IN THE LIFE OF ILL MASS, MUSIC HAS BEEN IN HIS BLOOD FOR MANY YEARS. BORN IN FT. DIX, NJ AND RAISED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER IN PA, THIS YOUNG MAN HAS BEEN INFLUENCED THROUGH POP LOCKING AND BREAK DANCING ON CARDBOARD IN FRONT OF MANY. HE HAS GREW UP LISTENING TO PHILLY'S OWN POWER 99FM, ON FRIDAYS WITH THE NOTORIOUS LADY B. (THE THUNDERSTORM SHOW) ON THURSDAY HE WAS RECORDING THE HOTTEST SHIT FROM THE RADIO WHEN ZULU WAS HOSTING ON 103.3FM IN PRINCETON, NJ. GROWING UP IN A WORLD WHERE HE AND HIS BROTHER WATCHED THEIR MOTHER STRUGGLE TO TAKE CARE OF TWO BOYS BY HERSELF, ILL MASS FOUND HIMSELF WANTING TO BE A MAN THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS MOTHER'S LIFE BY MAKING IT EASIER FOR HER. BEING BROUGHT UP IN THE SAME HOUSE THAT HIS GRANDFATHER HAD MADE TO START HIS FAMILY, HIS MOTHER AND THREE OTHER SISTERS, HE WAS SURROUNDED BY PIMPS AND HUSTLERS. THE STREETS WAS CALLING HIM, IN A WAY HE NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD. FROM SHOOTING DICE AND RUNNING UP ON CARS TO MAKE SALES, HE STARTED HEARING OLD HEADS DO THIS THING CALLED RAP, WHICH SOON BECAME HIP HOP. AFTER DOING A WHOLE LOT OF WATCHING, LISTENING AND STUDYING FLOWS, HE FELT HE WAS GONNA DO IT AND MAKE IT BIG. THE FIRST RHYME HE EVER SAID WAS CALLED ANTICIPATE THE OUTCOME THAT WAS WRITTEN BY LUVON GRIFFIN. WHO HAD THE MOST INCREDIBLE DELIVERY. HE PERFORMED THE SONG TO A YZ BEAT AND CRUSHED THE SCHOOL'S TALENT SHOW, WHICH WAS THE START OF THAT STARDOM HE WAS ABOUT TO SEE. HE THEN WENT BACK TO THE BLOCK TO BATTLE WHO EVER WANTED TO BATTLE. FOR A WHILE HE KEPT IT ON LOCK. THE BATTLE SHIT GOT PLAYED BECAUSE NO MONEY WAS BEING MADE. SO HE WENT ON TO RAP FOR MONEY. HE SPENT SOME YEARS IN GERMANY AND DID SOME SHOWS OUT THERE. IN HANAU, DARMSTADT, FRANKFURT, AND MANNHEIM. IN HANAU HE DID A FREESTYLE RAP ON STAGE FOR MC LYTE. BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE HIM SIGN. WHEN HE CAME BACK TO THE STATES HE WROTE A RHYME CALLED BIG TYME FOR THE BIG DRUG DEALERS IN THE PLACE WHERE HE GREW UP CALLED CRACK CITY! TWO TWINS, WHO USED TO RAP, FELT THE SONG AND WANTED TO INVEST IN THE YOUNG ILL MASS. HE WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH QU'RAN GOODMAN, RUGGEDNESS, AND SIMON ILLA PLUS A LOCAL HOT PRODUCER CALLED VICE VERSA. BRISTOL'S FINEST-THE FIRST ONE OUT WAS THE NAME OF THE COMPLETED ALBUM. HE HAS PERFORMED SONGS OFF THE ALBUM IN CLUBS LIKE DIAMONDS, BABYLON(PHILLY), THE FIVE SPOT(PHILLY), PLUS ON SOUTH STREET. HE WAS BLESSED WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH COLBY COLB AND TO HEAR HIS SONG ON THE RADIO. HE HAS WORKED IN STUDIOS SUCH AS THE A AND B STUDIO OF LARRY GOLD, AND RUFFNATION OF KEVIN SWARTZ OUT OF PHILADELPHIA. BUT..................... JUST WHEN THINGS STARTED GETTING GOOD, ONE OF HIS INVESTORS WAS LOCKED UP DUE TO A DRUG BUST. SO THERE HE WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NOW. HE NEVER MADE IT TO BE SIGNED TO 1 OF THE MAJOR RECORD LABELS THAT HE HAS GONE TO SEE. HIS SHOWS SLOWED UP. A SECOND ALBUM NEVER GOT CREATED. BUT HE TOOK A HIATUS SO HE CAN REGAIN HIS THOUGHTS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO. SO NOW A COUPLE YEARS LATER HE'S BACK. WITH A NEW PLAN AND HIS OWN RECORD COMPANY CALLED BLESSED ENT. NO WAY WOULD HE ALLOW SOME MAJOR RECORD COMPANY TO DECIDE ON HIS FUTURE. HE REPRESENTS THE REALNESS! THE TRUTH! HE'S OUT TO GET BIG DOE! SO LISTEN TO HIS FOUR JOINTS ON THIS PAGE AND HOLLA AT HIM. HE'S LOOKING FOR BEATS TO GO ON HIS NEW ALBUM WHICH IS DUE NEXT YEAR. KEEP ON LOOKING OUT AND WATCH THE MASS SHOW YOU WHAT ILL IS!!!! ILL MASS QUOTE OF THE DAY....SOMETIMES THE RAP GAME REMINDS ME OF THE CRACK GAME!!! NAS SAID IT BEST.
