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James Houston, but better known as Mini James, was born and raised in Leeds, England.
James' Grandad passed away, this hit hard as it was the first relative he ever truly lost. As a coping method his mum told him to write how he felt on some paper, at the time James was studying poetry in English so he decided to give writing poetry a go (James had always considered writing rap music but he never had the drive to do it). A month after the loss of his Grandad a song dropped for the 'Furious 7' soundtrack called 'See You Again', as every lyric hit him in a personal way a thought came into his mind ... 'What if you wrote a song and it actually helped people cope with their suffering'.
This sparked something in James' head, since that moment all he ever wanted to do was help people cope with the painful realities of life through music. On the 3rd year anniversary of his Grandad's death, James released his first ever song called 'Still Grieving' which was dedicated to his Grandad. After realising his true passion it helped him cope with the truly devastating event that hurt his whole family, because he truly believed that in some crazy way this was his Grandad helping him realised what kind of man he was destined to grow up to be, and that would be the rapper that tries to bring people together through music and celebrate the differences within people, that would be the rapper soon to be known as Mini James.
