Parker "Tha Ghost"

Not every life is easy, not every moment is hard, not every note is perfect, but when you have the strive, your every dream can come true. A country boy from Lake Charles, Louisiana is making his life troubles into his dream. Landon Parker (Parker Tha Ghost), grew up with some typical family issues, but they gradually increased as he got older,eventually even led to him living in his car. He has had over fifteen, good paying jobs, from car salesmen to selling time shares, but without any musical involvement he couldn’t survive. Unfortunately without his mom’s signature, he couldn’t get out of Lake Charles. Thankfully for us, his deep motivation towards music showed his mom that he would only truly be happy if he was involved in music, and she helped him get a loan to attend Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. Parker’s natural knack for releasing frustration through poems, and of course a little Eminem, brought him to his current inspiring lifestyle.
When Parker was ten years old his friend from school played him the song “The Way I Am” by Eminem”, and something happened he “vibed to the song and related to it on a different level”. So that's where his musical journey began, from rewriting Eminem lyrics, to finding his own genre, and eventually creating his own music, his own lyrics, and developing his own group called Da Block Production. With originally only three members, Beast, King and Parker, Da Block now has over six artists (including Spliffs, and D- Rect) and has also created While You Were Sleep Entertainment.
Parker is more than an aspiring artist, he is more than another cliché “white boy trying to play Eminem”, he is a driven young adult, with pure, raw talent. Parker’s music is described in his words as “anything that can drive any emotion out of the listener.” In only six months, Parker has climbed the Orlando Hip Hop charts, he has become partner with YouTube.Com for his weekly video blog, and he was requested to perform for a Cinco De Miyo celebration this May. Parker Tha Ghost has a fan base that has spread to twenty four states, and four different countries, he hopes that with his increase in fans, he could eventually be respected by musical legends.
The one quote that has kept Parker going is,”The elevator to success is broken, you must take the stairs, one step at a time” The most exciting part of the interview that I had with Parker was him describing his musical success. “You can Google me now!”, he is so excited about all the projects that he has, here in Orlando, that he doesn’t want to even consider stopping until he “has a foot in every musical door”, but even after that he doesn’t believe he can ever stop performing, writing , rapping, or just being Parker Tha Ghost.