"I once worked as a flower delivery person," said the man known as KJ-52. "Not really a career builder there," he added, laughing about his past - before he began a rapping his way onto stages across the U.S. and his full-time music career began.
To some fans, he is just KJ. But to others, he seems to have gained a whole new identity - sometimes, quite by accident.
"I think I was KJ and the 52's once and that was funny," he said, thinking back on the names he has acquired from those who couldn't quite "get" KJ-52. "It sounded like a doo-wap band. Gosh, once I was AJ 90210. Someone said it sounded like a cable station."
He admits his name could easily be KJ Fifty-Two (but pronounced KJ-Five Two) because how it is written. He can also understand why some Christian music fans might be confused about his name. Even outside Christian music, his name has been know to raise a few eyebrows -- at the bank.
"I went to deposit my check at the bank because that's my business name," explained KJ-52, whose real name is Jonah Sorrentino. "And they were like, 'What is this? KJ-52?'"
But even as his list of newly acquired aliases grows, he just takes it all in stride.
"I just take it all with a grain of salt," he said, laughing. After all, how can a man who has made fun of his own name on an album get too upset?
Inspired by everything around him, this man looks at humble beginnings and certain hardships he has overcome while going Behind the Musik (the title of his fourth solo album project).
Behind the Musik has special meaning to Sorrino and it isn't just because he has dared to share part of his album with his parents -- literally.
"I like to hear Behind the Musik because it's my testimony," he confesses.
His favorite song?
"It varies depending on what mood I am in," he explained. I like "Call On You" because of the nature of what the song is about. If I am missing my parents, I listen to 'Thank You.'"
He admits he actually enjoys this fourth record. "This is the only record I will go back and listen to," KJ said, as he also admits to loving to just go in his own record studio and tinker around ... trying new things and evoking new sounds.
"I actually have a hard time listening to previous albums," he said. "Listening to my first album, I sound like I have rocks in my mouth. This is the only record I can honestly say I put in and listen to and enjoy ... not that I am listening to it for my own voice. But, I am proud of it."