MAGNUM

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO I AM, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. PEOPLE CALL ME REDD OR MAGNUM DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME OF THE DAY IT IS. I WAS BORN IN DETROIT, MI IN 1984, TO DELISA AND ROBERT CURRY. WHEN I WAS 2 YEARS OLD MY FAMILY AND I MOVED TO EUROPE, GERMANY (AUGSBURG). MY FATHER WAS A PASTOR, SO MY CHILDHOOD DIFFERED FROM ANY OTHER CHILDREN I ENCOUNTERED WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. WHILE OTHER KIDS WERE OUT RUNNING THE STREETS, LISTENING TO RAP AND R&B, OR DOING WHAT ANY OTHER KIDS MAY HAVE BEEN DOING AT MY AGE, I WAS IN CHOIR REHEARSAL, BIBLE STUDY, SUNDAY SCHOOL, OR DOING ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAD TO WITH CHURCH. SECULAR MUSIC WASN'T EVEN AN OPTION. WHILE GROWING UP IN THE CHURCH, I EXPANDED MY MUSICAL BACKGROUND BY DOING THINGS SUCH AS: DIRECTING THE CHOIR, AND PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS COMPETITIONS, THAT TURNED OUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD, MY MOTHER AND FATHER SEPERATED...WHICH LEFT ME WITH THE DECISION TO MOVE BACK TO DETROIT WITH MY MOTHER AND MY LITTLE SISTER, OR STAY IN GERMANY WITH MY FATHER. I CHOSE DETROIT...AND THAT'S WHEN MY WHOLE WORLD STARTED TO CHANGE. AT FIRST IT TOOK A LOT OF GETTING USE TO. I WASN'T USE TO HEARING PROFANITY, SEEING VIOLENCE, OR EVEN LISTENING TO ANY OTHER MUSIC OTHER THAN GOSPEL. I ALMOST THOUGHT I ENTERED HELL ITSELF. BUT REALLY, IT WAS JUST A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE. AFTER TIME PAST, I FOUND MYSELF SINGING SONGS I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED SEEING MYSELF SINGING. IT WAS OFFICIAL, I HAD NOW STEPPED INTO THE WORLD OF R&B. IT WASN'T THAT LONG BEFORE I FOUND MYSELF WORKING WITH THE LEGENDARY COUNTRY SINGER, KENNY ROGERS. I PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT, TWO YEARS IN A ROW. DURING THE LAST YEAR OF PERFORMING WITH KENNY, I WAS SPOTTED BY ONE THE DETROIT TIGERS, WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF I HAD PERFORMED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT ONE OF THE GAMES...AND THERE I WAS, MAKING HISTORY. I WAS THE FIRST YOUNGEST AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE CHILD TO EVER PERFORM THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE OPENING GAME OF THE SEASON, WHICH TOOK PLACELEGENDARY TIGER'S STADIUM.IN 1998, I WAS REALLY INTO THEATER.THE FIRST BIG PLAY I HAD EVER STARRED IN WAS "CRACKS IN THE BACKSTREET", WRITTEN BY KENNETH GREENWOOD. AT ONE OF THE SHOWS, I HAD RECIEVED A FLYER FROM A LOCAL DETROIT RAPPERS MOTHER, BY THE NAME OF MIKE P.K.A KIDD KOOL (PLAYED IN THE MOVIE 8 MILE) , TO AUDITION FOR A GROUP THAT HE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER. OUT OF 3,000 PEOPLE ME AND ATLANTIC RECORDING ARTIST RASHAD MORGAN, MADE IT INTO THE GROUP. WE SIGNED TO MOTOWN RECORDS, AND BECAME ONE OF THE PEE WEE ALL STARS. OUR FIRST SINGLE "DANCE WITH WITH ME", AIRED ON BET, MTV, THE BOX, AND VH1...IT WAS EVEN VOTED NUMBER ONE ON THE ZONE. WE APPEARED IN MAJOR MGAZINES SUCH AS: SISTER 2 SISTER, VIBE, RIGHT ON, ECT. YOU MAY HAVE EVEN CAUGHT US MODELING FROM TIME TO TIME FOR CLOTHING LINES SUCH AS GERBAULD, PELLE PELLE, AND DA DA.EVENTUALLY WE SIGNED OVER TO UNIVERSAL RECORDS AFTER THE FIRST SINGLE WAS RELEASED. OUR SECOND SINGLE "FEELIN IT", WHICH WAS PRODUCED BY BILIAL FROM THE HIT GROUP TRANSISTIONS, ALSO HAD A PLACEMENT ON THE MOTION PICTURE "OUR FRIEND MARTIN" SOUNDTRACK. DUE TO VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BIV 10 BROKE UP, AND WE ALL WENT OUR SEPERATE WAYS...BUT I DIDN'T STOP DOING ME.I EVENTUALLY FOUND MYSELF DOING GOSPEL STAGE PLAYS, WHICH SEEM TO BE VERY POPULAR AT THE TIME. I STARRED IN "THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT", "WHICH WAY DO I TURN?", AND THE MOST RECENT "TELL IT TO THE JUDGE", ALSO STARRING JUGDE MATHIS, MULITI PLATINIM RECORDING ARTIST RALF TRASVANT OF NEW EDITION, COMIC VEIW'S KENNY HOWL, AND THE LEGENDARY GRAMMY NOMINATED GOSPEL SINGER, DEREK BRINKLY.AFTER A WHILE, I HAD GREW A LIKING TO DANCE. WHICH WENT HAND AND HAND TO ME BEING A R&B SINGER. I TAUGHT HIP HOP DANCE AT A DANCE SCHOOL IN GROSSE POINTE CALLED GROSSE POINTE DANCE CENTER, FOR ABOUT A YEAR, UNTIL I WAS ASKED TO DO BACKGROUND DANCING FOR THE INFAMOUS GOSPEL KAREN CLARK SHEARD FROM THE LEGENDARY CLARK SISTER'S, MULTI PLATINUM RECORDING ARTIST KIARA SHEARD, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST LEXI, WHO IS SIGNED TO HOLY RECODS (WHICH IS EVANDER HOLYFIELD).WHEN I WAS 16, I READY TO FOCUS ON MY MUSICAL CAREER. DO I FORMED A GROUP CALLED D.A.T. GROUP (DEFINITION OF A TRUE GROUP). IN 2002 OUR GROUP SIGNED TO WYLCLEF AND MOVED TO NEW JERSEY. WE GRINNED FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, TRYING TO BE THE BEST GROUP WE COULD POSSIBLY BE. UNFORTUNATELY THINGS DID NOT WORK OUT. THE GROUP BROKE UP. BUT I STAYED AND I CONTINUED TO WORK FOR WYLCLEF AS A WRITER.AFTER SO LONG AND SO MUCH HARD WORK, I HAD REALIZED THAT I WAS MORE THAN READY TO WORK ON MY SOLO PROJECT. SO I MOVED BACK TO DETROIT AND LINKED UP WITH SICK NOTES (THE PRODUCER OF THE HIT SINGLE "HOW COME", BY EMINEM AND D-12). WITH SICK NOTES AND OTHER VARIOUS PRODUCERS, I HAVE FINISHED MY SOLO ALBUM ALTER EGO, WHICH IS THE ALBUM I AM SHOPPING NOW. I HAVE WRITTEN EVERY SONG ON THE ALBUM.AFTER ALL THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN THROUGH, IT HAS MADE ME A BETTER MAN, AND A EVEN BETTER BUSINESS MAN. I AM PREPARED FOR WHATEVER GOD MAY HAVE IN STORE FOR ME. I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN SEASON...WHEN IT'S MY SEASON....YOU BETTER TAKE COVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!FOR BOOKING, PLEASE CONTACT MANAGER: IAN (TWISTED PRODUCTIONS)- 313-218-9281