Artist History In 1992, the hip hop movement already reached a county school bus traveling down a back road in southwest Tennessee. Near the back of the bus, you could hear a human beat box create a beat and melody as the students took turns reciting rhymes. Most of the school bus M.C.'s had written rhymes about themselves, there friends, and there neighborhoods. After everyone had recited there lyrics and the passengers dwindled, the freestyle sessions would begin. A kid called G-Money, (named after the character from the movie New Jack City), developed a gift for the art form and was able to freestyle about anything stated. Entertaining everyone left on the bus, because the rhyme was related to things going on right then and there, G-Money became a favorite for the afternoon ride. After graduating highschool 4 years later, G-Money (then called "Money Main") went off to college in Clarksville, TN. There, he would record his own songs using a keyboard for the music and a karaoke machine, as he had done while in high school. He was given the name Lil Bud, because of his stature. While attending college, he opened concerts for such artist as Gangsta Blac, Playa Fly, and Gripp. He would perform at parties and comedy shows. He also had the opportunity to record in the campus studio and at a local studio called Lethal Records. The tune to his songs would inspire movement, while the words motivated thought and self encouragement. By 1999, when Lil Bud moved to Memphis, TN, he had developed his own touch of class to rap music. Although his lyrics always had concrete detail, he began to focus more on what he felt with what he had experienced. Being inspired by artist such as Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye and Tupac Shakur who expressed life through music, he knew that he wanted to supply that same breath to his project. Featuring on underground cuts from Custom Eyes, D.O.N., Michael Esquire, and several others, he adds his own unique presence and outlook on each individual topic. On his own, he blends an antidote for hard times using everything he has experienced for the ingredients. Descending from a family of gospel singers and grandson to Kentucky blues legend, Conen Jones weaves a musical patch work quilt with each composition. But he would say: "I just sing my song."

Albums Past Due: The Album that was.

Location Memphis, TN - USA

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