member profiles

Ivan L. Johnson III is the founder and CEO of Yibro Music Group, Inc. Yibro is an independent record label producing artists with sounds including but not limited to jazz, neo-soul, Hip-hop and R&B, pop, progressive and alternative rock, and gospel. Ivan is himself a composer, performer and producer at the label...

After an extended hiatus from music, Izzie recently formed ‘Izzie’s Caravan’, a blues-based project that endeavours to revisit and preserve the traditional forms of blues and rock through their music. In December 2019, he released his first EP titled ‘Leo’s Guitar’ which was a back-to-basics blues record, followed by the more experimental and melancholic EP titled ‘Zephyrs’ which was released in February 2020. His latest EP is titled “On The Pull.”

Jimmie (J Metro) Moore is a singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and poet based in Houston Texas. With 8 Billboard Charting Singles, J Metro has opened for Faith Evans, Brian McKnight, John B, Mary J Blige, Maurice Star, Allen Stone and Bruno Mars. Already an established Global presence, in 2013 J Metro toured West Africa as the headlining American artist in the Jazz A Ouaga Music Festival located in Burkina Faso and was a guest speaker, panelist, and performer at the 2015 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva Switzerland

JOZA, aka Joseph Roy, is a Grammy U Member and rapper who has performed at the Chicago Chapter's Legacies & Looking Ahead Member Lounge.

A veteran of the DC music scene for almost thirty years, J.P. Reali has played in numerous venues throughout the city. From his days as the lead guitar player in the psychedelic blues band The Next Step in the 1980’s, to his days as half of the acoustic blues/roots duo The Reali Brothers in the 1990’s, through his current solo career, J.P.’s playing has electrified listeners. He has performed extensively throughout the east coast, and spent 16 weeks in residence in Japan thrilling listeners with his musical prowess.He is a member of The D.C. Blues Society, The Piedmont Blues Preservation Society, The Washington Area Music Association, and The Baltimore Blues Society.