Janny Popps

…… Born in Trinidad, Janny Popps spent his first years surrounded by the sounds of caribbean music. From soca to reggae, from dancehall to chutney, but Hip-Hop took over when his family decided to move to Detroit MI in the United-States in the mid 80s and later, Canada in 1997. Janny quickly embraced the new urban musical revolution that was sweeping Mid West America and at the age of 12 he was in a rap group called LSD based in Lansing MI. His great freestyling ability was what landed him a spot in this group. For the next 4 years he worked on his craft. Freestyling in his room,on the way to school, in ciphers and in his high-school cafeteria. Living in different environments and having being influenced by a variety of musical genres made Janny Popps a different type of rapper. His delivery, his wordplays, his swagger, his energy, his stage presence and his voice give him the edge to seperate himself from the rest of the up and coming emcees.

Recently, Janny Popps took the world by suprise with his single – “Butterfly”, which has a crossover appeal that gained him a lot of fans and haters alike. This single achieved a lot of airplay in commercial, college and online radio stations in North America, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. Its popularity dubbed him the title ” Dat Butterfly Boy”. Among some of its noted highlights, “Butterfly” and its Remix(which features great acts like, Tonya P, Kid Famous, King Avalanche, S.Davis, King Spade, Imaan Faith & Petra The Empress), were both retired at the #1 spot(on two seperate occasions) in New York’s FM 93.7WBLK. They stayed in WBLK’s Top-Ten Countdown for ten consecutive weeks, and at #1 for five(5) weeks straight. These achievements also resulted to nominations for Hip-Hop Artist of the Year; Single of the Year; and Producer of the Year…see www.wblk.com

Janny Popps’s lyrical influences are Dayton Family, Crime Boss, Eightball and MJG, Too Short, 2pac, Bigge Smalls and Nelly. His style is a direct reflection of the places he has lived throughout his life, which combines his caribbean heritage,Mid-West America and Canada. Janny Popps makes music for his target audience, which is obviously not inclusive of those that can’t relate to his stories. For those that do relate to his style, he is grateful…and for that don’t, he is thankful and respects their difference in perspective As he himself says, “Good songs last a minute but great songs last forever”.