SONNY BAMA

Sonny Bama is a unique voice in Southern hip-hop with a past that includes involvement in music on many different levels. Born in Mobile, Alabama, Sonny started his music career as a radio DJ on urban station WYOK-FM. In 1998, he released the first independent rap record in South Alabama to receive extensive distribution at retail. Sonny Bama decided to move behind the scenes and pursue a career in music business, doing marketing and website development for artists ranging from Pastor Troy to Keisha Cole. Bama is a guitarist, producer and master engineer, has done engineering for super group Three-6 Mafia and his production can be found on many nationally released albums. Sonny also worked along side industry veteran Wendy Day and Select-O-Hits Music Distribution in which he aided in digital as well as physical merchandising/branding for various artists. “I entered the music business as an artist then ended up sitting behind a desk for nearly a decade helping other artists build valuable entities” Says Bama. Currently, Bama is CTO (Chief Technology Officer) at Average Joes Entertainment, One the largest independent country labels in North America where he doubles as lead software engineer, creating new and fresh products that aid music professionals and their consumers. Sonny Bama holds a YouTube Certification in API and digital rights management. As an artist, Sonny Bama produces 98% of his own music and blends genres by sampling or creating abstract music and converting it into soulful hip-hop. His lyrics occasionally deal with social or political issues. He is the “anti-rapper”, never wearing chains, jewelry, counting money in public or “making it rain” in the club. In his music, nobody is likely to die, there is no glorification of drug-dealing, materialism or genocide of the haters. Sonny Bama makes real life authentic music that any Average Joe, blue collar working, check to check living person with a soul can relate to. The official Sonny Bama page