Jimmy Valentime
New York City, New York, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | SELF
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A local NBC affiliate sent a reporter out to cover the tragic (to people who have emotional connections to stores) closing of Fat Beats, and of course they spoke to Percee P the Internets' own Jimmy Valentime. Aww dang. Hide your kids, hide your wife.
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This is a little bit old. Valentime sent it to me last week on Twitter, but I didn't get around to checking it out until just now, because I've been working like a Hebrew slave at the BGM. We've been having some personnel issues. You'd think that with the economy in the state that it's in, it'd be easy for a company like the BGM to hire people, but it's not. It might be the opposite. You end up hiring a lot of people who just plain shouldn't have jobs, because they don't have a reliable way to get to work; they don't understand the concept of a 15 minute break; their English isn't the best in the world; they can't count money, so on and so forth. If only there was a way the government could throw these people in jail, like black guys who just so happen to have drugs on them.
Also, while I'm on the topic of complaints, a shoutout to this site, or at least a reference to the late, great Winter Pierzina would have been nice. I don't see anyone else posting this shit.
- Byron Crawford
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Still working on that hot first release.
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Life In Amazin Times
Jimmy Valentime has been a prominent figure in the New York underground rap scene for the past two years. Jimmys unique style of rhyming has garnered him press and coverage on websites such as xxlmag.com, Byroncrawford.com, and 2dopeboyz.com.
He was also interviewed and profiled in underground rap magazines, such
as Genius Magazine based in Baltimore and Foundation Magazine based in
Philadelphia. Jimmy is also a strong fixture on
the mixtape scene appearing on mixtapes by DJ Drama, Green Lantern, Big
Mike, and has appeared on over two dozen other Mix CDs.
Jimmy Valentime was born and raised in the South Bronx to a Dominican mother and European father. Growing up, Jimmy
experienced a lot of strife and witnessed a lot of violent situations.
Most of my family has had their life derailed by addiction and crime. Jimmy says I always wanted more for myself and my ambition shows in my music.
Jimmy Valentime has been working diligently on his craft, and his hard work is paying off. Jimmy
was asked to perform at Fat Beats during their last day of business and
subsequently was featured on an NBC news story about their closing. Jimmy
was also rumored to be a potential XXL Freshman last year, and was
heavily featured on DJ Tony Riveras Mixtape, Freshmen Tryouts. Freshmen
Tryouts featured other notable breakout artists such as Machine Gun
Kelly and Childish Gambino (Donald Glover).
Jimmy recently finished working on a
project of original songs entitled Life in Amazin Times. He Explains,
I picked the title because I am finally doing what I always wanted to
do with my life, its never the right time to
chase after your dreams, but life can be amazing when you stop making
excuses. Life in Amazin Times is scheduled to be released in the fall
of 2011.
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