THE HEAVYWEIGHT WAS BORN AS ERIC EPPS IN PITTSBURGH, PA. HIS MOTHER WAS AN AVID RECORD COLLECTOR & HIS FATHER WAS A FORMER TRUMPET PLAYER & SINGER WITH THE BAND "THE STEPPING STARS". AT THE AGE OF 5, "E" WAS PLAYING KEYBOARDS & SINGING ALONG TO MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY, STEVIE WONDER & ROY AYERS."E" ALSO PLAYED BASS GUITAR & DRUMS. IN 1987, "E" DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO RHYME & BE A D.J. SO HE PUT OUT A BUNCH OF UNDERGROUND RHYME TAPES BY USING 4 CASSETTE TAPE DECKS & OLD BSR TURNTABLES TO STACK & LAYER SOUNDS & VOCALS. IN 1988, "E" HOOKED UP WITH RAY WILSON & USED THE NAME "DEF MASTER E" TO FORM "THE DEMO CREW". THEY PUT OUT MORE TAPES AROUND PITTSBURGH. IN 1990, ERIC & RAY (RHYTHM) DECIDED TO FORM ROUGH STYLIN' PRODUCTIONS WITH QUEEN FINESSE (EOS), THE SLEEPY M.C. (KING BENNY), SMOOTH RAY T., MELLOW MAN (LAMONT KELLEY) & AN ASSORTMENT OF DANCERS. THE GROUP TOOK OVER THE 1990 SCHENLEY HIGH SCHOOL TALENT SHOW & VARIOUS OTHER SHOWS WITHIN A YEARS TIME, WITH "E" CROWNING HIMSELF AS "THE HEAVYWEIGHT RAP CHAMP", DUE TO BEING A BOXING & WRESTLING FAN. IN 1991, "E" WENT SOLO AND HOOKED UP WITH FELLOW MUSICIAN & PRODUCER ANTWON MANSON. "E" BEGAN MAINLY PRODUCING TRACKS SOLO IN 1993. "E" & SLEEPY FORMED "FUNK LEVEL" IN 1994 & PERFORMED AT THE BLACK ACTION SOCIETY SHOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. THIS WAS TO BE ONE OF THE LAST LIVE SHOWS "E" PERFORMED, BUT HE CONTINUED TO RECORD IN THE STUDIO. IN 2002 & 2003, "E" PRODUCED 2 1/2 TRACKS ON D-NIX'S "THE VELVET YEARS" WHICH WAS EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY KING BENNY (THE SLEEPY M.C.). "E" HAS ALSO WORKED WITH PITTSBURGH ARTISTS SUCH AS: EDDIE BARNZ, PIGE CRAVEN, YOUNG RO, B-DOE & OTHERS. THE MOST RECENT TRACKS FROM "E" ARE "BOUNCE TO THIS", "POETRY SESSION "(W/CAPITAL M (THE MOST GIFTED) & EOS) & SOME UNDERGROUND INSTRUMENTALS. THERE WILL BE A NEW RELEASE OF TRACKS FROM "E" IN 2008.
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