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“These are all guys that I look up to and two of them are like my favorite rappers, too,” Devin said. “So it was a great experience.” Devin said he has been soaking up as much of the experience as he can and trying to take advantage of every opportunity, like chasing down MTV at one of the shows to get an interview. “When we saw MTV, my manager immediately ran over to them and told them the whole situation and I got my first interview with MTV,” he said. “That was a big accomplishment.” Manager Jared Glassman
met Devin through a mutual friend while attending Northeastern University. He said he listened to a few of Devin’s tracks and made an offer, from there is was just a matter of getting work done. “[Devin] is one of the most, if not the most, diverse artists I know,” Glassman said. “He can make any song in any genre he gets on sound amazing. His voice is unique, and his overall personality and demeanor is that of a star.” Glassman said “every second” of the tour is being used to network and develop relationships with as many people as possible, including trying to get face time with Drake and other artists to pick their brains about the
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industry and what to do to get ahead. “I feel like I’m a student in class I’m just taking notes on how all the other acts perform and just how the whole music industry works,” Devin said. Devin’s time in Southington wasn’t always geared toward music, though it was a hobby when he lived down in Florida, it took him a little while to get acclimated to the scene when he moved up to Southington. “Throughout time I made friends and we all made music together,” he said. “It wasn’t until senior year that I started picking it up and I did shows and I started noticing that I had a pretty good following in Connecticut.” His first show ever was in New Britain where he performed in front of a sold out crowd. From there, he put together a management team and started stringing songs together. While on tour, Devin said they have a studio on the bus where he has been recording a new album, the single of which he said has already been sent out to the radio stations. Life on the road can be hec-
tic, and Devin said it can wear a person down, but motivation is not hard to come across with such big dreams finally being realized. “It is stressful because I do miss my family and friends, but at the same time this is something I always wanted to do,” he said. “So I put that behind and just focus on what I’m doing right now.” Devin said most of the inspiration for his music comes from life experiences like going through high school and just having fun. As for his stage name, Devin explained that being 6’2”
Jensen’s activity club Jensen’s Activity Club is sponsoring a trip to Narragansett Bay - Lighthouse Cruise, Quinnesett Country Club, Sunday brunch, Sunday, July 22. Cruise aboard the “Millennium” Catamaran with a 90-minute narrated cruise of Narragansett Bay, R. I. sails from North Kingston, R.I. and 10 incredible islands, sail under the Jamestown and Newport Bridges, view the Newport Naval Base and see the aircraft carriers, experience Newport Harbor and the waterfront. Prior to the cruise have a Sunday buffet brunch at Quidnessett Country Club in North Kingstown, R.I. Following the cruise visit Wickford, a harbor side village that remains as it was a century ago. There is a cost to attend, bus departs at 7:30 a.m. from the commuter lot in Southington, across from the Alzheimer’s Center, and returns at 7:15 p.m. For reservations contact Barbara Desrosiers at (860) 621-1344.
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since he was in seventhgrade, he’s always been kind of tall. Down south, when someone is small, they’re called a “jit,” so he got the nickname as an oxy-moron. “When I started making music I wanted to make it more of an old school hip hop vibe,” he said. “So I put ‘On The Track’ on after it.” Devin will be back in town on Monday, June 11, when the Club Paradise Tour performs at the Comcast Theatre in Hartford at 8 p.m. He would also like to say “Hi” to his mother.
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