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Addalesson

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Addalesson was born Kevin Graham, in Smithfield North Carolina to a single mother and an older brother. He spent his early childhood in Benson, North Carolina in a housing complex known to the locals as Sorrow. As a youngster growin' up in the eighties he was exposed to all the harsh realities of poverty in his community and saw how addictions had overwhelmed most of his family. His mother managed to break the cycle and finish up her degree in spite of being a mother of two with little support from there fathers. She later on got married and uprooted the family to Goldsboro, North Carolina. Her husband had 7 kids of his own, and they later had 2 more. Addalesson notes growing up with so many siblings made him family orientated and believes that to be the reason he's such a proud father and Husband. He followed Hip-Hop since it's origin and was inspired by the "Golden Era" siting MC's like Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, The X Clan, and Public Enemy as his early influences. In high school he began to hone his own skills on the mic and was known around his neighborhood as a dope MC. It wasn't until attending college at East Carolina University that he linked up with a few other MC's and Producers; Mean Marc, E-Smitty, ManovWar, Tower T, G-Side, Mirage, and later on Em-Lo and began recording various projects. Now on the verge of releasing his debut album"The Road Less Traveled" slated for an early spring release Addalesson is poised and ready to make History!Hip_Hop since 1982, at least that's my born date! . This is that man Addalesson out of North Carolina, I'm posted up in VA at the time. I'm just tryin' to do my work for God with this music. It's like therapy every time I step in the booth. I do this for the wife, the kids, all my brothers, if you know me, you know I got a whole lot of them, as well as all my nieces and nephews, this is a family affair. Been doing this thing for going on 10 years, this is my love this is my heart. As long as I'm around it ain't dead yet!
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Member Since: 09/03/2007
Band Website: http://spityogame.com/Addalesson
Band Members: Addalesson
Influences: Hip_Hop since 1982, or at least that's my born date! The way I do this is with a lot of respect and admiration for those like DJ KOOL HERC, AFRIKA BAAMBATA and the Zulu Nation. Of Course you've got to thank Kurtis Blow for giving us the chance to land deals for just making Hip Hop music. I'm definitly a Golden Era baby so I've got to give props to Run DMC, Big Daddy Kane,Marley Marl, Kool G Rap, The whole Juice Crew, We got love for The Cold Crush, Doug E. Fresh & Get Fresh Crew, KRS One, P.E., Stretch, Kool Moe Dee, Special K, The Almighty Russell Simmons, Smooth B, Fab Five Freddy, The Jungle Brothers, Heavy D and the Boyz, Rob Base and E.Z. Rock, M.C Lyte, The Real Roxanne, Flash and the Furious Five, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, The God Rakim, and any others who laid this foundation so I can just vent what it is that I feel, think, and believe on a Mic, that's just real.For the one's who took this art form to another level like Ice Cube, Dr.Dre, Nas, Jay-z(thanks for getting that paper brother),Snoop, OutKast, Cee-Lo(Goodie Mobb), Common( we still know you got "cents"), Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Pharoah Monch, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, my man 4 life ManovWar(just wait and see, it'll happen), Tower T(you bigger than you know), Mean Marc(You live this), E-Smitty(You know how we do this, it's all love), and the list goes on just like the beat. To anybody I didn't mention, if you've ever loved Hip Hop then your an influence on me!
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Sounds Like: The Heartbeat of North Carolina! Less is Like . . .
Replace The Bull
I'm Doin' Me
Wake Up
Exclusive Freestyle
Don't Forget About Me!
Fo'Sho'
Hustler's Sense

Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Its Been Awhile

"I have seen where heaven's King placed his feet"So as most of ya'll know I was away for a minute sailing the seven seas and doing a lot of reflecting on where I am now and where I came from and most ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:48:00 GMT

If I could make it all make sense

So, what's is the meaning of it all? I gaurentee I am not the first person to pose that question, but for all intents and purposes I will take a stab at answering. I've have came to a personal conclus...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:00:00 GMT

Day after my Birthday

"If I suvive past 25 I'll be suprised"  I'm here! I really can't desciribe in words the feeling or even the thoughts that are consuming me at this moment, but I just know I'm blessed! For all my ...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:56:00 GMT

Something to Think About

In todays society it seems one of the hardest things to accomplish is having a stable family.  Back in ny grandparents day, that's one of the only things they had.  I'm not to sure what happ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:11:00 GMT