtape", which features his friend and fellow hip hop artist Chronicle. Already rubbing shoulders with some of the industry’s big named talent, in 2007 Jun toured the country with MTV Base as part of the ‘I Luv Live’ tour. He said: “It was inspiring to take my music on road and perform for totally different crowds. It gave me a real buzz to see how much people liked my music and listened to what I had to say.” While on tour, he met one of Britans most respected Hip hop producers, Baby J, who partly produced Skinnyman's album "Council Estate of Mind" and made the official remix of the Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson hit "Valerie", Baby J was so impressed by Jun that he put him on his new album, "Baby Food", which gave Jun Tzu global exposure! he also toured the U.K with the "British Urban Collective" in 2008 and spent five weeks in his native city Belfast. He added: “My dad was arrested in Northern Ireland for terrorist offences and sent to prison for a total of 11 years, While he was inside he became a commited christian. It changed his life completely! I was very moved by his energy and it inspired me to start writing poetry, I started accompanying him more and more on his travels, while he was speaking to the adults I would be talking to the kids and rapping at the youth events. I moved to Manchester originally from Northern Ireland when i was 10, then moved back and forth from Manchester untill i was 17. That’s when I started writing more political poetry about the state of affairs not just in this country, but all over the world. I knew a lot of people my age and even younger were involved in the gangs and hardcore drugs and it hurt me to know these kids felt hopeless and helpless. I knew they felt like they were victims and had to fight a battle everyday. I found a way of expressing my frustration with the world through writing poetry and lyrics. It was like having a lyrical battle which I thought was a peaceful way of dealing with the burden of feeling like a victim of society.” Jun is eager to get his message across the nation and also throughout the world. He is presently working on his first international album, set for release mid 2009 and his 3rd Mixtape JUNCHESTER is released in January!
Influences
2PAC - KILLAH PRIEST - IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE - Wu-tang - GZA - O.D.B - Canibus - Big Pun - Grave diggers - Shyne - Bone Thugs - Dead Prez - Sticky fingaz - Onyx - Master P - Ja Rule - C Murder - Magic - DMX - Big L - Nas - Eminem - Biggie - Kane n Able - La Da Darkman - KRS one - Ice T - Easy E - DR Dre - Ice Cube - S Club 7 - N.W.A - Bob Marley - Warren G - Nate Dog The Game - Damian Marley - The Dubliners - The Pogues - House of Pian - Blind Willy Johnson - Johnny Cash - John Prine - Sam Cooke - Willy Nelson - Indi Arie - Tracy Chapman - The Corrs - Billy Joel - The Beatles - Red Hot Chilly Peppers - Micheal Jackson - Dr Dre - Serious Jones - Macy Gray - Cyprus Hill - The Stone Roses - The Rolling Stones - The Verve - Cold Play - Oasis - Blur - Pink Floyd - UB40 - Smee Mcpee - Meany - My Uncle Billy - Jimmy Maceldowney - Skinny man - Plan B - Klashnekoff - Mark Imani - Dirty Goodz - Ghetto - Delin - Mr stressa - Scar the messenger - Stig of the Dump - Resin - Pro P - Baby J - Chronicle
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whats up my brother.. your rocking that school man, and they know it. cant wait till tuesday. message me back with your msn bro so we can hook up some ideas.. peace brother.
yesss jun tzu whatts good irish man (H) ya good fam yo i just listened 2 ya video about murkin yungstarr hahaha dutty abou till put ya on my hitlist lol
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After a huge reponse to our recent launch from artists and bands around the globe, talk radio sensation JACK BLOOD has agreed to join the POLYGRAPH RADIO musical revolution. JACK BLOOD, known around the world as a crack investigative reporter and syndicated radio talk show host is best known for his radio show "DEADLINE LIVE". Jack has hosted the ALEX JONES show on many occassions and can be heard daily on WWW.AMERICANFREEDOMRADIO.COM . Jack's show here on WWW.POLYGRAPHRADIO.COM will be a two hour weekly show featuring the latest undergound news and information we are all familiar with on DEADLINE LIVE with a twist. Jack will be interviewing our top musical artists in the TRUTH movement taking us into the creative minds behind the music. As the world's first TRUTH MUSIC radio network we are fortunate enough to welcome one of the TRUTH movement's founding fathers as one of our own! Hear it live only on WWW.POLYGRAPHRADIO.COM !!! Stay tuned for dates, times and info regarding Jack's new show.
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