bari.

bari. comes from an extremely diverse background. Both parents active military, he was forced to relocate around the world upon a moment’s notice, setting the tone for his musical endeavors. At age 15, Ms. Iris Stevenson (who’s story inspired the hit movie “Sister Act 2” & director for Crenshaw High School Choir) recognized his ambition & talent, taking him along for various tour dates in Europe. Returning back to the US, bari. continued to gain additional experience in the world of...

bari. comes from an extremely diverse background. Both parents active military, he was forced to relocate around the world upon a moment’s notice, setting the tone for his musical endeavors. At age 15, Ms. Iris Stevenson (who’s story inspired the hit movie “Sister Act 2” & director for Crenshaw High School Choir) recognized his ambition & talent, taking him along for various tour dates in Europe. Returning back to the US, bari. continued to gain additional experience in the world of entertainment staying in the recording studio & playing various clubs and local colleges. Still in high school, bari.’s music landed on the desk of former LaFace Records’ A&R Director Candy Tookes who received his production package & was impressed enough to enlist him to complete a remix for LaFace recording artist Toni Braxton. After relocating to Atlanta & several distractions later, bari. was introduced to sitcom actor & budding entrepreneur Emmanuel Lewis (of Webster fame) who recently formed a new production company with his brother Chris and lead to becoming in-house producer & songwriter. **During this time, bari. collaborated with Ohio-based producer/rapper Trife, songwriting duo & recording artist 2 Mil (Tank, City High), Grammy award winning engineer & producer AJ Wolfe (Toni Braxton, Jazze Pha, Out of Eden), and Tomika Scott of Xscape. bari.’s music has been featured on several TV networks (Viacom (MTV, VH1, BET) A&E, Oxygen channel & ABC) and has received airplay via radio stations all over Europe. His first digitally released single “The Thought That Counts” is internationally available for download via iTunes.