Born and raised in Midway, James Barrett was a regular student at Liberty County High School when someone told him he had a gift for poetry and asked if he ever considered rapping.
Nine years later, Barrett, now known as 380, signed a contract with Low Country Management and said his career is starting to take off.
“He is signing with Low Country Management, Low Country Warriors Record Inc., out of Atlanta,” Attorney Tyler Randolph, of Arnold, Stafford and Randolph, said. “They will manage booking for live shows, appearances, publicity recording and the whole gamut.”
Low Country Management has launched the careers of Hip-Hop artists Monica and Rocko.
Randolph said the firm seems excited to represent Barrett, who he describes as a budding artist with a lot of promise.
“We hope to be the behind the scenes force to help him along the way and do what we can to help push him forward toward great success,” Randolph said.
Barrett said after he was told he should try rapping, he went to a friend who had a music studio in his house. Five hours later, he belted out his first tune.
“It all started from there,” Barrett said in a deep baritone voice not unlike Barry White’s. “It took someone else coming to me and telling me what I could do with this (his voice and poetry).”
The video for Barrett’s latest single, “Keep You Satisfied,” was released Sept. 8 on Youtube.com and has already been viewed 21,796 times. It has a four-and-a-half star rating. The video features another up-and-coming hip-hop artist, rapper D’Shon.
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