Who is John James? ‘The Bachelor’ star Matt James’s rapper brother has very ‘different religious beliefs’
All of Matt James’s fans, who have closely followed him from the beginning of Season 25 of ‘The Bachelor’ would undoubtedly be familiar with his faith and values. He wasted no time in making his religious beliefs to the suitresses clear on the day of their first meeting as he prayed before them during the first group date. And now, we have learned that his older brother John James, who is seen in the sneak peek of ‘The Bachelor’ finale, perceives religion ‘differently’.
The teaser for the next episode shows Matt meeting with his mother Patty James, who had previously appeared during the season premiere. Joining her will be his brother John, who is a star in his own right. Without further adieu, here’s everything you must know about ‘The Bachelor’ star’s sibling.
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Who is John James?
Unlike Matt, John is low-key. He doesn’t have much presence on social media. According to Distractify, he was also raised in North Carolina by Patty. He is a rap artist, per reports, who has been rapping for at least six years under the name John the Scorpio. His latest track titled ‘Sometimes’ was uploaded on SoundCloud at the end of 2020 under R&B & Soul.
His bio reads, “John the Scorpio is a smooth passionate musician influenced by g funk music and underground west coast hip-hop and R&B. - peace and love to the subconscious community and the indigos out there who enjoy authentic and original music. shot out to the whole Bay Area. shot out to North Raleigh”. John has 104 followers.
In August 2020, he released the music video for his track ‘Gotto Do Betta’ on Youtube. The video has received over 8,000 views.
Drastically different religious beliefs
While expressing how faith is important to him, but he wouldn’t enforce it on his partner, Matt told Entertainment Tonight, “My views are my own and I would never force that on somebody, especially with those views being different within my family.” He mentioned his brother briefly when he said, “My brother and I have completely different religious beliefs, and I don't love him any less. I would never want that to be something that kept me from being with somebody."
Matt has been vocal about his childhood struggles, the majority of them involve his upbringing in a single-parent household as a biracial kid. In the next episode, Patty is seen sobbing as Matt’s parenting is brought up. It remains to be seen what John has to say about his younger brother making the commitment of marriage to one of the two suitresses, Michelle Young and Rachael Kirkconnell.
'The Bachelor' airs on every Monday at 8 PM ET on ABC.