Jimmy Wayne has launched the label imprint Bea Hive Records, in support of his fourth album, Ruby Toons, a 13-track project coinciding with his upcoming book, Ruby The Foster Dog, which releases Nov. 1 (Broadstreet Publishing).
Wayne’s new album, a blend of pop and hip-hop sounds, will include uplifting, positive messages. It marks a departure for the singer-songwriter best known for country songs including “Stay Gone,” “Do You Believe Me Now” and “I Love You This Much.”
“People don’t expect it from me,” he says of the new sound. “A lot of it comes from growing up in foster care. I was exposed to all genres of music. I have a cassette tape of me rapping when I was 13. It’s not something I just started doing. I grew up listening to it—all that music.”
Ruby The Foster Dog follows Wayne’s previous print efforts, which include Paper Angels: A Novel, and A Walk To Beautiful.
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