Ryan “RnB” Barber is a producer, rapper, and vocalist from Wilkesboro, NC, who musical journey started at the age nine, when he was a member in a church choir. At the age sixteen Ryan developed the love for drums and percussion when he joined the high school marching band. Talented and self-taught, Ryan “RnB” Barber started making his own beats using a keyboard and following some of his musical influences DJ Quik, J Dilla, and A Tribe Called Quest. In 2004, Ryan received a called from his cousin Milton “DJ Deacon” Cockerham; who heard some of the music that Ryan was producing, and asked if he would help with production and vocals on Deacon’s compilation Snatch a Knot Vol.1. The experience of being on a compilation album inspired Ryan to produce and record his own solo album titled “Matters of the Heart” which was released in 2007. The positive response that he received from his first album inspired him to release another album in 2008, titled “My World Misunderstood”.
Known as the newest member of the Turbo Pro Project, Ryan “RnB” Barber started as a Keyboard player in the band in 2007. Since 2007, Mr. Barber has progressed in the band by adding hip hop vocals, soulful singing, and the bass driven drum sound and melodies you hear off songs like Creepin, Coming in the Club, and the Fiddle Tune Jam, from Turbo Pro Project’s album titled This-n-That.
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