bj blunt December 4th, 1974 Janette Fuentes AKA "bj blunt" was born. The seventh child of nine she was raised in the heart of East Los Angeles, Maravilla Projects. She was brought up ruff by her brothers and sisters and always enjoyed playing sports. Excelling in sports she was looking to get a scholarship and play basketball and softball ball for a university. Detoured in the early years of her teens, bj blunt found herself overwhelmed with family financial burdens that lead her in a different path. She took it upon herslf to quit school, leave home and get a job. She regrets quiting school till this day but says it's the choice she made and is who she is today because of it. Growing up bj blunt experienced a lot of hardship and family medical issues. It was hard on her mother having to raise nine kids with no help and have to worry about taking careful care of two of her brothers that were born with a blood disorder, Hemophilia. Under the circumstances she did well. With not much parental guidance bj blunt wanted to see the world and what it was about, so when she left home at fifteen she had no intensions of returing. Lost at first because she had never really left East Los. She found herself working thirteen hour shifts to survive and not really doing what she liked to do, Which she, at the moment didn't know it was music and lyrics. Through the years she went from job to job till she discovered that her love for writing and the sound of music was and interest that let her express herself and never the less knew exhisted. She combined them both and born was a spoken poetist, artist. Her soul. Searching for inside on the music industry she went through industry books and different avenues to get instrumentals and representation. Finding the sources surprisingly easy she began performing all around Los Angeles and the surrounding cities. Extending her knowledge in the music world she began having more interest in engineering and producing. She began investing in studio gear and learning hands on what it was like. Understanding the basics, she continued to learn and eventually started producing, recording and engineering. After a few attempts at signing with indy labels and management she finally found a home with JadeStone Records in 2001. There she was given full room to grow. There she was taught what it took to be an artist with full knowledge of the craft. Polishing herself up and preparing herself as a member of the JadeStone team, she knew it took hard work and dedication to hold her ground and be a part of this label. With the team behind her 110% she found it easy to want to put her heart and soul into her album and represent for her label as proper as possible. Happy to be a part of Jade Stone Records, she is eager to hear what the public thinks of her project and also recommends you get a copy.