About Me
Born on March 31st in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Mister Rhyme had already been rapping since the age of 12. Being raised in tenements in Sunset Park, gave Rhyme the arsenal and tools he needed to become an MC. His story is not different than that of any other family on welfare except that he choose to write about his life, about what he saw, the drugs, the poverty, the breakdown in his community, the obstacles his family went through, and the fierce realities of being an underdog in this society because of your last name and the color of your skin.
Big Daddy Kane, Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Nas, Jay-Z, and Big Pun were some of the artists who inspired the M.C. to pick up a pen and a pad. However, his biggest inspiration came from his cousin Jimmy (Sketch Fatal) Gonzalez.As a kid Rhyme robbed his cousins rap book and studied it to great detail, eventually memorizing and spitting his words. Soon enough he caught the rhyme bug and began writing rhymes of his own.
Today, Mister Rhyme, initially influenced by both salsa and hip-hop, fuses a new syncopation into the hip-hop realm with poetic, cultural and philosophical attributes of a renaissance man. While blending images of harsh reality with danceable tracks, Mister Rhyme maintains loyal to the credo of cultivating music through life's experiences. Mister Rhyme's carefully crafted lyrics and his free-style abilities have allowed him to share his views and reach the masses, at different venues, regardless of his intentions. From love to socially saturated comments on the everyday struggles of life, many of his songs have remained solid and to the point. His entourage The Weapon symbolizes, the pen, the pad, a Mic, and his voice. These are all weapons to fight back criticism, stereotypes and to take control of your life, where so many of us feel we have no control.
According to Mister Rhyme; "My greatest weapon is my mind and only I have control of that!" Mister Rhyme has developed to be one of the most respected and influential underground artists in Brooklyn.
