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AS ONE OF WASHINGTON DC 'S MOST PROLIFIC YOUNG ARTIST, LOONATYK WILL PROVE THAT DC MUSIC HAS MORE TO OFFER THAN GO-GO, R&B, AND SOUL. LOONATYK IS FROM THE SIMPLE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOUTHEAST, DC. HE WAS RAISED IN A SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLD IN THE BENNING-STODDARD DWELLINGS (PROJECTS). HIS FACISNATION WITH MUSIC DEVELOPED AT AN EARLY AGE FROM LISTENING TO HIS MOTHER SING AND WRITE GOSPEL SONGS IN THE LIVING ROOM OF THEIR TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT. HE WAS ALSO INFLUENCED BY HIS OLDER COUSINS WHO STARTED A HIP-HOP GROUP IN THE EARLY 90s. AT THE AGE OF 10, LOONATYK BECAME THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF HIS COUSINS RAP GROUP (THA DESPARADOS) IN 1996. HE USED HIS POSITION IN THE GROUP TO ESCAPE THE DRUGS AND VIOLENCE THAT PLAGUED DC IN THE MID-90s. IN 2006, LOONATYK CO-LAUNCHED DISTRICT MUSIC GROUP (DMG), LLC AND IS SET TO RELEASE HIS DEBUT ALBUM "THE HARDER THEY FALL" IN 2007. ALSO, IN 2005 LOONATYK CO-LAUNCHED THE DC DISASTER AND OUTREACH PROGRAM TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE DISPLACED FAMILIES OF HURRICANE KATRINA IN THE DC METROPOLITIAN AREA. LOONATYK HAS ALSO PROVIDED AIDS AWARNESS LECTURES FOR A YOUTH PROGRAM IN SOUTHEAST, DC. LOONATYK HAS OPENED UP FOR TREY SONGS (ATLANTIC), BLACK BUDDAFLY (RSMG), RAHEEM DAVAUGHN (JIVE), NONCHLANT (MCA), N.O.R.E. (DEF JAM) & MANY MORE. HE HAS PERFORMED AT THE DEF JAM LOUNGE AND AT THE URBAN INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS IN RICHMOND , VA. HE HAS ALSO APPERARED ON HBO'S THE WIRE AND DCTV'S THE STOOP. LOONATYK IS FEATURED IN THE CONTROVESIAL DVD WHY NOT DC, ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE, AND BET'S SHINNING STAR.Spitting SidewayzAdd to My Profile | More Videos