I asked Jay if he was about to go into Bentley’s. “No doubt, I’m about to run up in this spot and see what’s up,” he said. I decided to decisively seize the moment. “Yo, we coming witchu,” I told him. Jay looked at me, thought about it for a second, and then said, “That’s what’s up. Let’s go.” Just like that, we were past the bouncers and inside Bentley’s. We would never have gotten in without him—he literally walked me into the music business. That night Jay and I formed a friendship, which eventually led to me signing with JMJ Records and everything else that followed.





