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Chris Crawford was born and raised in New York City in the north Bronx. Chris family is well known in the streets of NYC. Growing up Chris found himself spiraling out of control. Starting fights and creating hell for everyone by the age of 13. In 1995 he was arrested for a robbery and charged with a "B felony." Before the case was dismissed the judge stated, "If I see your face again I will automatically send you away." A statement that Chris never forgot and two years later found himself sentence to 18 months, upstate New York in a Division for Youth Facility (D.F.Y) While incarcerated Chris developed the nick name C.E.E an acronym for "Chris Eating Everything." After serving 14 months Chris was released and back on the streets of the north Bronx. Although he was in and out of trouble, rhyming was always something he did to past time. Trouble was one of the youngest in his neighborhood writing rhymes. As a teenager he earned his props battling local lyricist. He was immediately recognized by an older crowd and asked to feature on a compilation Album, "Kracks on wax." Shortly after, a good friend and a well-known Rapper Named AG, from the Infamous Rap group "Showbiz & AG / D.I.T.C" had a conversation with Chris and encouraged him to run with the name C.E.E.Chris uncle who was well known threw out New York City was fellow Friends with music Mogul (P. Diddy). Chris Uncle took him up to the Bad Boy Records office in 2001 and P.Diddy was feeling Chris Whole vide. But he wanted to hear Him over a track because Chris rhymed solo with no beat behind him. The following week Chris Recorded a Bronx Banger but was unable to give it to his uncle to bring it to P. Diddy because his uncle was indicted on conspiracy charges and was given a $100,000 Bond, “$$†for that reason Chris miss that opportunity BACK IN 2001.In 2002 Chris relocated to Atlanta on an invitation from his cousin Kham. on July 2, 2002 he arrived in Atlanta and began to pursue his Rap career on a full-time basis. It wasn't long before Trouble met Gotti, at the time a Cash Money Recording artist at a local mall in Atlanta. Gotti was impressed with Trouble's lyrics and swagger. Gotti invited Trouble to Patchwerk Studio, a well-known recording studio for big-name artists in ATL such as (Usher, JD, Jazza Pha, Tony Braxton, Yong Jeezy etc. Trouble went to the recording studio where he met with Baby a.k.a. Birdman, CEO of Cash Money Records. Although Baby did not have time to actually listen to Trouble flow the experience was definitely inspiring. "You can come to the studio whenever we’re in ATL," stated Baby which made Trouble feel like he was going to get signed at any moment. It was that experience that prompted Trouble to build and create his own team.By the end of 2002 Trouble and his cousin Kham created Trouble Records, LLC currently known as 2018 Ent. Before the summer of 2003 Trouble recruited Kawand Crawford, another family member, with business experience to the label. Collectively by the spring of 2004 they managed to produce and release Trouble's first official album entitled "International Trouble."International Trouble. Also go to YOUTUBE.COM /2018ENTROUBLE. You can also find comments and reviews on Trouble's first project at Myspace.com/HOOLYKING Several songs off of his debut album has been played on Foxy 103.1 FM, Augusta's No. 1 hip-hop and R&B station by DJ Sly Tay, NYC on 93.1 FM and club Mirage located in the Bronx. Previously in 2003 His music was also featured on NYC 1 hip-hop and R&B Radio station 97.1's "whos,next,on line.com" segment. He is not only a lyrical genius but also contributed to the production of several tracks and was directly involved in the creation of the entire project. That experience allowed Trouble to organize, produce and complete several other independent projects which includes his newest project entitled "Hooly Music."Trouble's ambitious, determination and dedication to the music industry, has gained him tremendous recognition through out the Atlanta area. He has performed at several open mic clubs while promoting and selling each and every one of his six previous projects. His hard work has put him in a position where he is currently being noticed. What's killing the rapper is the lack of finance to market and promote. With the proper budget this young and talented artists can become the next hip-hop phenomenon. Finding an artist with this talent, ambitions and personality is difficult in the hip-hop community.Trouble's style captivates the attention of everyone that comes in contact with him or his music. His music reflects his personality and ambitions of becoming hip-hop's newest and hottest Rap star. Trouble and 20-18 Entertainments goal is to continue promoting the Hooly movement until it is the hottest trend in the music industry. Trouble is a Trendsetter and plans to have every established artist looking to do collaborations within the next few months through his company 20-18Entertainment. Trouble is expected to be a household name by the year 2012.2018 is the future and multitalented Trouble / HoolyBoy is gearing up to drop a project every quarter for the streets while constantly raising the bar for the music industry.FOR MORE INFO: (347) 561 - 8544 2018ENT NEW SINGLE "CANDY" CALL YOUR LOCAL STATION AND REQUEST "CANDY"