bertell – doing it his way
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Singer, My Own Lane
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you’d ever played one-on-one basketball with Bertell, you’d probably
believe he should have played in the NBA. But while attending Howard
College in eastern Texas on a basketball scholarship, Bertell
discovered another talent that caused him to put his hoop dreams on
hold.
“I was bored one day and decided to sing and play the
piano in the student center,” Bertell says. “Before I knew it, people
began to ask me to sing and play the piano every day. I fell in love
with singing and decided to take it serious.”
Bertell eventually moved to New York and began to pursue a career as a
musician. After working with several producers, he returned to Houston
and released a regional hit called, “Shawty What It Do.” His single
caught the ears of music impresarios Don Bowie and Bryan Michael Cox.
“I was actually in the process of signing with a label when I met Don
Bowie,” he says. “Don [Bowie] saw my hustle and told Bryan Michael Cox
about me. They believed in my project and my drive to do something
different with music.”
Bertell has since released the mixtape, Street Therapy, and is currently working on his debut album, My Own Lane.
The album will feature Lil Flip, Dem Franchize Boyz and Brian from
“Making The Band.” “This album will be a good look for me,” he
predicts. “I’m going to show people what it looks like when you apply
hard work to everything that you do.” – amir shaw
