"From Austin, Texas -- by way of Fort Worth, Texas
-- a rare and irrefutable talent emerges in the
music industry. Jelani Sami, alias J THE MAN,
known also as Handsome J as the Ladies Say and The
King of Sixth Street. Call him whatever you want,
he's guaranteed to deliver. " I kicks ass. There
is no other way I can put it. Whether it be in
production, lyricism or subject matter, I'm going
to kick that ass. That's my mentality on every
verse, every hook and every song."
Existing in a lane of Hip Hop that is all his own,
J THE MAN's music is based upon a plateau of
coolness. "I grew up cool, I've always thought
coolly and kept a cool manner about myself. I take
my natural coolness, I sprinkle in my southern
roots and then I add a crispy layer of lyricism.
That's how I make my music. At the end of the day,
I want my fans to be like, 'Hell yeah, that shit
was cool'. " With a smooth delivery reminiscent of
Jay-Z and the cleverness of a mature Lil Wayne
mixed with the southern influences of Master P and
UGK, J THE MAN's music embodies the raw passion of
Hip Hop and possesses a poetic quality rivaled by
the likes of Langston Hughes and Zora Neal
Hurston" [m]