We had the good fortune of connecting with D Blackman and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi D, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
It’s about a legacy that was left for me and my family , my father who is known as Lord shorty / Ras shorty I created soca music and the only thing that I want to do is to keep his dream alive , and that is to spread the music to the world , music has been my life from ever since I known myself it was something I grew up doing as a day to day life , that’s the reason for doing my music and it’s a passion of mines .

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I am most proud of where I am today , I came from a small island called Trinidad and Tobago grew up having nothing we were a very talented family all we had was each other , I took risk and opportunities that came my way and hard work , it was not easy when I was younger I didn’t know where my next meal was coming from or what I was going to eat the next day , I had no money I use to eat 99 cent ramen noodles i was living day to day , but I had my brother’s in California that helped me to get on my feet , but today I have a family I own two property I have a beautiful family , the thing is always think positive be around positive people , change your mind set yes you might have grown up a certain way but that does not dictate who you are , you have to create your own settings , your own destiny , I listen to a lot of motivational speaking , I workout and motivate myself mentally and physically and spiritually , If you don’t do those things life will get the better of you , and most of all family keep close to your family , family is everything love them .

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I am not one to go out much , but I will take them to my condo in the mountains at lake lure play some golf , go fishing do some bonfire , go to the beach , live the beach life , go to one of my friends beautiful wine bar Soif De Vin , go down town Wilmington and eat some sushi at my favorite place Yosake Downtown Sushi Lounge . Go to cloud 9 it’s a great place for entertainment and a beautiful view , and they can even come see me perform with my band I also am a drummer and I play music around Wilmington with brown dirt cowboy anything and everything .

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Want to give a big shout out to my wife Aurora Blackman ,who holds me down and support me and respect what I am doing because she knows my passion for music , management team versatile management for going the extra mile ,crowntownrecords for the support that he shows , my man Dirtyfwhite for all the love and support, Tvmkilla CBTstudios my good friend and big supporter trinicindylive for all the encouragement , the Blackman family without my family I wouldn’t have been doing music today and the late great Ras shorty my father , pushsoca , fetetv , sritvent , boomsound factory , cheinthemixx Nextontherise Dj B-locks and to my fans and friends for all their support.

Website: https://drum.io/d.blackman

Instagram: D.blackmanmusic

Linkedin: Derron Blackman

Facebook: D.Blackman

Youtube: https://youtu.be/TUHTPczH6Go

Image Credits
Myself

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