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Yung Caddie intends to reach Emerging star using his talents to aim high for the stars in Hollywood ing so hard to be a professional actress, Caddisyn said. Knox said performing in And the Academy Award goes other people has been to . . . Yung Caddie! Caddie’s dream “every Those are the words that since she’s been talkCaddisyn Isabella Armstrong ing. She’s always of Ripley fully expects to changing her voice hear one day, and her growand pretending to be ing number of fans do too. someone else.” Yung Caddie -- the name Yung Caddie she gave herself -- is a moves a step closer to cheerful, vivacious and her goals in confidant 8-year-old who December when loves God, her family she and her and being on stage. mom go to She is the daughter of Hollywood Shaletha Knox and for a call-back John Armstrong Jr. from two “I really want to be rounds of on the big screen. I like auditions to make people smile before a and laugh,” said the secleading ond-grader at New entertainAlbany Elementary ment School, who hasn’t agency in wavered in her goal to March. She become an actress and will spend a week model since she was very meeting casting young. “Definitely, 100 peragents and conductcent I’m going to win” an ing interviews that Oscar, she added. will have a direct Her friends “think it’s impact on her big really cool” that she is workYung Caddie dreams. The goal is to Return Address: P.O. Box 1292 Corinth, MS 38835 leave California with a contract. She can’t wait to go. Until they head to Los Angeles, POSTAL PATRON Caddie is keeping busy “working with my coaches By Lucy Weber
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and knowledge to jumpstart his future plans. Boosting his career plans is his associaBy Lucy tion with the Consortium MMT (Memphis Weber Music Town), a non-profit organization founded by Memphis native, Prentis Juanpre world-renowned songwriter Burdine III intends for his and producer, David Porter, music career to soar in the who was the first staff songnew few years. writer of Stax Records. “I am now working on my “I am an Emerging Star five-year plan by simply continuwith the Consortium MMT, ing to grow and evolve,” said the which is a talent develmusical artist who goes by the name opment complex Prince Juanpre in his songwriting, perwhere local artists forming and producing career. “I just can come and get released my first project in May of resources,” he said. 2020, and I am looking to begin work The Emerging Star on my debut album. I still produce here Network is a select and there, but now I enjoy bringing progroup of songwriters, ducers in and having different fresh produers and artists ideas about how music works.” who have demonstratHe grew up in North Mississippi ed their readiness after before graduating from Hardin County graduating from the High School in Savannah, Tenn. “As SoulRight Music for my music, I began playing music Mentorship Program at at around 11 years of age in his midthe consortium. dle school band. I began producing During his six-week hip hop music at around age14 when mentorship, he learned I decided to download a production from industry professionsoftware on my computer. From als and musicians. “I there I learned how to construct a learned so much from difsong and digitally construct drum ferent artists,” he said. patterns and piano notes. Songwriting is impor“Music has always been a part Prentis Juanpre tant to Burdine. His first of my family, from my father being a Burdine III inspiration to write his DJ to my grandfather being a own songs came upon him in college and pianist,” he said. his work through the mentorship program Currently, Burdine is based in Memphis, elevated that even more. “The mentorship where he records and does his work in the music industry. He studied all aspects of the program taught me about the effectiveness of good songwriting, that all music connects music business while attending the University of Memphis, gaining connections see BURDINE pg 4