YUNG B

I AM YUNG B BETTA KNOWN AS BYRD....I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ALEXANDRIA AND HAVE LOVED MUSIC SINCE I CAN REMEMBER...I STARTED WRITING POETRY WHEN I WAS 10 MAYBE 11.....AS I GOT OLDER ME AND MY BROTHER WOULD SIT AND FREESTYLE RAP FOR HOURS OVA TUPAC, SNOOP DOGG, JUST WHATEVA WAS HOT IN 94 UNTIL LIKE 97.....I TRIED COLLEGE WASN'T FOR ME....I MET A GUY AND HE SAID IF U KNOW ALL THOSE OTHER RAPS AND U WRITE U CAN DO IT URSELF OF COURSE I WAS YOUNG AND DIDN'T CARE I WANTED TO DO WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO..THAT WAS IN 98-99......WHEN I RETURNED FROM MY COLLEGE MY BEST FRIEND HAD ME FREESTYLIN AT CLUBS....DUDES WOULD JUST TRY ME...JUST WALK UP AND START RAPPING AT ME......MAYBE CAUSE IMMA GIRL......SHE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT I HAD WHAT IT TAKES THE HEART MIND AND SOUL OF MUSIC........I FOUND MYSELF TURNING INTO A WRITER(OF MUSIC) THE MORE AND THE MORE I PRACTICED HOW I WOULD WRITE I BELIEVED I HAD MUCH TO SAY IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF HOW TO WRITE IT TO THE BEAT..."HOW DO I GET PEOPLE TO LISTEN" WAS THE NEXT THING......I NEVER HAD AN OUTLET...HAD NEVA BELIEVED I WAS GOING TO RAP EVEN THO I WANTED TO.....FINALLY AT 25 I HIT MY FIRST STUDIO THAT WAS SERIOUS NOT JUST RECORD AND SAY WHATEVA BUT A HOME WHICH I FOUND IN RUGGED WISDOM......THE FIRST TIME I WALKED IN I COULDN'T RECORD IT WAS DIFFERENT FROM JUST SITTIN AND FREESTYLIN.......I DIDN'T EVEN LIKE MY VOICE....I HAD TO PUT MY MIND TO IT... I REALIZED FAST THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD SAY WHAT I SAY AND MEAN IT.....I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE EASY.......NA BETTA KNOWN AS NA-MURDA OR NAPHISH BECAME MY MENTOR AND HE SAID "JUST BE YOU, WRITE FROM THE HEART AND SAY WHAT U MEAN".....I DID AND BECAME A BETTER WRITER AND PERFORMER....I WAS BLESSED WITH DELIVERY AND A VOICE.......I USE THAT TO DO WHAT I NEED TO, TO BE HEARD.....I STOPPED CARING WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE.......I BECAME SOMEBODY MORE LIKE MYSELF......NOW I LOVE WHAT I DO BECAUSE THERE ARE ALOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SHY AND WON'T SAY WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY......I AM A VOICE TO LISTEN TO......I AM GREATFUL THAT AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE I CAN TALK ABOUT MORE THAN JUST CLOTHES, MONEY, CARS....I CAN SPEAK ABOUT MY LIFE AND WHAT HAS MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY......B------------------------------------WE ARE NOT A BAND FIRST OF ALL!!! WE ARE A MOVEMENT.....EACH MEMBER OF THE RUGGED WISDOM TEAM BRINGS SOMETHING NEW AND FRESH...IT CAN'T BE BOUGHT ONLY FELT.....WHICH MEANS ITS ALL REAL....FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.....NO ONE IS FORCED TO DO WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO OR EVEN BE FORCED OUTSIDE OF WHO THEY ARE.....PRETTY MUCH WE DO US....AND LET THE HATAZ HATE....I WANT THE DMV TO GET READY......RUGGED WISDOM 4 LYFE

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