![\"Phoenix](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gc62twn17hbbay8h.jpg\")
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
PHOENIX<\/strong> – Raheem Jarbo, a former Phoenix middle school teacher known to fans as the hip-hop artist Mega Ran, is in Los Angeles this weekend vying for a Grammy Award. His album, “Buddy\u2019s Magic Tree House<\/strong><\/a>,” is nominated for Best Children\u2019s Music Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Jarbo, who spent years balancing his teaching career with late-night performances in local venues, said his music shifted focus after he and his wife became foster parents. The couple eventually adopted their son, Zion, who is now 4.<\/p>\n “He came to us at just a few months old, and when he was 2 we were able to adopt him,” Jarbo said. “That’s what led to a change in my music.”<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n The nominated album was born out of Jarbo’s desire to create more variety in the music he played at home. He began writing hip-hop songs to help his son with daily tasks like brushing teeth or learning the alphabet. The album title features his son’s nickname, “Buddy.”<\/p>\n While Jarbo is a staple of the Phoenix music scene, he said he is looking forward to the star-studded environment of the awards ceremony on Feb. 1. He hopes for a red-carpet encounter with the K-pop Demon Hunters to impress his son.<\/p>\n “If I can meet those girls, oh man, I would then become the coolest dad ever,” Jarbo said.<\/p>\n Entertainment<\/a>Heartwarming News<\/a>News<\/a>Arizona<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX – Raheem Jarbo, a former Phoenix middle school teacher known to fans as the hip-hop artist Mega…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":555724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,171,56761,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-555723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-entertainment","tag-heartwarming","tag-news","tag-phoenix","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115988386573843222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5b6dfbe9-video-16.jpg\")
<\/p>\n