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By Jake Hardin
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[Shuga Booga]
We got to go right to the phone lines, man, we got our first special guest on the line
He's calling us all the way from Dallas, Jake Hardin checking it, what up bro
[Jake Hardin]
Hey, how's it going?
[Shuga Booga]
Well we're glad to have you on the show, man
Welcome to the Nerve DJs, Big Heff show we're glad to be talking to you
Dallas in the building, man, Dallas has such a cool hip-hop scene, man
How'd you get involved with the music scene down there Jake?
[Jake Hardin]
Uh, well I mean I started out, just kind of making music
Just kind of messing around for different, events and stuff like that
And then, couple of my buddies just kind of,
Kind of said, “Hey man that sounds good you should actually try to write something”
I've always been kind of into writing, that's always been something I've been interested in
And sure enough, I started making music and just kind of posting it to Sound
Cloud
And got kind of a local fan following, I actually lived about an hour outside of Dallas
And so I did a couple shows there at a local venue, the people kind of liked my music
[Shuga Booga]
Uh, hmm
[Jake Hardin]
And from there I just had different people contacting me
I've had some shows in Dallas and stuff like that and so it just kind of grew from there, so
[Shuga Booga]
Well I'll tell you what Jake Hardin joining us right here on the Nerve DJs, Bigg Heff Show
You know, your story as music as the basis of what we're going talk
That's why talking today, so we're going to talk about that
But your story goes a lot deeper than that, sometimes it's bigger than the music
And you went through a real serious health issue that really brought you full circle with music
And really got you the focus, tell everybody a little bit about what you went through health wise and how that impacted your music
[Jake Hardin]
So yeah, that does plays a big part in the music
When I was 9 years old, October 16, 2007, is the exact day I got diagnosed with Leukemia
Which is a type of cancer that's found in the blood
You know at that age I didn't really understand what that meant
You know the doctors and my parents and everything tried to explain it to me
So I spent a lot of my childhood up in Children's Medical Center in Dallas
The people up there are awesome, there amazing
It's kind of about 5 years of my life was taken up by chemo treatments and surgeries and stuff like that
Something that kind of helped out during that time was just listening to music
You know, whatever music I could obtain at that time
You know, just put some headphones in and kind of escape from everything that's going on
[Shuga Booga]
Uh, hmm
[Jake Hardin]
So yeah, for sure, music was a definite part of that
I mean back then they didn't have you know, i
Phones, you know that was just kind of a brand new thing
[Shuga Booga]
Sure
[Jake Hardin]
So I just kind of have a little i
Pod nano and would just get a hold of whatever music I could hear and listen too
[Shuga Booga]
Yeah
[Jake Hardin]
That was kind of a therapeutic part of that experience, and so that just kind of stuck with me
And like I said that is a big part of the music
[Shuga Booga]
Sure
[Jake Hardin]
I appreciate a lot of different things that I feel like I may not have
You know, coming out of that alive, and I'm very blessed to be here for that and try to interpret that in music
[Shuga Booga]
Ten year anniversary is some really tough news but it sounds like things are going a lot better now for you
Being able to get out and do your music
How is your health now? Are you still having issues with that?
Is the Leukemia always going to be a factor for you?
Are you passed it? Where do you stand health wise?
[Jake Hardin]
Oh, I'm completely passed it, man, it was a blessing
I mean they got a hold of it, those people Children's, you know they're very professional they know what they're doing
Within a couple months they actually, you know attacked the cancer and got rid of it
And since then you still have to go through different procedures, chemo to keep it away
But man, ever since they attacked it, got rid of it, it's just been progression
2012 was my last chemo treatment, since then man
It's been like, you know I'm back to normal, back to myself, it won't ever affect me ever again
It's like it didn't even happen now, you know I just gained a lot of it mentally
[Vanidee Starr]
That's awesome, I know that you said music was your getaway
But even though you had to focus on your health and everything like that
How did you find time in that time period to even focus on your music when you wanted to become an artist?
[Jake Hardin]
That's a good question, actually, music was kind of something I was always interested in
I kind of always grew up and my brother, James, he's a big part of that
We always kind of grew up with creative sense, we liked to create things that kind of mean something to us
Yeah, music played a big role in that, but I didn't actually start writing music until after that had happened in High School
And there's a lot of stuff that I wrote that is about that
And there is some of my music does refer to cancer, not directly, it's an indirect type of way of speaking about it
So the music, I actually started creating music and writing music my last 2 years of High School
It was always something I was interested in
But it wasn't until I kind of realized like this could be a calling for me, you know
And people started enjoying it and people told me what I Was writing was good and stuff like that
I think the emotion and the experience is and the appreciation for life that I got out of the experience
Is what kind of drives the music but there are other aspects of it other than, you know
Just the illness that kind of played a role in music though
[Vanidee Starr]
Defiantly, I see that you just released your official first album it out on i
Tunes and Spotify "The Shadow"
Tell us a little bit about that creative process behind that
[Jake Hardin]
Well the concept of "The Shadow" is kind of a metaphorical, kind of dramatic way of representation of
“The Shadow” kind of represents something in my past that kind of, you know trying to catch up with me
There's stuff that we deal with in the past and no matter how many times were going to say it's gone, it's past
There's still dark things from the past that try to catch up with you
And so it kind of represents that as a shadow because you know shadows there and it kind of follows you around sometimes
But it doesn't actually affect you it just kind of a dramatic way of a representation of, kind of my past trying to catch up with me
But another big part of that album is I feel like we have kind of a link between our minds and our mouth
[Shuga Booga]
Hmm
[Jake Hardin]
And there's actually a song called "Hard to Explain" on the album that kind of refers to that
I think a lot of the issues that I have and a lot of the reason I write as well
Is I kind of have a hard time trying to put my thoughts into words
And I feel like whenever I can sit down and write out and think about what I need to say
And put it to a song I feel like that's the best way to communicate that with people
And so those are the two main aspects of the album
And so you'll kind of see elements like that throughout the whole thing
[Shuga Booga]
Well, we're gonna let them hear some of this music
Jake Hardin as we get ready to play "Rain Go Away" the single
Definitely, want to let everybody hear that, but before we get into that
Obviously, I'm sure there's a lot of your creative process and your journey on social media
Tell us how people can follow you on all your social media platforms
[Jake Hardin]
Awesome man, yeah, so you can follow me on Twitter @Yung
Hardin
It's spelt Y-U-N-G-H-A-R-D-I-N
You can get even on Facebook at Jake Hardin, just type in my name
As well as Instagram just Jake Hardin
And you should be able to find my music page and everything there
I'm on i
Tunes, Spotify, Sound
Cloud, just type in Jake Hardin you'll find everything with that name pretty much
[Shuga Booga]
There it is, well I feel like today is going to be a power of positivity today
Cyrus D's in the building he was already talking about positivity were gonna keep it positive
I like Jake Hardin doing it for us, I'm positive we're gonna let these people hear your music brother
I want you to go right now, give us a drop for your single and then we're gonna let it play right here on the Nerve DJs Radio Network
[Jake Hardin]
All right, I appreciate you all, thank you for the time, thanks a lot!
[Shuga Booga]
No doubt man, we need a drop for the single Jake Hardin
[Big Heff]
Enjoy the song
[Shuga Booga]
Enjoy the song for us
[Jake Hardin]
Oh, this song is “Rain Go Away” by Jake Hardin and I hope you all enjoy it
[Shuga Booga]
There it is, we appreciate you brother, we're gonna let them hear it right now
Best of luck to you
We got to go right to the phone lines, man, we got our first special guest on the line
He's calling us all the way from Dallas, Jake Hardin checking it, what up bro
[Jake Hardin]
Hey, how's it going?
[Shuga Booga]
Well we're glad to have you on the show, man
Welcome to the Nerve DJs, Big Heff show we're glad to be talking to you
Dallas in the building, man, Dallas has such a cool hip-hop scene, man
How'd you get involved with the music scene down there Jake?
[Jake Hardin]
Uh, well I mean I started out, just kind of making music
Just kind of messing around for different, events and stuff like that
And then, couple of my buddies just kind of,
Kind of said, “Hey man that sounds good you should actually try to write something”
I've always been kind of into writing, that's always been something I've been interested in
And sure enough, I started making music and just kind of posting it to Sound
Cloud
And got kind of a local fan following, I actually lived about an hour outside of Dallas
And so I did a couple shows there at a local venue, the people kind of liked my music
[Shuga Booga]
Uh, hmm
[Jake Hardin]
And from there I just had different people contacting me
I've had some shows in Dallas and stuff like that and so it just kind of grew from there, so
[Shuga Booga]
Well I'll tell you what Jake Hardin joining us right here on the Nerve DJs, Bigg Heff Show
You know, your story as music as the basis of what we're going talk
That's why talking today, so we're going to talk about that
But your story goes a lot deeper than that, sometimes it's bigger than the music
And you went through a real serious health issue that really brought you full circle with music
And really got you the focus, tell everybody a little bit about what you went through health wise and how that impacted your music
[Jake Hardin]
So yeah, that does plays a big part in the music
When I was 9 years old, October 16, 2007, is the exact day I got diagnosed with Leukemia
Which is a type of cancer that's found in the blood
You know at that age I didn't really understand what that meant
You know the doctors and my parents and everything tried to explain it to me
So I spent a lot of my childhood up in Children's Medical Center in Dallas
The people up there are awesome, there amazing
It's kind of about 5 years of my life was taken up by chemo treatments and surgeries and stuff like that
Something that kind of helped out during that time was just listening to music
You know, whatever music I could obtain at that time
You know, just put some headphones in and kind of escape from everything that's going on
[Shuga Booga]
Uh, hmm
[Jake Hardin]
So yeah, for sure, music was a definite part of that
I mean back then they didn't have you know, i
Phones, you know that was just kind of a brand new thing
[Shuga Booga]
Sure
[Jake Hardin]
So I just kind of have a little i
Pod nano and would just get a hold of whatever music I could hear and listen too
[Shuga Booga]
Yeah
[Jake Hardin]
That was kind of a therapeutic part of that experience, and so that just kind of stuck with me
And like I said that is a big part of the music
[Shuga Booga]
Sure
[Jake Hardin]
I appreciate a lot of different things that I feel like I may not have
You know, coming out of that alive, and I'm very blessed to be here for that and try to interpret that in music
[Shuga Booga]
Ten year anniversary is some really tough news but it sounds like things are going a lot better now for you
Being able to get out and do your music
How is your health now? Are you still having issues with that?
Is the Leukemia always going to be a factor for you?
Are you passed it? Where do you stand health wise?
[Jake Hardin]
Oh, I'm completely passed it, man, it was a blessing
I mean they got a hold of it, those people Children's, you know they're very professional they know what they're doing
Within a couple months they actually, you know attacked the cancer and got rid of it
And since then you still have to go through different procedures, chemo to keep it away
But man, ever since they attacked it, got rid of it, it's just been progression
2012 was my last chemo treatment, since then man
It's been like, you know I'm back to normal, back to myself, it won't ever affect me ever again
It's like it didn't even happen now, you know I just gained a lot of it mentally
[Vanidee Starr]
That's awesome, I know that you said music was your getaway
But even though you had to focus on your health and everything like that
How did you find time in that time period to even focus on your music when you wanted to become an artist?
[Jake Hardin]
That's a good question, actually, music was kind of something I was always interested in
I kind of always grew up and my brother, James, he's a big part of that
We always kind of grew up with creative sense, we liked to create things that kind of mean something to us
Yeah, music played a big role in that, but I didn't actually start writing music until after that had happened in High School
And there's a lot of stuff that I wrote that is about that
And there is some of my music does refer to cancer, not directly, it's an indirect type of way of speaking about it
So the music, I actually started creating music and writing music my last 2 years of High School
It was always something I was interested in
But it wasn't until I kind of realized like this could be a calling for me, you know
And people started enjoying it and people told me what I Was writing was good and stuff like that
I think the emotion and the experience is and the appreciation for life that I got out of the experience
Is what kind of drives the music but there are other aspects of it other than, you know
Just the illness that kind of played a role in music though
[Vanidee Starr]
Defiantly, I see that you just released your official first album it out on i
Tunes and Spotify "The Shadow"
Tell us a little bit about that creative process behind that
[Jake Hardin]
Well the concept of "The Shadow" is kind of a metaphorical, kind of dramatic way of representation of
“The Shadow” kind of represents something in my past that kind of, you know trying to catch up with me
There's stuff that we deal with in the past and no matter how many times were going to say it's gone, it's past
There's still dark things from the past that try to catch up with you
And so it kind of represents that as a shadow because you know shadows there and it kind of follows you around sometimes
But it doesn't actually affect you it just kind of a dramatic way of a representation of, kind of my past trying to catch up with me
But another big part of that album is I feel like we have kind of a link between our minds and our mouth
[Shuga Booga]
Hmm
[Jake Hardin]
And there's actually a song called "Hard to Explain" on the album that kind of refers to that
I think a lot of the issues that I have and a lot of the reason I write as well
Is I kind of have a hard time trying to put my thoughts into words
And I feel like whenever I can sit down and write out and think about what I need to say
And put it to a song I feel like that's the best way to communicate that with people
And so those are the two main aspects of the album
And so you'll kind of see elements like that throughout the whole thing
[Shuga Booga]
Well, we're gonna let them hear some of this music
Jake Hardin as we get ready to play "Rain Go Away" the single
Definitely, want to let everybody hear that, but before we get into that
Obviously, I'm sure there's a lot of your creative process and your journey on social media
Tell us how people can follow you on all your social media platforms
[Jake Hardin]
Awesome man, yeah, so you can follow me on Twitter @Yung
Hardin
It's spelt Y-U-N-G-H-A-R-D-I-N
You can get even on Facebook at Jake Hardin, just type in my name
As well as Instagram just Jake Hardin
And you should be able to find my music page and everything there
I'm on i
Tunes, Spotify, Sound
Cloud, just type in Jake Hardin you'll find everything with that name pretty much
[Shuga Booga]
There it is, well I feel like today is going to be a power of positivity today
Cyrus D's in the building he was already talking about positivity were gonna keep it positive
I like Jake Hardin doing it for us, I'm positive we're gonna let these people hear your music brother
I want you to go right now, give us a drop for your single and then we're gonna let it play right here on the Nerve DJs Radio Network
[Jake Hardin]
All right, I appreciate you all, thank you for the time, thanks a lot!
[Shuga Booga]
No doubt man, we need a drop for the single Jake Hardin
[Big Heff]
Enjoy the song
[Shuga Booga]
Enjoy the song for us
[Jake Hardin]
Oh, this song is “Rain Go Away” by Jake Hardin and I hope you all enjoy it
[Shuga Booga]
There it is, we appreciate you brother, we're gonna let them hear it right now
Best of luck to you
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