Recording artist Calvin “Tum Tum” Brown, better known by his stage name MR.XIX (pronounced Mr. Nineteen), is an American rapper, singer and drummer. Born in Jacksonville, Florida and raised in the rural, country town of Folkston, Georgia he began his music career in 2009 with a group of college friends, who were all apart of the affiliation, Varsity Team. He currently resides in Southern California. MR.XIX released his debut mixtape No Sleep in February 2013. No Sleep was hosted by DJ Swamp Izzo and debuted on popular music site LiveMixtapes.com. In June 2014, his second mixtape, Road To Glory, came out on LiveMixtapes and was hosted by DJ 864 and DJ Showtime.MR.XIX’s third mixtape, “Blessed” debuted earlier this year. He released his fourth mixtape, Blessed 2 on his 25th birthday, October 18th. He credits his musical inspiration to OutKast, Lauryn Hill, Snoop Dogg, UGK, Michael Jackson, Cee-Lo and Notorious B.I.G., Drake, Erykah Badu, Trick Daddy and Bob Marley.

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