Spotlight on Lou Writer-"A Writer's Dream"

My third week at the Clarion Ledger was not as productive as I hoped it would be. I kept looking for possible story ideas. I contacted Ice Cube's PR person to schedule an interview regarding his new CD release "I am the West," but they did not reply back yet. However, I just found out that rappers Bun B and Trina will be in Jackson, Miss., at the AAC at Jackson State University for a concert. My plan is to cover the concert and interview both of them. In the meantime, since I could not find a story, I gave the Clarion Ledger a story I had already written for the Blue and White Flash Newspaper, which was a spotlight on JSU student/artist Lou Writer. Writer has appeared on 106 and Park for Wild Out Wednesday's and won Best Male R & B performer. He is making his name known in Jackson as well as the rest of the world; to his university, he leaves his legacy.

               Harmonies and the melodies in the church are what inspired Writer to sing around the age of nine. Writer claims when he grew older he fell in love with singing when he saw the ladies’ reactions. He looked up to R & B singers such as Luther Vandross, Sam Cook, The Temptations, Michael Jackson, and Prince.

               

While in grade school, Writer’s father was shot 21 times and almost died. Writer said that the shooting was very detrimental to his family. “The shooting was a kind of thing that no one could be prepared for.” said Writer. “It made my family fearful; the reason is still undetermined. The way I got passed it was through my writing.”

Writer said he remembers having a low self esteem because of the tragic incident. He brought his insecurities along with his talent to Jackson State University and particularly to an acting organization on campus called Maddrama Performance Troupe. Writer said that Dr. Henderson, creator of Maddrama, helped him to channel his emotions.

"I was broken in high school and going into college," said Writer. "Maddrama was that difference in my life."

                Little did Writer know that he would need all of that confidence to show off his skills in New York at 106 and Park’s “Wild Out Wednesday’s” on July 14th, 2010. Writer said he was nervous and scared the first time he traveled to New York. However, he came out on top by being named the Male R & B All-Star Winner with 45 percent of the world’s votes.

Hard work does pay off, and Writer knows this from experience preparing for his first performance. Writer and backup dancers 'XXXplicit' practiced night after night. "Sometimes we would practice three to five hours straight and try to get the moves down to a science," said Writer. "It was hard and time consuming, but we were dedicated." Second time around, which was August 4th, Writer’s experience was rougher; him and his team were sleeping on the floor and in the back seat of a rental car. However, Writer remained determined. He proved this by coming out as the Male R & B All Star winner again with 48 percent of the world’s votes.

Writer is currently on Acerock Entertainment, which is run by the brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated Alpha Beta Chapter; the manager and CEO is Delshon Harris, the Co-manager is Chris Davis, and Jeakorie Peace. 

Writer has a lot to say about his plans for the next five years in the music industry.

“I hope to have at least one grammy under my belt.” said Writer. “I’m also trying to open up a school of academics and performing arts in Jackson, MS., that will cover dance, vocal performance, dramatic arts, and instrumentation so we can compete in bigger cities.” Writer also plans to act in movies. His advice to upcoming artists/singers is to make sure that singing is what you really want to do. Fans that would like to hear more of Writer’s music should follow him on twitter @louwriter, his myspace which is myspace.com/lou_writer, and even youtube at youtube.com/louwriter.