Uiie Popcorn ft. Sly Jones - Rider Music - @UiiePopcorn [Official Video]

Here's a soulful jam from South Central, LA's Uiie Popcorn titled Rider Music featuring Sly Jones.  Uiie is making a lot of noise on the west coast and the Uneek Music imprint has been building a strong fan base through live shows and social media. Rider Music is a feel good track that's perfect for the whip on a hot summer day. 

The rapper/entertainer known to the world as Uiie Popcorn was born Jabari Donte Henley November 4th, 1991 in South Central Los Angeles, Calif. He is the second son of legendary L.A. street figure Eugene "Big U" Henley and educator Stacey Henley. The highly publicized incarceration of his father(http://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-21/local/me-4224_1_los-angeles), forced Uiie to be raised in a single parent household from birth until his teenage years. Although, his father was incarcerated for the majority of his life Uiie still had the support of his uncles and the advice he gained from his father upon the family visits to him. Uiie's mother a strong believer in education wanted her son to put his main focus on his studies. Uiie struggled in his scholastic studies, but worked hard to maintain the grades enough for his mother to keep him active in athletics. While his father was incarcerated Uiie's Uncle Dwayne had a major influence on Uiie's life. Uiie enjoyed spending his spare time playing and riding around with his Uncle Dwayne. At the age of 7, Uiie's Uncle Dwayne was murdered in a drive-by shooting while standing outside of a studio session for West Coast Rap Legend Kurupt, who Uiie also grew up knowing as his uncle. Dwayne's murder, still unsolved, left an impression on Uiie and provided him with his first introduction to street violence. The following month of his uncle's murder his mother and father gave birth to Uiie's younger brother Daiyan Dwayne Henley, named in honor to his uncle.

In 2004 Uiie's father "Big U" was released after serving 13 years in prison. Uiie continued to struggle in school, to where athletics wasn't enough of a motivational tool to drive his focus anymore. Uiie enrolled in Crenshaw High School, where he would go on to graduate. In fear of their son going into a criminal lifestyle his father once lived, Big U and Stacey became very involved in their son's extracurricular activity of playing football for the school. It is here where Uiie made friendship with athletes such as Deanthony Thomas, Hayes Pullard, Gregory Ducre and Marcus Martin, whom he considers as his brothers. Uiie was frequently involved with criminal activity that caused him to be on the run from law enforcement, which occasionally prompted raids inside of his family's home. Deanthony Thomas whom spent majority of his senior year of high school living in the same household was heading into his freshmen year at the University of Oregon, while Uiie was on his way to jail. After years prison visits to his father, Uiie found himself on the other side of the wall. While he was incarcerated Uiie found himself writing song lyrics as therapy. Upon his release from jail, Uiie decided that he wanted to turn his life around into a more positive direction.

Uiie found himself dedicating a lot of time doing work for his father's non-profit organization, Developing Options. The back of the office for the organization served as a recording studio for artists,such as Sandman Negus, on his father's record label, Uneek Music, he started getting into music under the name "JBars" around the age of 14-15 while at Crenshaw High School. He wrote several rap songs, but never released them. Later, He would take on the rap moniker of "Uiie Popcorn", paying homage to his father's and grandfather's nickname Big U, Uiie then began to record music more seriously. Uiie's hardwork and dedication to his music has recently paid off, as he has collaborated on songs with such artists as Sean Kingston, Mishon and Grammy Award Winning recording artist Chris Brown. Uiie's stardom continues to rise as he has recently embarked on his first national tour, Smoker's Club Tour, with fellow emcees Joey Badass and Ab-Soul. Uiie's first single "Designer", a song dedicated to his passion for his favorite fashion brands, has been creating buzz amongst social network and hip-hop sites. Fifteen years after his Uncle Dwayne was murdered outside of that studio donning the words "Uneek Music" across his chest on his t-shirt, Uiie finds himself being at the forefront of that same record label. Although in his song lyrics he states "have the right to remain silent", Uiie reserves that right as he continues to make big noise on the rap scene.