{"id":12389,"date":"2014-06-22T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T20:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=12389"},"modified":"2014-06-22T13:20:02","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T20:20:02","slug":"j-rand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2014\/06\/j-rand\/","title":{"rendered":"J RAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12390\" alt=\"M-33-j-rand\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-33-j-rand.jpg\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-33-j-rand.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/M-33-j-rand-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>J RAND<\/h1>\n<p><b>HOMETOWN:<\/b> Delray Beach, Fla.<br \/>\n<b>INFLUENCES:<\/b> Eminem, Stevie Wonder,\u00a0Donny Hathaway<br \/>\n<b>ALBUM:<\/b> As-yet-untitled LP, due out 2014<br \/>\n<b>WEBSITE:<\/b> jrandmusic.com<\/p>\n<p>As a teenager, J Rand groomed himself for the spotlight by singing Michael Jackson songs at a local karaoke bar in his hometown. \u201cWhen I was a kid I was always fascinated by entertainers,\u201d he says. While pursuing a solo career, he performed with various local cover bands. In 2010, Rand signed with Interscope Records and collaborated with some major hip-hop acts including Akon (\u201cOo La La\u201d) and T-Pain (\u201cCan\u2019t Sleep\u201d). He also landed roles in the films <i>Spring Breakers <\/i>and <i>Rock of Ages<\/i>, and TV\u2019s <i>Burn Notice<\/i>. Along the way, he accumulated 5 million YouTube views and 66,000 Twitter followers. After splitting with Interscope, Rand re-emerged last fall performing his new single, \u201cRide,\u201d with Flo Rida and T-Pain on <i>The Tonight Show With Jay Leno<\/i>. Rand, 26, is currently recording his debut album, which he describes as \u201cmodern, fresh pop and R&amp;B.\u201d The record is due out later this year on Flo Rida\u2019s label Poe Boy Music Group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/save\/\"><b>Subscribe to <\/b><b><i>M Music and Musicians<\/i><\/b><b>. $12 for one year &gt;&gt;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J RAND HOMETOWN: Delray Beach, Fla. INFLUENCES: Eminem, Stevie Wonder,\u00a0Donny Hathaway ALBUM: As-yet-untitled LP, due out 2014 WEBSITE: jrandmusic.com As a teenager, J Rand groomed himself for the spotlight by singing Michael Jackson songs at a local karaoke bar in his hometown. \u201cWhen I was a kid I was always fascinated by entertainers,\u201d he says. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[83],"tags":[7401,7419],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12391,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12389\/revisions\/12391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}