Meet Taji Burris | Founder of The Working Title Brand & Media Personality

We had the good fortune of connecting with Taji Burris and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Taji, what led you to pursuing a creative path professionally?
After dropping out of community college in 2014, I was dealing with depression and not knowing what my next step in life was. Fortunately, I have a big sister who was in the music journalism lane. She already identified with my passion for music since we were raised by a father who couldn’t resist playing his favorite Hip-Hop artists around us even if he tried. She took me under her wing; providing me with ideas on topics to write about, potential artists to interview and things of that nature. After writing for her website along with other outlets for about three years, I grew lazy due to the amount of work that actually goes into typing. As a result, Ev, a close friend of mine, and I started The Working Title Podcast in 2017. The process of actually speaking in depth for about an hour as opposed to taking several hours to draft an article was more enjoyable as well as better way for me to express my personality.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
The Working Title grew from just a podcast to a brand. We aren’t the traditional group of podcasters who just meet once a week and record, we’re an actual brotherhood. If you ever see one of us, you’ll most likely see another two or three of us right there. I’ve known each of them for years at this point and we all actually enjoy being around each other. With such a large group of personalities, we felt it was only right for us to all get shine in other ways which caused us to start different platforms such as a sports-oriented podcast titled “After Practice,” our interview series, “After Work” as well as our politics- focused YouTube segment, “Politics as Usual” (shout out to Hov).

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
The first place we’re going is to the liquor store! I’ll either be buying a bottle of Hennessy or tequila for us before we head to The Working Title office. There, you can witness us plan, prepare and execute one or two of our many segments. You’ll be intrigued by the amount of jokes blended with knowledge that we give our listeners. We’ll definitely be eating some food prepared by Baltimore’s best, more famously known as Brunch Gods.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
My TWT brothers. The Working Title wouldn’t be anywhere without the contributions from the great teammates that I have.

My big sister Asia, my girl Chey, the rest of my family, Thugga, JerMari and Bryan. All of them played a big part in my growth as a man and I’m forever grateful to have been blessed with them in my corner.

Shwaze Collins, Verze, Mack Scott, Finagobaby, Chris Cassius plus many more. All of these artists are incredible and inspire me with their music daily.

Instagram: @hebackatit_ (the underscore is important because the other guy won’t let me have the handle even though I’m more important) @workingtpod

Twitter: @hebackatit (no underscore in this one because I’m the real He Back At It as you all can see) @workingtpod

Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCfhJpPJqoZ9Vw5lrh2RNq6g

Other: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-working-title-podcast/id1303273202