Free At Last
Words: N. Ali Early

A fresh conversation with R&B crooner Joe is hauntingly reminiscent of Dre Ellis’ character in the 2002 blockbuster film Brown Sugar. Like Joe, Ellis ultimately found himself at his wits end with the industry and its villainous ways and sought to do something about it. Both see the evil within and seek to escape it through their own ambition, their own will and most importantly, their own minds. While he’s remained busy over the years as a talented producer and singer, the seven time Grammy nominated wunderkind is indeed rejuvenated over discovering the wonderful world of individual enterprise. (continue reading…)