That’s my baby, we about to celebrate our one year anniversary. I feel he showed us that even if you have a set back there is a chance you can bounce back. I remember during “Here I Stand” when he got married and had kids things got rough for him but he still bounced back with this project. I feel Usher has set the blueprint to follow on having longevity. Usher is definitely my favorite artist and I watched Usher grow up from a boy to a man and have a long career since he started in the game at 13. Usher being a big influence & his fav artist I have always been the underdog so I’m never content and I went platinum at a time when they said a child act couldn’t do it. I do feel like I have to prove myself but that just who I am. I don’t think you can ever get comfortable because you went platinum, you should work harder and out do yourself every time because there is always someone there to take your spot. If you take a look at acts who once sold 150,000 the first week are now selling 20,000. I think everything matters and anytime you re-introduce yourself to the world you have to prove yourself. It was a combination of wanting to maintain a normal life and a disagreement that had nothing to do with me.īeing the underdog and having to prove himself That caused the stop on the Sammie project. There was also a disagreement between an individual and my management at the time that somehow could not be resolved. I would tour around the world and doing that for two years it became frustrating trying to live up to the star status and keeping up with a sense of normalcy when your at home. I was still in public school so I would be in school Monday through Wednesday and Thursday through Sunday. Success happened so fast for me and my entire life changed. I think the pressure comes now for myself, the Bow Wows or the Omarions and even Mario who came in the game at a young age to reinvent ourselves and remain relevant. I was so young and wasn’t business oriented, I didn’t have a clue of the position I was in until I got older and looked back on my accomplishments. When I was working my first project “From The Bottom To The Top” which went certified platinum when I was 13, there was no pressure for me. I enjoyed getting the love from the girls and all the fans. I was happy to be doing something that I genuinely enjoyed doing, it was effortless for me. Since the age of 8 this is something I decided I wanted to do professionally and four years later my dreams came true. I performed at the Apollo theater in New York City and was discovered by Joyce Irby and Dallas Austin, which was a blessing. I was shy as a kid but loved singing in front of a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people. I was raised listening to Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Usher. I think my sister may be doper than myself, I guess it’s in my blood. I started singing in the church with my family, my Mother and sister both have beautiful voices. Sammie took a break from recording to fill in the blanks for the readers of TheUrbanDaily. Seems that R&B singer Sammie need some space. Within three months, Sammie recorded and released Platinum-selling album entitled “From the Bottom to the Top,” which included two Top 10 hits, “I Like It” and “Crazy Things I Do.” After a successful debut, Sammie took a break from music to continue his education. Austin signed 12-year-old Sammie to Freeworld Entertainment label under Capitol Records. She introduced him to grammy award winning producer Dallas Austin in the summer of 1999. Sammie made it to the final round and was discovered by Joyce Irby, former co-lead vocalist of the 1980s all-girl group “Klymaxx” and became his manager. With a voice beyond his age, Wanda Williams, the chorus instructor, invited Sammie to join an all male group called “Wonder 3.” The group never progressed which lead to Sammie appearing on The Apollo as a solo act at the age of 12. In addition to academics, Sammie was also in chorus. to Miami and attended Charles Drew Elementary where he was in the magnet program. was born on Main Boynton Beach, Fla and at the age of seven, Sammie’s family moved from Delray Beach, Fla. While working on his new album for Interscope Records Coming Of Age he recorded “It’s Just A Mixtape 2” to keep his fans satisfied until the full-length album was ready. After the success of It’s Just A Mixtape 1 the fans were in a frenzy for part 2. Since the hit single with Soulja Boy “Kiss Me Through The Phone” Sammie has been back in the public eye.
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