Cierra Richardson

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jahaan Sweet, a Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter, went from Jacksonville to The Juilliard School with a purpose to collaborate that’s earned him respect from music industry megastars. Watch the full interview with Sweet below. Sweet, who began piano at 6 and studied jazz at LaVilla School of the Arts before attending Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and graduating from Juilliard, said the instrument shaped his approach to making records.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – André Troutman is carrying his family’s musical legacy from Jacksonville all the way to the global stage as music director for Kanye West, now known as Ye, and a featured vocalist on the artist’s latest album, “Bully.” He said that growing up, music was all around him. “I knew all the jingles on TV, every commercial, every radio song that came on, I was singing to all of them, sometimes to my detriment in school,” Troutman said of his earliest memories.