‘I Feel Dem Watch’n Me’ blares in the background as I set up for the interview and I can’t help but tap my foot and bob my head as I pull the recorder from my bag and sit it next to my laptop. I’m sitting in a green room as
Bless performs his sound check. The beat loops as the Plainfield born, EO and Eastwick raised hustler walks confidently through the door.
Young, black and ambitious
Bless went through the daily trials and survived the pitfalls that most of our urban youth go through nowadays. Losing his mother and his father being incarcerated for a ten year bid,
Bless had to learn early that this world doesn’t play fair. Going to jail himself, it seemed he would just be another face in the system with a matching number. Something had to give.
And it did. The time
Bless spent away sharpened his skills as a freestyle emcee which also gave him the prowess to flow quickly, immaculately, and confidently over any and every beat he heard. He chose to make music his priority and put the hustling on hold. Rolling with
Gorilla Pimp Records Bless, Nikk Scarfo, and Gameface start the rap group aptly named “Da'Kamitteeâ€. Often seen with Sam Scarfo who was Jay-Z’s first signed artist while on Def Jam, “Da-Kamittee†was able to better tailor their image, style, and swagger by getting tips and guidance from the inside. From touring to doing local shows and rubbing shoulder with some of the biggest stars in music today it seemed “Da'Kamittee†was set to go. After hitting the rocky roads of stardom
Bless was yet again reminded that thys world doesn’t play fair when he lost his partner Nikk Scarfo.
Bless persevered and continued to made his mark in the underground hip hop world when his first mixtape
This Iz Whut I Do. hit the streets in his hometown and spread like wild fire through out the Tri-State.
Quoted as saying, “Everyone can relate to my music regardless of where they’re from. White kids in the city, Spanish cats in the burbs, Asians in the hood, anybody who’s been through something can feel me. The thoughts I put down on beats are like a tattoo. No one has to explain what it is, you see it, you feel it and you just get it. It’s real. You keep it with you forever because you love it that much.â€
With his song writing skills along with a captivating stage presence, he is effortlessly making new fans at every venue he performs. Convinced his mark will be associated with real hip hop, the young rapper plans to take him and his team to the top of the music industry. But he leaves one line specifically aimed at the youth to bring the interview to a close,
“And to think, I could have been just another number in the system…â€
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Date: May 18, 2008 11:19 AM
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