This for those that's been lied to and hurt by others. This is one of my personal Favorites.

I.BE.N.

Justin Sharbono was born in Bentley, Louisiana and resided there until the age of 7. Then, he relocated to Sulpher, Louisiana  until the age of 12 at which time he was placed into a group home and juvenile detention center until the age of 15. Upon his release he relocated to Leesville, Louisiana.
At the age of 18 Justin was incarcerated for drug charges, and he then began his adult life as a life of incarceration.
Being in and out of jail and penatenteries has added up from the ages of 12-31 to nearly 13
years of being locked up. I guess you can say he was a child in group homes, turned a teen in jail, and turned a man in prison.
Yet with this, came his awareness of his ability to write poetry and rap, along with the perk of being able to freestyle. Through countless group home and prison freestyle competitions..... he finally started winning. Due to his ability to take charge in a competition and "give order" he became known as Judge. Yet still, the life he lived on the streets, constantly placed his dreams on hold until his release from prison in 2015, at which time he decided "now or never."
Justin then taught himself how to record, and he began to place songs on Reverbnation and SoundCloud. On Reverbnation it didn't take long before he topped the local charts at #1, and caught the attention of Alexandria's underground label LockJaw ENT's CEO Chico Hughes who contacted him for a collaboration. However; after 3 months of freedom, this was once again placed on hold due to another drug charge.
Then, after his release later in 2016 his family disowned him not understanding his ways of life. So, he decided to give Chico a visit which ended up in relocating once again to the NAWF side ghettos of Alexandria, Louisiana as the first, and only, white rapper of LockJaw ENT.
There, off the streets of Bolton and Madison, he pressed his career quickly gaining street cred as an artist, and moving up on Reverbnation  where he reached #1 on charts 6 times locally, #1 regionally 5 times, and is currently holding that #1 regional position. There his song "Sandman" won a crowd review, and starting May 16,2017 he will be featured as a crowd pick artist.
His music uploads to SoundCloud caught the attention of freeify CEO and he was offered a place in rotation on their YouTube channel starting in April 2017.
Justin says that his main goal is, "to allow the people to hear the voice of someone who has been held back and muffled by the sound of the streets. To give a voice to those who can't speak or be heard because they are overlooked as nobody's and misunderstood by society. To speak and say you are somebody and never give up, because in the end only you can hold you back. Forget what the others say, keep your head up, because in the end I'm trying to get that major deal, so all the ones who stuck beside me when it seemed like most of the world had forsaken me can eat, and we can become big enough to prove others wrong. God hasn't overlooked us... He's just waiting for the perfect time so we can shine."

I.BE.N.

JUDGE