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Joni Blu
More than two million people are currently incarcerated in “the land of the free,” the largest prison population of any country in the world. And although Black people make up less than 13% of the US population, people of color are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates than other race, accounting for 33% of all prisoners within state and federal prisons, as well as in local jails. Of those numbers, roughly half will end up back in prison after release due to systemic racism, poverty and lack of employment opportunities.
South Florida’s next music sensation Joni Blu could have easily been among those numbers. After serving more than a decade in prison for armed robbery, he refused to become another statistic when he hit the streets.
Instead of returning through those revolving doors of the penitentiary, he opened his own music studio, Panic Room, has been beating the streets over the past two years with simmering singles “All In” and “Be Great” and is now prepping for the release of his first official solo project Graduation.
“Going to prison was a good thing because if it would have never happened, I wouldn’t be in the position that I am now,” Joni Blu admits. “It had its value, and it saved my life. I don’t regret nothing I did. I learned from my mistakes.”
Born Joni Charlestain in West Palm Beach, Fla. to Haitian immigrant parents, young Joni came up on the rough side of the mountain.
More than two million people are currently incarcerated in “the land of the free,” the largest prison population of any country in the world. And although Black people make up less than 13% of the US population, people of color are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates than other race, accounting for 33% of all prisoners within state and federal prisons, as well as in local jails. Of those numbers, roughly half will end up back in prison after release due to systemic racism, poverty and lack of employment opportunities.
South Florida’s next music sensation Joni Blu could have easily been among those numbers. After serving more than a decade in prison for armed robbery, he refused to become another statistic when he hit the streets.
Instead of returning through those revolving doors of the penitentiary, he opened his own music studio, Panic Room, has been beating the streets over the past two years with simmering singles “All In” and “Be Great” and is now prepping for the release of his first official solo project Graduation.
“Going to prison was a good thing because if it would have never happened, I wouldn’t be in the position that I am now,” Joni Blu admits. “It had its value, and it saved my life. I don’t regret nothing I did. I learned from my mistakes.”
Born Joni Charlestain in West Palm Beach, Fla. to Haitian immigrant parents, young Joni came up on the rough side of the mountain.
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