Today we’d like to introduce you to Terry Brown.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Terry. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I used to make music in Compton, CA. I wanted to learn how to make music videos and I needed a place to post my music. YouTube was the perfect place for me to do both. My rap name was kiddseven and I had a mixtape called BRISxLIFE. The “BRIS” part is an acronym, it means (The Best Revenge Is Success). I made another YouTube channel that had nothing to do with my music, I just wanted to be a Youtuber. I took the name of my mixtape and called my new channel BRISxLIFE. One day I was on the trending page on YouTube and seen a group called BTS featured in the #1 spot with a song they just released called DNA. Something about the thumbnail of the video made want to click on the video. I did a reaction video to their music video and it was so different yet still had a lot of familiar elements to Hip Hop and R&B in it. By the end of the video, I was hooked. I fell into the preverbal K-POP rabbit hole and along the journey grew an amazing community I call the BRISxGANG, they are really “the most lit!” My YouTube channel was taking off and because of that to this day, I have had some amazing opportunities, like meeting Jeon Jungkook of BTS!
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
I come from a totally different culture than the K-POP community at the time I started reacting to K-POP music in 2017. People from my culture couldn’t understand why I like it and people from the K-POP community either were confused to why I like it or just didn’t believe I did because of where I was from and what I looked like. I would get comments like “a straight black dude from Compton likes K-POP, yea right.” I would put “Black Guy reacts” in my video titles back then because I didn’t see a lot of people that look like me with the same background that like K-POP. Now in 2020, there is a lot of black people you can visually see that like K-POP. I like to think I had a little something to do with that.
Please tell us about BRISxLIFE.
BRISxLIFE youtube channel is the fastest-growing K-POP channel on Youtube. Terry’s unique perspective, hype reactions, travel vlogs and exclusive interviews has produced over 180 million views just over two years. Terry aka BRIS has worked with K-POP idols like Jackson Wang from GOT7, ATEEZ, A.C.E, LOONA, Jessi and many more from the K-POP music industry. Bris was chosen to give a “Fans Choice” award to BTS at Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2018. BRIS also has a podcast with Co-Host Dezzy March called ‘BRIZZY TALK”.
Is there a characteristic or quality that you feel is essential to success?
Staying driven and consistent in putting out content is a big part of it. It helps that I love the K- Industry so a lot of it doesn’t feel like work… except all the editing I do for the videos lol I hate that.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFdAdgyV43x3OolPd8RQUig?view_as=subscriber
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brisxlife/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/brisxlife
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