Drumma Boy
Christopher James Gholson, (born August 11, 1983) better known by his stage name Drumma Boy, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, composer and entrepreneur.
Early life
Born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in Cordova, Tennessee, he was exposed to music at a young age. His mother, Billie Baker Gholson was an accountant who worked as an part-time opera singer and was the first African-American to graduate from Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music and his father, G. James Gholson who retired in 2012, is a retired professional clarinetist and music professor at Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis, was the first African-American male to hold the 1st chair position in the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, where he is still an active member. His father holds an undergraduate degree from Michigan State University, a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from the Catholic University of America. His father is also an emeritus of the Memphis Woodwind Quintet and a soloist in the United States' Navy Band. His paternal grandfather was a high school principal and has a high school named after him Washington D.C.. The rest of his extended family including grandmothers and aunts were also musicians and taught music in the schools. Drumma Boy says he had a recorder in his hand at age 3 and a clarinet at age 5. His father was instrumental in teaching him about traditional classical music but it was his mother that introduced him to Curtis Mayfield and 1970s oldies. A classical musically trained musician, Gholson began the practicing E-flat clarinet by the age of six and then went up to the B-flat clarinet. At the age of six, Gholson began taking piano lessons.
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ALBUMS
- 2011 All-Star Playlist released: 2011
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Bang Ya
by: Drumma BoyHey yo, hey one, heye
I just wanna bang ya, I ain't try to hang with you
Let you when you bang
I ain't try to hang with you
I just wanna bang ya, I ain't try to hang with you
Let you when you bang
I just wanna bang ya, I ain't try to hang with you
We walk free, we wall free
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