Background
Brian James was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of James and Cassandra Alexander.
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He completed his High School career at DeMatha Catholic High School where he played varsity Football for Bill McGregor. James graduated from Salisbury University with a degree in Media Productions in 2012.
Career
James then went on to play Division III Football for Salisbury University. James was also a musician at Salisbury University, beginning his college career as a Music Major. While a student at Salisbury, James was initiated into the fraternity Omega Psi Phi.
He has one younger sibling, Justin.
Justin played high school basketball and is currently enrolled in college. James was Program Director of the school radio station at Salisbury, Universaity (963 WXSU), helping to take it to record breaking heights in the DelMarva, Maryland area.
While in school, he interned at 93.9 WKYS (Radio One) in Washington, District of Columbia and after graduation, he began his broadcasting career being hired into the company immediately upon graduation. In Doctorate.C, he first worked at WKYS, doing the Overnight show, and after 4 months On Air, accepted an offer to do Weekend Shifts in Ocean City, Maryland at 103.9 OC104, working on both stations.
Since then, James has shifted his focus from one radio platform to developing his full media output with hopes to branch out internationally through television and radio.
He featured in his first independent film, Matters of the Heart, written and directed by Joseph Austin III. Brian James also began following in his father"s footsteps, chasing his dream of being a respected writer Brian writes blog like articles on his personal website (iambrianjamescom), covering various topics from family life to personal life reflections. Brian accepted a position in Buffalo, New York to host "Brian"s World" on the legendary, 93.7 WBLK.
In Buffalo, James took the night show to #1 and held that rank the entire year since its conception in 2014.
In April of 2015, James accepted a midday position in Indianapolis on HOT 96.3. James brought "Brian"s World" to Indiana and is currently on air under the prestigious Radio One brand.
James was known prior as Giovanni Zeus upon first getting On Air in Washington, District of Columbia. Zeus was a nickname given to him by his mentor EZ Street but after being placed in situations that his "alias" couldn"t thrive in, he began to be known under his birth name, Brian James. He recently began his Renovatio Video Blog that opens himself up to the world.
The blog was designed to put an end to the prior alias, and introduce the world to himself.
James has been mentored by several including Russian Parr, EZ Street, and Rickey Smiley. Philanthropy
James participates in several community outreach programs in the Metropolitan Area as well as in Charlotte, North Carolina.
