Did you know? Born and raised in Alabama, Lamont Landers grew up absorbing the soulful sounds of the South that surrounded him.

At the age of 22, a candid video recorded by his sister of Lamont performing the Ray Charles’ classic “Hit the Road Jack” went viral on YouTube and garnered over 400,000 views overnight. In the summer of 2023, five of his TikTok videos amassed over 1,000,000 views each. A feature on the Bobby Bones nationally syndicated radio show and shoutouts from Snoop Dogg and Questlove soon followed.