Meet AJ Green at the
ATMF ONEHOPE Family Festival
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Fiesta Island - San Diego
Battling a life-threatening illness is a curse, but it can also be a blessing, as you'll hear when you meet an 18 year old singer from Las Vegas named AJ Green. AJ suffers from Sickle Cell Disease, a genetic blood disorder that causes excruciating pain, with attacks coming on without warning and the pain so great that the teen ends up in the hospital, sometimes for weeks at a time. Singing since he was a toddler, the disease became a blessing when Make A Wish Foundation granted AJ's wish to record with a professional producer. Make A Wish liked AJ so much they then asked him to represent them at various events and at one he was discovered by a Hollywood talent agent who became his biggest fan. Since then AJ has been surrounded by a who's who of great writers, musicians and producers all working to assemble his first full-length album called "Whatever You Need". A collection of pop, r&b and even a couple of gospel songs, the tracks were all donated after the various producers and writers heard this young man's amazing voice.
"I don't want my music to be only about my pain or my hurt. I want it to be about victory over any situation... to let you know that no matter what you may be experiencing, you will make it through."The voice and the recording have started opening even more doors for AJ. Over the past year he sang for both President Clinton and President Obama, was featured on local television and in national magazines and appeared with David Foster's band at the Andre Agassi Foundation Grand Slam for Children where he was surprised to be singing with Jennifer Hudson and opening for Elton John. Along the way he has continued to promote Make A Wish and is becoming a spokesman for the Sickle Cell Disease Association. AJ hopes to bring attention to a major illness that disproportionately targets African-Americans. But he wants to reach, and inspire, the broadest possible audience.
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