JTH: What does the phrase “Fifteen Is the New XV ” mean?
Aaron: That’s a good question. I feel like everyone my age would like to be grown and older than what they are, seeking to be something that they’re not. I was trying to get a concept for my album and one of my dudes was like, “I got it. Fifteen is the new XV.” I was like, “What does that mean?” So, he told me that what it meant is just being who you are and enjoying what God has blessed you with and enjoying God’s season that you’re in. You don’t have to be older than you are or something that you’re not. You can be whoever God called you to be because the Bible says that we are peculiar people. He made us to be who we are, so be you, and do you. It’s not just for fifteen-year olds. People ask me all the time, “Is that just for fifteen-year olds.” No, it’s not for fifteen-year olds. If you’re sixteen, then sixteen is the new sixteen, etc.
JTH: Can you talk about your past music?
Aaron: I started rapping at the age of three. I came out with my first album at the age of four, and I kept coming out with albums. When I was four years old, I came out with one called Jesus Is The Rock. At age five, I came out with one called The Golden Child. The third one was called The Trinity, released when I was seven years old. I took a break and came back in sixth or seventh grade and that’s when I really started to understand The Gospel and understand who Jesus Christ really is. I was saved at a young age, but it was in sixth or seventh grade when I really came to understand the knowledge behind being a Christian and being an outsider. That’s when I got really serious about my music and music ministry. At that time, I came out with an album called 4th Period. After that, I went with a group and then back to my solo music.
JTH: How did you release an album when you were four years old?
Aaron: [My dad had a studio, so] when my dad had visitors over… I would sit in on the sessions and always mock the lyrics. I was going around rapping whole verses at three years old, so they were like, “We’ve got to give this dude a song.” My first song said, “Jesus is the rock, holla if you feel me,” just a really corny song. They still respected it because, “He’s cute, he’s three years old.” They still loved it. We put it on a CD and had a release concert, and we sold the CD, which was really it.
