Juan Rusty Brito (born in Washington Heights, Manhattan on May 28, 1984), better known by his stage name J.R. Writer, is an American hip hop artist of Dominican descent.
History
Dominican rapper J.R. Writer grew up listening to Big L, Big Pun, and his all time favorite Tupac Shakur. As a teen, he worked the Harlem hip hop circuit, appearing on local access cable television shows and joining every open
mic competition he could. It was at one of these battles that he met Dipset members Cam'ron and Juelz Santana. Cam'ron had just signed a deal with Roc-A-Fella Records, Santana was unsigned, and the first Dipset mixtape was still in the works, so no matter how impressed Cam'ron was with Writer's
fast and furious style, he was unable to take on new talent at that moment. Writer appreciated the praise but did not believe
Cam'ron was serious when he promised to call back once Dipset was settled. It did not take long for Dipset to explode, and
only a month later, Cam'ron made good on his promise. Soon, Writer was appearing on a new Dipset track, "Squalie," which landed
on Santana's 2003 album From Me to U. He was now a member of the Dipset family and appeared on the crew's numerous mixtapes. A year later, he introduced his
own Writer's Block series of mixtapes, landed some tracks on the Diplomats collection Diplomatic Immunity, Vol. 2,
and appeared as a guest on Cam'ron's album Purple Haze. His aboveground, full length debut was supposed to meant to be released in 2005, but it took until 2006 for History in the Making to be released on Koch Records. J.R. Writer has his own label, Writers Block Records. His younger brothers, Fred Money and Producer Spectacular who also
made the single "Get'Em" is among the artists signed to Writers Block.
Discography
Official albums
- Write Away
- To be released: Early 2008
- Chart positions:
- US sales:
- RIAA certification:
Mixtapes
- 2004: Writer's Block Volume 1
- 2005: Writer's Block Volume 2
- 2006: Writer's Block Volume 3
- 2007: Writer's Block Volume 4
- 2007: Writer's Block Volume 5 (U.S. sales: 58,000)[1]
- 2008: Politics and Bullshit - Back to the Streets
Singles
- "We Gettin' It Baby"(WB5)
- "Where U At" (WB5)
- "Switch It Up" feat. Hell Rell (WB4)
- "Get Em" (WB4)
- "Grill Em'" (HITM)
- "Byrd Call" (HITM)
- "Push It" (Diplomatic Immunity 2)
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