1140. Music Is His Way of Turning His Pain from Living the Street Life Into Power

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

5.0 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

James Harris a.k.a. Dewey Da Don is an entrepreneur and multi-dimensional hip hop artist with a unique sound and style. Dewey's music is street and raw with catchy hooks and metaphors that incorporate west coast production with a mid-west flow. He is often compared to the great Nipsey Hussle not only for his talented delivery of gangsta rap but because his influence has been the streets and he has always been one to give back. Dewey Da Don raps to break the deadly cycle of the streets.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.8	Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.
0:14.9	I'm your host, Don Hutchison.
0:17.1	Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:27.3	On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do.
0:39.7	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, James Harris, aka De De Don.
0:46.6	Welcome, James.
0:48.4	What's good, Don, it's the Don and the Don, baby.
0:51.6	I tell you, it's just perfect.
0:53.7	James, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:56.9	Most definitely all day, every day. I love that. Well, we're going to hear the whole story.
1:02.7	James Harris, aka Dewey DeDan, coming from Kansas City, Kansas is the answer to the street right now.
1:14.2	Delivering gangster rap with a West Coast vibe, he's often compared to the late great Nipsey Hustle, not only physically but because his
1:20.8	influence has always been the streets and he has always been one to give back, even as he
1:26.5	establishes himself as a hip-hop star.
1:30.3	The moment Dury Dadan knew he wanted to pursue music was when his father was incarcerated for 10 years in a federal penitentiary.
1:38.4	At that point, he knew he had to find a different way out of the streets.
1:43.0	He chose music.
1:50.0	When hip-hop fans hear his music, he wants them to feel his struggles, but also understand that the street has many sides to it.
1:53.0	Not everyone raised on the streets is one-dimensional.
1:56.0	Like Dewey, many are hustlers, parents, and game tellers.
2:00.0	Music is his way of turning his pain from living the street life into power.
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