About Balistic Man

James Anthony Melendez, known professionally as Balistic Man, is an American Hip Hop artist from Buffalo Ny. Known for collaborating on songs with artists like Dj Khaled, Fat Joe, Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher, Maino, Gorilla Nems, Papoose & many more! 

He also has been played on major radio stations such as Eminem’s SHADE45, Hot97 & more with a combination of millions of streams on music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Pandora & more!

Balistic Man has also performed on stages alongside some well known & respected names in Hip Hop! Opening & headlining on tours & shows with major acts such as Method Man, Redman, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Jim Jones, Maino, Styles P, Sheek Louch, Benny The Butcher, Conway The Machine, Westside Gunn, Fat Joe & many more! 

Asides from radio & shows, Balistic Man has also garnished a large social media following with a combined total of over 50k followers, millions of views & reactions to his songs, videos & pictures. One of his most recognizable viral moments is his dedicated song to actress/singer Zendaya titled “Zendaya’s Song” which garnished an impressive total of almost 2 million plays, 5,500 shares & 24,000 reactions alone on Facebook (Song & Video combined) & was also liked by the actress’s official Twitter account! His music video titled “The Get Back” featuring Griselda Records/Def Jam’s own Benny The Butcher garnished an impressive 1 million plays on YouTube as well.

Aside from social media Balistic Man’s most impactful song to date “Worked Hard For This” featuring Benny The Butcher & The Shark produced by Fraction Music & presented by KFMG has not only been streamed over a millions times on music platforms such as Spotify & Apple Music but has also won the Best Music Video award at 716 Music Awards, landed Balistic Man on Buffalo News & has been used for reels & more by thousands of fans across the world for their most monumental moments in their lives due to the subject matter in the song. WHFT is a story of beating the odds, making it out of situations that would normally break the average person & the all around American dream of making it to the top, accomplishing your goals & achieving success! With the video reaching over 80k plays on YouTube & counting!

Balistic Man has also lanched his brand “THE HERD” which has a following of its own & goes hand in hand with his music selling out at his shows & online as well! 

Balistic Man’s most recent projects to date are “Those Days”, “GUILTY” & “Street Legacy”.