James Anthony Melendez, known professionally as Balistic Man, is an American Hip Hop artist from Buffalo, NY. After serving time in federal prison for drug related crimes he decided to pursue a career with his passion for of Hip Hop. Known for collaborating on songs with artists like Dj Khaled, Fat Joe, Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher, Maino, Gorilla Nems, Papoose, Chris Rivers & many more!
He is also well known for his song dedicated towards his admiration for pop star Zendaya. The song titled “Zendaya’s Song” boasted over 1.9 million plays on Facebook. The song caused quite some noise at the time of its release. Getting the attention of the pop star herself on twitter.
Balistic Man has also collaborated with many credited producers such as multi-platinum Toronto based producers 80 Empire, Bronx based producer Fraction Music/KFMG, Huubanga Productions out of the Bronx, Buffalo NY platinum producer Thugzman, Buffalo NY based producer Buddha Bumps & many more!
He is currently working on a new album with KFMG & also working with well-known A&R Pistol Pete of Terror Squad/KAR. We look forward to seeing what comes next from this Buffalo Soldier!
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