El-Jay was on a path to becoming a basketball star, playing on his college's basketball team when he was injured. At the same time this was happening, his grandfather passed away. All this made El-Jay reconsider all things in his life.

"I realized tomorrow is not promised," he said when we were discussing how he began his music career.

That's when El-Jay decided to follow his heart into the music/entertainment industry. Since then, he has created a path as a music star, so watch out world, El-Jay is making his mark. He should have known it was in his blood, because he is from a multi-platinum/two-time Grammy winning father that we know as Rome.

Since realizing "tomorrow is not promised" El-Jay did not waste another minute and started doing what he felt was his "calling." His "What You Wanna Do" single release's music video has over two million views, his "I'm the Winner" featuring LA Buck has over five million views and his "Lovesick" has over a million views. El-Jay's The Real El-Jay TV YouTube Channel has 39,000 subscribers and I must say the music videos on El-Jay's channel are very entertaining - he is a real showman. The kind of videos you go back watching again and again.

All that was achieved before his distribution deal with Roc Nation. El-Jay said he was at it for 10 years before the distribution deal. So, now that the multitalented artist has that deal and a new management team at Fully Focused Management (Mark Vixama), he is about to blow-up even more.

"One of their reps contacted one of my people and said they were interested in releasing my music and booking shows for me," El-Jay explained when I asked about how he received a distribution deal with Roc Nation.

"Shout out to Benji, Grammy nominated...his beat had that...feel," El-Jay said all of a sudden about the producer of his new "Special Project" single, as I commented about how awesome the production is. "I do my own recording. Me and my guy T - Tyrone Diggs - we wrapped that joint up in two days."

Roc Nation was founded by Jay-Z and Live Nation in 2008. For Jay-Z that meant $150 million, 10 years of a 360 partnership with Live Nation. A deal he would renew in 2017 for $200 million. Those signed to Roc Nation include Rihanna, J. Cole, A$AP Rocky, and Alicia Keys.

The "Special Project" single, produced by Grammy nominated Benji Frank$, is from El-Jay's upcoming EP "Letter 2 Self."  www.El-Jay.com www.RocNation.com

The Furious, a Edko Films, Zhejiang Hengdian Film, XYZ Films production, is directed by action film director Kenji Tanigaki and produced by Bill Kong, Shan Tam, and Frank Hui. Mak Tin Shu, Lei Zhilong Sin, and Frank Hui wrote the script. The Furious follows Wang Wei (Xie Miao), a retired deaf martial arts fighter working as a quiet and unassuming tradesman, whose daughter Rainey, played by 13-year-old Enyou Yang, is kidnapped by a major network of human traffickers. It seems the traffickers are tied to the police chief.

Even before the action starts as Wang looks for his daughter, The Furious begins with action when a journalist disappears. The journalist had evidence against the child traffickers and now she is gone and her husband Navin, played by Joe Taslim, is looking desperately for her. He was close to buying the kidnapped children as an infiltrated trafficker secretly looking for his wife, when Wang Wei shows up ready to beat-down everyone to find his daughter.

When the two join forces to find Wang's daughter and Navin's wife that is the heart of The Furious R-Rated film - action-packed, emotional and funny. Along with the audience I was cheering them on during the fights, wiping away tears at the ugliness of human trafficking and then laughing at the film's many "comic relief" moments that are really needed! Offering all those things to the audience is masterful and done in a way that at the end of the film everyone is applauding.

The Furious also stars Orange County, California Vietnamese martial arts expert Brian Le, Joey Iwanaga, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Manatsanum Phanlerdwongsakul, Guo Junqing, Winai Wiangyangkung, with a special appearance by Indonesian martial arts artist Yayan Ruhian (Star Wars: The Force Awaken) who plays the trafficking network's enforcer and Jija Yanin.

Xie Miao, a Beijing native, started out starring next to martial arts legend Jet Li in The Legend of Shaolin and then again in My Father the Hero. In The Furious, Xie shows that he has been busy building his own legacy as a martial arts star - and he's explosive so watch out for him.  www.AMCTheatres.com

SYNDICATED COLUMNIST: Dr. Eunice Moseley has an estimated weekly readership of over one million for her column The Pulse of Entertainment. She is the publisher of the digital magazine www.ThePulseofEntertainment.com, which has an estimated 160,000 visitors a month. An entrepreneur, Dr. Moseley’s company, Freelance Associates, is a business management/public relations strategic planning and consulting firm that is celebrating 32 years in 2025. Dr. Eunice also serves as professor for the School of Business at Stanton University in Anaheim, California and serves as promotions director (at-large)/journalist and business consultant for The Baltimore Times. Dr. Moseley founded the Uplifting Minds II Foundation (www.UpliftingMinds.com) in 2023, a 501 C3 with a mission to empower the underserved through three major programs – One Stop Business Shop, the ULMII Professional Conference and the ULMII Academy (business management and public relations). EVENTS: "Uplifting Minds II" Entertainment Conference (ULMII), was launched by Dr. Eunice in 1999, to educate aspiring artists/musicians about the business of entertainment – www.UpliftingMinds2.com. Next ULMII Entertainment Conferences for Baltimore on Saturday April 18, 2026, presented by Security Square Mall and The Baltimore Times, and for Los Angeles on Saturday, November 7, 2026, presented by The Pulse of Entertainment and the ULMII Foundation. The ULMII conferences are free with virtual access via Zoom. ULMII entertainment conference offers a Professional Panel Q&A Session, a Professional Talent Showcase and International Talent Competition where the top three scored acts receive the ULMII Best Act Award and over $20,000 valued in prizes/product/services and cash!