Who Am I?
What's going on beautiful people (and perhaps extraterrestrials) of Steemit?! I'm James "Big Lo" Lopez and I live in the Pensacola, Florida area with my amazing wife and daughter. I'm an eclectic, socially awkward, social butterfly with sometimes crippling anxiety and a hope for a utopian future. I'm also a pretty fresh rapper and producer that's been blessed with the opportunity to play all over the United States and Canada. You can find my other socials (ewww) here: Twitter http://twitter.com/biglohiphop Instagram http://instagram.com/biglohiphop Facebook http://facebook.com/bigloofficial and my official website is http://biglohiphop.com
How did I find Steemit?
First we must rewind to the 2016 Canadian Music Week in Toronto. I had an extra day so I decided to go to a blockchain and cryptocurrency panel discussing how it will affect the music industry. My interest was immediately piqued. I believe the idea of artists completely controlling their intellectual property on a decentralized network is absolutely amazing and a great way of obtaining financial freedom from the corporate music industry.
Fast forward to November 2017 and I was on tour throughout the southwest, listening to tons of blockchain and crypto related podcasts. Quite a few of them mentioned the Steemit community as a great alternative to mainstream social media. In December I decided to go ahead and sign up and have spent the last month or so navigating the platform and trying to get familiar before introducing myself and alas, here we are. Hello!
Why am I here?
I'm here to discover and exchange ideas and dreams while hopefully making some pretty rad "real world" friends on the way. As noted, I'm super eclectic so my tastes and musical interests are all over the place so expect to see art, tech, travel, politics and the occasional cringe-worthy meme. What I don't plan on doing is spamming you with my music. Artists have a knack, even myself, of being insufferable with self-promotion. I'd rather our relationships grow organically and if you're interested in my raps, then awesome, if not, that's cool as well. Anyhow, I truly look forward to growing together. Cheers!
Both Steemit photos taken by my awesome pal @Kluslim He's new to the platform as well so show some love...
Welcome to Steemit!
I appreciate it!
Pleasure to have you here on steemit, keep it up I can see how talented you are.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I leave that for people to decide. Looking forward to keeping up with you, Cheers!
Hey Big Lo!
What up!? Glad you finally got approved. You're going to love it here. Takes a little time to get acclimated but we'll worth it
Thanks for sharing and WELCOME!
Absolutely! Thank you
Hey man... just joined today and already so cool to start finding other lyricists and word-weavers here in the community too... Look forward to checking out your music bro and hearing your flow.
Thanks for the intro :)
With love bro...
Hart Floe
<3
Dope!! Yeah I've been slowly getting more of my art friends here in this space. It will be dope to see how it grows. I look forward to following you
Hello Welcome to Steemit just Upvoted and Followed you I hope you will follow me back and upvote my first post in return
woot woot 🤘🏻 i'm excited to be here, thanks for tagging me dude!
y'all be sure to check his music out. he has some cool things to say.
Haha thanks brother! I'm looking forward to learning this and more with you... 🏴🐊
Hello @biglohiphop nice to know you
Likewise
NEW ON STEEMIT
I WILL HELP YOU TO MAKE follower
Hello and welcome to the community. I followed you and would appreciate a follow back. I'm looking forward to see more posts! Have a great day and have fun. Welcome!
get back to back in touch for upvotePlease upvote, comment, resteem and follow @niteshbaniya
Sounds good. Thanks!
Your welcome to this wonderful community, I wish you success. Upvote.
Thank you and Likewise! Cheers
Hello Welcome to steemit. Hope you will have a great time around.
Follow up for beautiful babes :-*
Haha, thanks.
Welcome biglohiphop, the more time I spend here the more I think that the overall architecture of this platform is truly amazing.
Yeah it has incredible potential. I spent the last month just getting familiar.
Welcome to Steemit! I hope you enjoy your time here and be sure to check out DTube and Dsound as well. These are the video and audio platforms that are based on the Steem Blockchain and are great additions to your Steemit world. As well, I hope you will look over some of my content and consider following along! Kindest regards.
thanks so much for reading @captainbob I just followed and look forward to peeping up with you. I'm definately excited about digging into dtube and dsound. The possibilities are endless. Cheers
Yes they are endless. Check them out and have some fun :)
hi @biglohiphop
Welcome to steemit! Hope you feel at home and welcomed by the wonderful community!
Feel free to ask us any questions. Steemit can seem very confusing to understand at first, but dont worry, we are here to help! :)
That's the truth, but I feel I'm starting to get the hang of it. Thanks!
Where are you in the photo with the boat in the background?
The yacht club near Plaza de Luna in Pensacola, FL
Welcome on steemit and enjoy...follow me if you want!
Thanks! I followed you, looking forward to seeing your posts
Thank you
Welcome to Steemit!! You're quite an eclectic mix of a person!! I think you'll like it here. I'm @snowpea and I'm following you now. Looking forward to seeing more! :)
Thank you! I feel like you really read this too ☺ I followed back and look forward to seeing/reading your stuff too. Cheers
Welcome!! I'm a producer too, brand new to the community! Wishing you much success on your steemit journey. Following for more =)
Dope! It's nice to see other fellow artists new here as well! Look forward to watching you grow as well
Welcome to steemit
Thanks!
Welcome to Steemit. Let the hiphop begin
Indeed! ✊
you have a good style, I'm sure there will be success.
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words
Welcome on this platform friend..
Thanks!
I live in Florida too, that's cool. Welcome to steemit
Yet! A fellow Floridian. I look forward to keeping up with you, cheers! 🐊🏴
amazing photos too! Really captures the energy of the moment!
Haha thanks! Yeah every gig is tons of energy. Feed off it