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F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 1 9 M A C O N M A G A Z I N E | 4 7 Art. It's out there. Start. It's in here. community calendar. Download the app-style favicon on your iPhone for instant access 24/7. Subscribe for free weekly updates from macon365.com. a program of to open her own management company, Classy Diva, and add more artists to her roster. "I will never let anybody who has looked down on us see us fail," Pink said, and she's right. In 2017, Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka signed Bob to his Brick Squad Monopoly label, and Bob's career has been taking off ever since. "I've had to prove myself worthy of the investment and attention," Bob said about working with big names in the industry. And he's definitely made an impression. In a recent interview with hip-hop magazine XXL, Waka Flocka bragged about Bob's ability to flawlessly record a song in one take, and also paid him a compliment any musician would be thrilled to receive: "His music sounds like art, like culture." Bob's EP "Ashtrays" is out now, gathering praise from listeners and critics alike, and he's busy creating new music and videos, including a soon- to-be-released project with producers J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, who have worked with artists such as Mary J. Blige, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne. "I'm always evolving," Bob said. "If you don't evolve, you get stuck." Bob and Pink, an unconventional pair, encapsulate so much of what makes this city an almost-magical breeding ground for music. She's a tough-as-nails New York transplant who found true love, a home away from home, and a career that suits her perfectly here. He's an intuitive and thoughtful guy, always quick to point out the balance in his life – the yin and yang, the journey, the feeling of coming home to Macon after spending days in the recording studio with millionaires, which he describes as "perfect for me, actually – it's a humbling thing." Like the rock star he is, Bob Lennon exudes unbothered confidence. He isn't jealous, because he knows his talent, and he knows his worth. Together with the unstoppable Pink, he's writing another unorthodox success story in the pages of Macon's musical history, and we as a city have the opportunity to offer the same support and enthusiasm we show our well-established icons to this precocious talent in our midst – the question is, will we? He's an intuitive and thoughtful guy, always quick to point out the balance in his life – the yin and yang, the journey, the feeling of coming home to Macon after spending days in the recording studio.