Blake Kelly

With those experiences have come the opportunity to translate them into music, where he has found considerable success very early in his career. The rise of the new class in Hip-Hop has seen its matriculation to the collegiate ranks with rising stars like Asher Roth and J. Cole. Kelly, on the other hand, saw his musical dreams really take form at the storied HBCU, Hampton University. It was there he would eventually meet DJ Tay James, the tour DJ for pop phenom Justin Bieber, who believed in Blake’s talents since day one. Having someone to promote his music, he also came in contact with Mark Jackson and Ya Money would serve as mentors and in-house producers. All four would go on the play primary roles in the creation of Blake’s debut mixtape/album, Higher Education.