Dreams do come true

I am a music lover. I pretty much listen to everything, especially R&B and hip hop. So I am on this random myspace page and I hear this song called, “Intruder Alert.” I wanted to know who the song was by so I did a little digging and found out it was off Lupe Fiasco’s new album. I “YouTubed” the album (I made that word up) and I came across the newest music video off the album called, “Hip Hop Just Saved My Life.” I was digging the song but was curious who the artist was singing the hooks. I found out her name was Nikki Jean. So being the nerd that I am, I “YouTubed” her as well. Come to find out she’s an artist who was looking for her first big break - and she got it on this CD.

Jean is a frequent video blogger via her Youtube page called Nikki Jean Project. She now vlogs her highlights every day while she’s on tour with Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West and Rihanna. But one of her videos really jumped out at me. She recorded herself sitting in her car listening, for the first time, to the tracks she sang the hooks for. To finally hear her on voice on an album was a dream of hers since she was a child. Needless to say, the emotion in the video is moving. So I reached out to her, and asked her some questions, and got to the root of this story. The thing that jumped out most about this story is… well, I can’t really tell you that. You are just going to have to tune in this weekend for that. I have to write the script for it, but trust me, it is a truly humbling and moving interview.