With many young individuals trying to find a direction to take in life, Joseph Yonke serves as excellent inspiration for others through his remarkable enterprise—Joseph Yonke Art.
Having honed the craft his whole life, the artist is now recognized as a significantly promising individual in the industry. His grandfather, Robert Yonke, who is also an artist, is responsible for introducing Yonke to painting at a young age.
Since then, his career in the arts has massively grown and has become a significant part of his life. Because of his early exposure to art, the talented creator has developed a distinct and signature style. Yonke’s work features heavy layers of oil and acrylic paint with abstract and saturated designs.
As a testament to his artistic prowess, Joseph Yonke has become a commercial success. Within just a year after he decided to invest more time in his art career, he had already completed around 40 paintings, and his pieces can be found throughout the country. He also had his first solo art show in October 2021, located in Pittsburgh, which was a highly successful event. On top of that, the artist was recently invited to an exhibition located in Venice, Italy.
He explained, “The style that I have developed differentiates me from the rest, and each hour I dedicate to my craft, the more this is true. My early and major influences are Willem de Kooning and Pablo Picasso, and people say I try to paint like them, but in all seriousness, I don’t have those intentions and believe that my work is simply a Yonke.”
Aside from his undeniable talent, his impeccable work ethic helped the gifted painter grow his success exponentially. He has shown exceptional commitment to consistently improving his skills and abilities.
The painter went on to share, “Good art definitely resonates with people, regardless of the medium or how abstract it may be. Of course, some of my work is not as strong as my best, but that is just a part of being an artist. Regardless, my work is getting noticed.”
Moving forward, Joseph Yonke plans to focus his efforts on becoming a more established artist with a robust collector base. He also intends to scale his brand to the global scene. Additionally, he aims to continue creating his original art that connects with audiences in various ways.
Above all, he hopes that his thriving career will help motivate his fellow young minds to find their passion and pursue a career that they care about, as it will help make the journey and sacrifices well worth it.
Undeniably, skills and talents both play a significant role in catapulting artists to the summits of success. However, in a highly saturated industry such as the music scene, having these abilities and gifts is not enough to truly make a mark. At the end of the day, the only thing that can distinguish a musician from the others is their deep-rooted passion for their respective crafts. In the case of emerging artist Shawn2Hot, it is shown that anything is possible for those who choose to be relentless with their pursuits.
On a mission to share his music with the world, Shawn2Hot taps into his creative flair while demonstrating an incredible sense of authenticity and originality. As someone who has always been passionate about his craft, he made it his lifelong goal to elevate the hip-hop scene and show how much of an impact his distinctive artistry can make. Today, he proves to be one of the must-watch artists in the hip-hop arena.
Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Shawn2Hot migrated to the United States when he was sixteen years old. Growing up, he listened to oldies, reggae, alternative, and rock music. However, no other genre made him feel the way hip-hop did. According to the artist, his introduction to hip-hop music was Snoop Dog’s Doggystyle album. Since then, his life has never been the same.
At the age of ten, Shawn2Hot started to write poems that eventually turned into songs. When he was seventeen, he began to make beats and dabbled in the world of audio production. This skill would help him kick off his music career, particularly in producing tracks, formulating melodies, and writing music without any professional training. The artist describes his style as thinking outside the box. His struggles of being in a poverty-ridden environment and exposure to violence as a child play a part in his gritty writing style and battle rap flow.
The first single that Shawn2Hot released was “Can’t Hold Me,” which was followed by his second single, “Lust.” The latter created a buzz in the underground hip-hop scene, currently reaching over a hundred thousand streams. The artist’s third single, “Into You,” was aired on Power105 together with his 6th single, “Right Now.”
Aside from creating significant waves with his music, Shawn2Hot is also known for being the brilliant mind behind Volcano Music Group, an up-and-coming record label that is set to revolutionize the industry. In an interview, the artist shared how he was able to come up with the idea of starting his very own company.
“Sitting around while waiting for a major label to pick my work up seemed like a pipe dream. I needed to take control of the situation,” Shawn2Hot revealed. “I then ran an online beat store which went under the name of Volcano Music. At that time, the motivation, vision, and resources were all accessible. I eventually decided to convert the beat store into a record label to be able to release my music.”
Shawn2Hot’s album, Volcano Music Vol. 1, is scheduled to be released on May 27th with features from StephG, Sabrina Foxx, Adrian Roxstar, Busta Rhymes, and many others. His versatility, creativity, and love for music will make this upcoming album a game-changer for his record label as well as the hip-hop culture in general. So much has gone into the making and publicity surrounding this release, and the artist could not be any prouder of launching the album independently.
Holding on to one’s faith in a challenging and complex world that has bent many out of shape can be daunting. Many people find it hard to do it, and many haven’t found the faith to hold on. However, inspiring people firmly rooted in the faith like Misty Bacon are leading people by the hand through paths that help them overcome their biggest life challenges gracefully.
Misty Bacon, a Christian author, speaker, artist and real-estate broker, has gone through some of life’s huge challenges, found success, grown as a person and impacted lives. She’s furthering her work with her soon-to-be-released book “Hope Rising,” which attempts to send signals of hope to people who need it. “Hope Rising” is scheduled for launch on April 26, 2022, and will be available globally on all book sales platforms.
“Hope Rising” is a real book that doves into Misty’s life and experience. She bares it all in the book, talking about the good, bad, pretty and not-so-pretty occurrences in her life. Her story also emphasizes the importance of faith and preaches that God has a perfect plan for everyone and will not forsake them no matter how difficult their situation may be.
Misty Bacon is an ambitious person who has established and run many successful businesses and ventures. She runs her own real estate brokerage, and earlier in her twenties, she was a stand-up comic in New York, Houston and Los Angeles. She also worked as a radio DJ and wanted to become a sports reporter before she delved into real estate. The graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University with dual bachelor’s degrees in communications and public relations enjoys ministering to people by preaching the word of God. She is also always ready to help the less fortunate so they can lead better lives. She spends her time serving her community as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children involved in child protection services cases. She’s also a member of many real estate committees. The book “Hope Rising” was published under her publishing company to retain all her rights, royalties and master copy, and she plans to publish all her future books under the same company.
“Hope Rising” was initially planned to be about women suffering from relationship issues and heartbreaks, but upon completion, the book now looks like it’s suitable for anyone going through any kind of hardship. While Misty does not consider herself someone who has all the answers, she believes strongly that she can share her experience with others, inspire them to push for better things and learn through the experience. Her vulnerability and sharing her life as a single forty-something Christian in a social media world are key metrics in her upcoming book. She hopes to motivate people to live their best lives moving forward. “I feel it was something I was pulled to do. It wasn’t an easy process, and it stalled at times. However, God kept sending me messages through others who told me I needed to write a book about the stories I Would tell them,” she revealed.
Over the next few years, she sees herself building a successful life in a successful relationship and releasing a sequel for “Hope Rising” as well as her other book, which are currently ideas. She has a message inside her, and she’s committed to sharing that message with as many people as possible. Book signing for “Hope Rising” will be held on May 14th, 2021, at 11-1, Garden of Eden 10515 Spencer Hwy, La Porte, TX 77571.
The entertainment industry is rife with talent. Through the use of various streaming platforms, almost anyone can put out music nowadays. With the saturated market, it can be hard to find artists truly worth listening to. To help with this dilemma, we’ve compiled a list of the top 21 artists to watch for 2022.
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa is a singer and songwriter who started out as a model. Hailing from London and born to Kosovar-Albanian parents, Dua signed with Warner Bros. Records in 2014 and released her debut album in 2017.
Suzette is a multifaceted artist. Her training has been a lifetime of experience. The combination of early art and writing throughout her life has made her success a given. Her positive outlook radiates throughout her work, first in her paintings and then in her most recent clothing line on Le Galeriste.
Suzette published her first book titled Suzette’s Daddy Issues. She wrote what she knew, making her first book fun and a tribute to her resilient family as they progressed through the decades of crime and violence from her many fathers.
After 30 years in the beauty business, she is enjoying her retirement with her family: her husband, a successful 3rd-generation farmer, and her son, 27, who completed his army service and is now working on the farm. She has been traveling with her children since they were little as her restless curious spirit looms. Her two teen daughters get to enjoy the ride.
She is now producing a television series titled after her book and finishing the script with a known writer. She is being represented by Brandon Blake at Blake and Wang.
Andrew D Wold (born December 27, 1984), known professionally as Drew Lines, is an American hip-hop artist and songwriter currently residing in Green Bay Wisconsin, with his wife Quinn and their three children. Drew Lines became the first hip-hop artist to be signed by Stryker Records, a label known primarily for releasing rock music. Though being the most recent artist signed to Stryker Records, Drew is no stranger to the music scene nor a stranger to the writing process that goes along with it.
In the summer of 2020 Drew Lines and Stryker Records inked a deal. That deal would bring future recording efforts to the Universal Music Group in Nashville by December. The Drew Lines singles “Rise” and “Love is War” would be recorded by multi-platinum producer, Malcolm Springer, at The House of Blues Studio. This past fall, “Rise” topped the NACC (US and Canada) chart at #18 as well as the M3 Radio chart in Brooklyn, NY at #1 in the hip-hop category and #1 on the “all genre” top 30 chart.
The latest buzz in the music world brings news of an upcoming track that’s sure to captivate hip-hop fans worldwide. Stryker Records released a Drew Lines hip-hop remix of the hard-hitting Saving Abel song, “15 Minutes of Fame” on March 11th. The song was produced by Malcolm Springer and Scott Wilson, at the House of Blues Studio in Nashville, and performances by Scotty Austin and Jason Null will be heard on the track. Tune into your FM dial anywhere in North America to hear 15 Minutes of Fame feat. Scotty Austin.
Curt Cannabis is a veteran musician who entered the music industry as Curt Cannabis in 2016. He released a few demos, which propelled his name to greater heights. In 2019, Curt recruited three legendary musicians to back him up. Curt Cannabis is a high-energy, upbeat pop-punk rock recording artist that is captivating audiences across the United States and Europe.
Curt’s first release, “Monkey,” is upbeat with a video parody of ’80s bands. The 2nd release, “Falling Sensation,” is a single revolving around a colorful yet tragic story, delivered from a real life perspective. The song also came with a music video that garnered over 300,600 views on YouTube since its launch in March. The bass on the 2nd and 3rd EP was done by Riccardo Daga (from the band FANKAZ, owner of the Titans Lab Recording Studio), Brian Dinger was on guitar, and Matt Call was on drums. Both were recorded in Ferrara, Italy, at Titans Lab Recording Studio. His 3rd EP “Sad but True” will be released in the summer of 2022.
Now a Curt Cannabis clothing line is in the works because the world would be a cooler place if we all wore Cannabis.
Lisa Kastner is the Founder and Executive Editor of the award-winning content creation and distribution companies of Running Wild Press, where they publish great stories that don’t fit neatly in a box, and RIZE Press, where they publish great genre stories written by people of color and other underrepresented groups. Writing under the pen name Kali Metis, she’s the acclaimed author of CURE about Luna Auber, whose brother commits suicide apparently due to a terminal illness. She will later discover his illness was misdiagnosed. The shaking was in fact the early stages of his transformation. He was a shapeshifter; a lycanthrope. And her own shaking has begun.
Running Wild has been honored with two best of 2019 and two best of 2020 books according to Kirkus Reviews as well as several starred reviews and additional acclaim. Lisa was named to Yahoo Finance’s Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2021 and nominated to FORBES NEXT 1000, a list of American self-funded entrepreneurs who continue to strive during the challenging times of COVID. She was named to New York Weekly’s Top Ten Females to Watch in 2021, LA Wire’s Top 10 Businesses to Watch in 2021, and was featured in the August/September 2021 edition of FORBES.
Karen Bassily is a 21-year-old model who has been published and featured on the cover of several magazines like Gmaro Magazine, Pump Magazine, Vigour Magazine, and MALVIE Magazine. Bassily is of Egyptian and American descent.
The modeling prodigy was born in Cairo, Egypt, and is currently living in Laguna Niguel, California. Bassily has been modeling for over 5 years. She participated in a modeling competition called Miss Fashion Globale in Destin, Florida, where snatched 5th place.
Recently, she was featured in a music video for an Egyptian singer named Ahmed Kamal in a song named “Makan El Amar.” The song is an Arabic break up song that was aired on TV in Egypt.
Eminem, who was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is critically acclaimed as one of the greatest rappers of all time, with estimated worldwide sales of over 220 million records.
“IT” is an original rock and roll band consisting of Joe Wilson, composer-songwriter, vocals, and a lead guitarist with innovative, screaming licks. Dave Metzger, bassist, backup vocals, and Moog Taurus bass pedals, is one the most versatile bottom sections around with the ability to balance out the sound while playing at incredible speeds. Dave has had the pleasure of playing in a band with the great Jake E. Lee of Ozzy Osbourne fame and with Bobby Caldwell. He really rounds the sound out well in combination with TIM THOMPSON, percussionist, singer-songwriter, the powerful driving engine that provides the horsepower for this fine tuned machine.
Tim has shared the stage with such greats as Blue Cheer, Traffic, Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Ted Nugent, Joe Walsh, Bob Seger, Procol Harum, MC-5, and the eternal Doors.
Forever in and out of time in the greater California area, the men have worked to develop a quick and unique, totally original sound reminiscent of Led Zeppelin, yet diverse enough to qualify in other categories as well. The aim of the group is to entertain the masses of people throughout the United States and the world. An English sounding American music band, this is “IT.”
Born Sara McCoy, SaraSoUnique is the epitome of versatility. As a singer, rapper, and music producer, the artist never fails to amaze and captivate music lovers worldwide. SaraSoUnique was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and raised in North Carolina. Music came to the artist at an early age; a passion developed from age two. Since then, SaraSoUniuqe has been fostering her innate talent. She is a self-taught producer who has made incredible beats from her laptop to her cell phone. With her debut single, “Runnin’ Up the Check,” she is ready to take on greater heights. In addition, SaraSoUniue aims to collaborate with other artists who are also on the rise to widen her flourishing network. The singer also revealed that her new EP is currently in the works, and she is continually brewing fresh music for her upcoming shows. With her fanbase substantially growing by the day, SaraSoUnique gets more motivated to share her talent with the world.
Spicy from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ruby Smith brings the heat with a new single “Hands by Spicy” and is available on all platforms. Spicy, a traveling surgical tech, travels the world working in the operating room and is promoting her music everywhere she travels. #roadtripwithspicy
What happens when you mix Charlie Chaplin, Yogananda, and Eminem in an organic green smoothie? Aaron Ableman! An award-winning multi-hyphenate who fits no boxes (well, except the beatboxing he loves to do with his five-year-old), Ableman is a renowned storyteller, rapper, poet, producer, actor, director, educator and activist. Don’t worry if you can’t remember any of that because his art is all in service to social, environmental, and mental-health related causes. Whether it’s saving arts and mindfulness programs at schools, building community gardens or inspiring a celebrity-studded movement to #savesoil, Ableman has dedicated his life to the moral conviction that the universe is inherently good. Aaron has worked with the likes of U2, Sadghuru, Joan Baez, Maejor Music, KRS One, Mos Def & Talib Kweli, and is a sought after entertainer around the globe. His life and work have been heralded in publications such as the LA Times, CNN, MTV, New York Times, and the SF Examiner. Though Ableman’s work has garnered many awards, working with celebrities and world leaders, championing the causes of this generation, most important is his humble service to bringing people together across the planet through the arts.
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter who was born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a country music career at 14 years old. She signed a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2004 and a record deal with Big Machine Records in 2005. She released her debut album in 2006.
Adele, whose full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, is an English singer and songwriter. She has sold over 120 million records and has won fifteen Grammy Awards and twelve Brit Awards. In 2011, 2012, and 2016, Billboard named her Artist of the Year. After graduating in arts from the BRIT School in 2006, Adele signed a record deal with XL Recordings.
Ed Sheeran, born Edward Christopher Sheeran, was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. He began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project, and in September of the same year, his debut album was released and topped the UK Albums Chart.
Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, Lady Gaga is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame with her debut album, The Fame, with the chart-topping singles, “Just Dance” and “Poker Face.” She has 12 Grammy Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards, awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fall, and recognition as Billboard’s Artist of the Year for 2010 and Woman of the Year for 2015.
Katy Perry, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. Her rise to fame started with her second album and major label debut, One of the Boys. The album also had singles “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot n Cold,” which reached number 1 and 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Ariana Grande is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She has won two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, one Bambi Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, nine MTV Video Music Awards, and 26 Guinness World Records. She started her career on Broadway, playing a role in the 2008 musical 13. She then went on to play Cat Valentine in Victorious. She signed with Republic Records in 2011.
Rihanna, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, is a Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman. She was born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados. Rihanna was discovered by American record producer Evan Rogers, who invited her to the United States to record demo tapes.
The Weeknd, who was born as Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer. He signed with Republic Records and rereleased his mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence, in the compilation album Trilogy. The Weeknd has won three Grammy Awards, 19 Billboard Music Awards, 15 Juno Awards, six American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and an Academy Award nomination.
Justin Timberlake is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He was part of the boy band NSYNC, where he was one of the two lead vocalists. He released his R&B focused debut solo album Justified in 2002, and it won two Grammy Awards.
Peter Gene Hernandez, known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and dancer. He is known for his stage performances, retro showmanship, and for performing in a wide range of musical styles, including pop, R&B, funk, soul, reggae, disco, and rock. https://www.instagram.com/brunomars/
