Confident and focused, Atak One - born Eric Johanson on March 4, 1979 - believes thatopportunity and success in the music business is now within his reach. However, the road to get to this point in his careerhas not been easy. As a teenager, this Peoria, Ill., kid packed up his bags and headed for Denver where he now resides.Growing up in the new city proved to be rough and Atak dealt every day with inner citystruggles including losing his best friend in a fatal shooting where Atak was also shottwice, once in the face. Westword featured Atak's shooting as the front page article inJanuary of 2006. Now, 30 years old, and a proud father of two, Atak has put all thenegativity behind him and is completly focused on his future in music business - the one thing that has helped Atak through the years. With 10 years of recording experience and three solo albums on hisresume, Atak believes he is finally making the music the way he wants it to sound. "Listen tomy Demo," Atak’s fourth solo album dropping summer of 09, is definately going to be proof ofjust that. Countless local underground showcases, numerous big shows, many battles and stage appearences later, Atak is now more ready than ever to take his career to the next level. Hehas shared the stage with big names such as lil Skrappy, Chingo Bling, Lighter Shade of Brown, Rappin 4 Tay, Young Buck, 2Pac's Outlaws, Baby Bash, Gorrila Zo, Slim formerly of 112 and lil Rob. Hip hop magazine Undastream gave rave reviews to Atak’s latest release "The Weights Over."
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