About Me
Marble My WordsCat Dady was born and raised in the downtown area of St. Louis’ Northside. He couldn’t help but growing up surrounded by music, with his brothers D.J. Rockafella (Later known as Rock Stakk $) and Scratch Master Dee being the tightest D.Js in the neighborhood. He’s seen many of the old school St. Louis rappers battle it out in the parks and house parties, even though he got kicked out of them for being too little. As time went on he saw Rock and Scratch, along with the third brother and member of the group, Ebony-P, put in the work to evolve from neighborhood M.C’s to local celebrities, as they later became part of the of the Black Pearl Mafia, which consisted of them (The Wrong Product), Deeluh Mackadamien, Kobie Dee, L.O.C., Kool, Fella G, K.D., Kilo Mansun, T-N-Tense, and countless others. It was at this time when the Black Pearl Mafia released a track conceived and performed by Deeluh, Kobie, and Ebony-P, "My Dick", which if you ask anybody that knows St. Louis rap, blew up in the city and the surrounding region, making St. Louis music history. This made for the raising of some big eyebrows in the rap game. Cat was still developing as a rapper and saw (and still sees) all of these brothers as influences, and they in turn took him under their wing in their own way. As fate would have it, shady business partners and management stopped the Black Pearl Mafia from ever fully becoming what it could have been. Though Cat wasn’t "officially" in it yet, he felt the frustration and the anger that came from all of his "brothers" and learned a valuable lesson about the music business. Not to be discouraged by one road block, Cat saw his brothers push on to put out hot tracks and continue to gain the love of their city. A couple years later, brothers Rock and Eb reinvented their image and formed "The Buddha Headz" and released a maxi-single titled "St. Louis G’z", which sold extremely well in the area. It was on this maxi-single that Cat Dady was officially born, being featured on two of the songs, including the title track. Still green, Cat started to perform with The Buddha Headz as a featured artist and appeared on many local artists albums, including brother Scratch Master Dee’s "How Um Livin’ In St. Louis". Cat continued to hone his verbal skills, constantly taking notes from all of his Black Pearl O.G.’s. The Bhudda Headz continued to gather local support and along with Cat, opened for up for acts like Kool G. Rap and Eightball and MJG. A few years later, Cat moved up to the Quad Cities with Rock and Scratch. Once again, Cat saw his two older brothers build up momentum and becoming the top dogs in the area. This time, Cat was riding with them on this one. One of the highlights of this time was when Cat literally "stole the show" at the Mark of the Quad Cities with an unscheduled, unrehearsed performance at the Too Short and E-40 concert. It was only for a few minutes, but Cat would get credit for his performance from the local audience for a while to come. After this Cat went into a hiatus to take time to develop personally and professionally and to see if the rap game was what he wanted to pursue. After a few years of laying low, coupled with the constant feeling something was missing from his life, and a constant push from brother Scratch, Cat realized the rap game is what he was meant to do. Now determined more than ever, he got back in the studio with years of lyrics waiting to be spit. Cat’s drive is mainly due to the fact he feels obligated to show his O.G’s the influence they had on him and to prove to himself that what you have a passion for, you don’t lose. Now it’s time for the rest of the world to know it too.http://www.myspace.com/raggsta
