Journalist 103 is a Detroit born and raised rapper. After he developed a early interest in music, his cousin (X-Gov) first inspired him to go in to rapping since he exposed him to rappers such as Premier and Gang Starr. At the age of eleven he initially rapped under the name of J-Clip before changing it to Journalist 103 after a school assignment.

I earned my name from one of my old high school teacher’s. We had to do a brief commercial in written form. When I submitted it she read it and told me I was a really good writer and that I should be a Journalist. So the name just stuck with me ever since.