<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1aSJTY_1FJYWudE00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1aSJTY_1FJYWudE00" width="900" height="600" ></figure>PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Jay Prime is in his prime.Fresh off the opening night of ‘Tuskegee: An Immersive Experience,’ rapper and actor Jay Prime spoke with WAVY’s Chrysnel Banzouzi about preparation for his role in the theatrical production, his album ‘DECEMBER.,’ and his upbringing.Although he pursues both acting and music, Prime shared he gravitated towards the latter first. As a child, the Hampton Roads native discovered instrumentals on YouTube and began practicing his songwriting. “I had no idea what instrumental meant. And I clicked on it and I’m like, ‘oh, it’s just a beat.’ And so it’s, it was like a light bulb in my head, like, oh, that means you’re supposed to make the words and like, it just kind of went from there,” he said.Prime’s early influences were Tupac, Meek Mill, Ace Hood and Nipsey Hussle but he revealed he no longer seeks inspiration from other artists.His latest LP, ‘DECEMBER.,’ provides a “comprehensive image” of himself, describing it as his “grown man album.”“I just wanted to really tell my story,” he said. “December was the album that I wanted to make when I was younger, but I couldn’t make it yet, if that makes sense, you know?”Prime references the Hampton Roads area on the project as he credits it for shaping him into the man he is today.“This city made us who we are, you know? If it was different, I would be different and I don’t want to be different. I want to be exactly what it made me.”Aside from the release of ‘DECEMBER.,’ Prime is currently playing Junior in ‘Tuskegee: An Immersive Experience’ at the Military Aviation Museum. “I’m really lucky to just be a part of a cast that just naturally has so much chemistry,” he said. “It’s no ego. It really feels like we just play around all rehearsal honestly because that’s how fun it is, that’s how much we enjoy being around each other, you know? That’s why in the finished product that bond that you see in the 99 Infantry feels so real, because that’s the bond that we really built as the five airmen, you know, just as five guys in rehearsal.”Prime says to expect more music, visuals and acting roles from him in the near future. In May, he released the Director’s Cut of ‘DECEMBER.’ which features additional tracks.“I have been pushing the director’s cut, really,” he said. “And so that’s what most of my energy is going into. And I do want to get out a lot more visual content for that, specifically for the songs exclusive to the director’s cut.”To purchase ‘DECEMBER. (Director’s Cut),’ click here. </div></body>

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Jay Prime is in his prime. Fresh off the opening night of ‘Tuskegee: An Immersive Experience,’ rapper and actor Jay Prime spoke with WAVY’s Chrysnel Banzouzi about preparation for his role in the theatrical production, his album ‘DECEMBER.,’ and his upbringing.

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