Interview w/ Young Swain ft DJ Tommy Browne"Duval Made"

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November 06, 2025•6 min read

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Young Swain of Jacksonville, FL (Duval)

Interview Recap featuring DJ Tommy Browne

Photo Credit - Young Swain's Duval Made Cover Art (ft Fela-la and BottomShelf)

Young Swain is an artist, businessman, community service advocate, trainer, and your go to for marketing. He is not only an artist that has the knowledge of operating when hip-hop started out and staying true to his sound throughout the changes in music.

The project features many artists from the city of Jacksonville, FL aka Duval to bring the unity. He has an open invitation to artist in DUVAL to come through his studio or send in their verse to get on a "DUVAL MADE" remix. Check out the interview with Young Swain featuring DJ Tommy Browne. The interview is in 6 parts, but don't worry I listed below each segment what we discussed.

Part 1 of 6

Video Credit - Part 1/6 Young Swain Interview Featuring DJ Tommy Browne

DJ Tommy Browne and I are at it again. He pulled up with Young Swain of Jacksonville, FL to chop it up about Young Swain's latest music project "DUVAL MADE". This is a huge shoutout to his city. He has a collaboration of artists from the city on different remixed versions. His objective is to bring unity to Duval while highlighting other artists. We touched on balancing the music while recording for others, leadership, health, and other things.

Check Out Some of the Part 1 Interview Highlights

-Intro by DJ Tommy Browne and Young Swain

-How does Young Swain balance his own sound since he records for others?

-How does Young Swain formulate his topics for his music?

-A health scare and understanding synchronicities

-How did Young Swain come up with the idea for the street anthem “DUVAL MADE”?

-Making things happen in music by the market.

-How can 1,000 lead 1 million?

-How did Young Swain navigate the changing music industry?

-You can feel good music.

Part 2 of 6

Video Credit - Part 2/6 Young Swain Interview Featuring DJ Tommy Browne

Young Swain is very strategic and has outlasted many with the knowledge of the old school and has kept up with the wave of the new. He is working with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an anthem for the team and the city. Young Swain even strategically dropped the song on "Duval Day 2025" with the DUVAL MADE shirts and everything.

DJ Tommy Browne discusses his involvement with a mashup he did of DUVAL MADE. Him and Young Swain talk about their history and the objective for that is bigger than we know.

Check Out Some of the Part 2 Interview Highlights

-How did the DJ Tommy Browne “Duval Made” remix happen?

-How does Young Swain formulate his topics for his music?

-What is an arena record?

-”It’s going down in Duval baby”

-”We was in there like Batman and Robin”

-The song ”Duval Made” dropped on “Duval Day 2025”

-Pitching “Duval Made” to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

-Who are some of the artists on the “Duval Made” Remixes?

-An invitation of unity to the artist in the city to jump on the “Duval Made” remixes.

-Discussing their work in the community through WitJax.com in Jacksonville, FL

Part 3 of 6

Video Credit - Part 3/6 Young Swain Interview Featuring DJ Tommy Browne

Workforce Industrial Training in Jacksonville, FL (WITJAX) is a community organization changing lives by offering certifications in OSHA, forklift and other trades. Young Swain and his brother have touched so many through their program WitJax. If you or anyone you know needs this type of service tap in with Young Swain or visit their website www.witjax.com for more information. This is the program that DJ Tommy Browne discussed and is currently taking the OSHA 30 certification course.

Check Out Some of the Part 3 Interview Highlights

-More about WitJax

-How to tap into WitJax community services and training

-How DJ Tommy Browne had to tap in with Young Swain for WitJax

-Young Swain gets joy out of helping the community and seeing students from the past be grateful for the training they received through WitJax.

Workforce Industrial Training (WITJAX) Overview

Video Credit - Workforce Industrial Training (WitJax) Website www.Witjax.com

Part 4 of 6

Video Credit - Part 4/6 Young Swain Interview Featuring DJ Tommy Browne

We dug a little deeper into a few of his other projects especially one of DJ Tommy Browne's favorite "Grown Man Literature". He liked this one because it has that live vibe and you know us grown-ups love some live music. That makes the title stand for something. Then of course we discussed some industry tidbits. DJ Tommy Browne gave us the drop on his work with our fam Vintaj Tunes because everyone knows he be on it with them mixes.

Interview Highlights from Part 4 of 6

-What is your favorite song on project?

"Grown Man Literature" by Young Swain

-Lala said it last year about artist payments.

-Industry Tidbits

-DJ Tommy Browne and Vintaj Tunes

Part 5 of 6

Video Credit - Part 5/6 Young Swain Interview Featuring DJ Tommy Browne

Ain't nothing like talking about that good ole' inspiration that started that music relationship. You know I be wanting to know the nitty gritty so Young Swain and Tommy Brown were able to catch me up on the happenings behind it all. Of course, we chatted about some industry tidbits which are thrown in there as well, but overall, we be covering some topics.

Part 6 of 6

Video Credit - Part 6/6 Young Swain Interview Featuring DJ Tommy Browne

There is more than music with Young Swain, so we had to see what he had coming up. We got into the politics of recording at his private studio in Jacksonville. Now the best part is that he has a thriving marketing business with printing and other business services. Young Swain put us on to the expansion of Wit Jax in other areas to touch more communities. Shoutout to Young Swain and DJ Tommy Browne for the good time because you know we be professionally acting up. Be sure to tap in with both Young Swain and DJ Tommy Browne.

Interview Highlights from Part 6 of 6

-What's next for Young Swain

-Private studio life

-Young Swain's Marketing Business

-Expanding the services of WitJax to other communities

Now we did mention how it was multiple remixed versions featuring various artists from Duval (Jacksonville, FL) so check out the ones that are released so far.