About Me
From Tha Kingdom To Tha Badlandz Coming Soon .....Who is Smurf Da Geniuz? Well, born Rafael Aponte Jr to Rafael Aponte and Evelyn Morales-Garcia on April 2nd, 1984. He was born in the Badlandz (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) where he lived till he was about 10 before he moved to Power Kingdom (Poughkeepsie, New York). The first 2 years of living in New York, he would become a rollerblader and hang with the "Not-So-Cool" people. Then, around 1996, he was discovered by CK1 (Chris Kidd) and Da Last One (Darnell Sanchez). Smurf would take a drastic change in his life. He crossed over from the "Not-So-Cool" people to being more within the "Popular" scene, but not once have he forgotten what he was when he first came upon the almighty Kingdom. He attended Poughkeepsie Middle School, graduated, then would go on to complete High School (Poughkeepsie High School). In school he was known as the "Class Clown". He was loved by most and hated at the same time. Weird but true! In 1998, Smurf would began his "Artistic" career in the music industry. It first began with poems then elevated into emceeing. Ck1 and Da Last One and Smurf would then create what they called BIG MADA (May-duh). Around 2000, Ck1 had left so Da Last One and Smurf created THE BANG THANG GANG. In 2004, The Bang Thang Gang and Youngstar Entertainment (Now Known As Gangreen Entertainment would create their first mixtape called GET MONEY VOLUME 1. It was never fully put into the streets so it never really made a buzz. Also in the same year, the Bang Thang Gang will get some air-time on a College-based radio station called WVKR 91.3FM, thanks to the man formerly known as Artiste. They also had there song "Go" played in a club, at the time called, Matrix, now called Intrigue. In 2005, Smurf moved back to Philadelphia and their, he would finish his First Solo Demo, called Spoken Words. He also was featured on a DVD created by Culpirate. The editing got screwed so never put into the streets. He would then work with Sup (Soup) from Evalicer Records, and create two tracks that is to be featured on his up-coming Mixtape. He would also work with Jane Doe and was featured on her album, Jane Doe - By A Lady. Smurf continues following this dream he had set since he was younger. He is now working on his Second Demo and his first album. He is also working on putting out a mixtape called, From The Kingdom To The Badlandz.
