Buzz Magazine Atlanta

Darius L. Tigner-Jackson is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and the only child to his parents Jacques A. and Cheryl D. He was raised by his loving grandmother Gloria A. Tigner in the Historic West End Community. He was taught at an early age that education is the key to success and received his education in some of the most historic schools in Atlanta, Georgia – J. C. Harris, E. L. Connally, J. E. Brown, and B.T. Washington to name a few. He is a 2013 triple major graduate of Atlanta Technical College – majoring in E-Commerce Marketing, Human Resource…

I was born and raised in a small New England town, on the border of Nee Hampshire and Vermont. While it certainly had societal issues of its own, it was isolated from a lot of the large and pressing issues of today. In an all white, rural country setting, I didn’t see a ton of big issues like racism or homelessness first hand. Struggles looked different. When I came to Atlanta for college, it truly changed my life and how I saw things. Issues like institutionalized racism , gentrification, and police brutality became real for me. And it sparked a…

I started cosplaying in 2015. I had just quit a LARP and was looking for something to fill the void. I have always loved wearing and making medieval armor and props so when my then girlfriend told me about cosplay I was naturally curious. My first cosplay was a version of my dark knight from the larp I was playing and well I just built it from there. Continue Reading Meet Jesse Trotter of Solar Wolf Cosplay

I’ve wanted to be a pastor, ever since I was a little kid. I always thought it would be amazing to have a job where I get to go around telling people how much Jesus loves them. Today, that’s exactly what I get to do for a living (along with a few other responsibilities that come with starting a new church from scratch in the middle of a major city.) Our church body has a fantastic training system for our pastors, which includes four years of college and four years of Seminary, with one of those seminary years being a…

I decided to take my leap of faith and become an invested artist in December of 2015 with the release of my first EP project titled “The LEAK” available on SoundCloud. The 9 song project created a local buzz for me in my hometown of Cincinnati, OH and quickly resulted in me being booked for shows, features and receiving phone calls/emails from out of state record labels. By October 2016, I was called to a meeting w/ RCA RECORDS in Manhattan, NY by way of another independent label also based in New York. (no deals were signed). I saw many…