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LOOK MAN, IM A G.. BUT FOR THE SAKE OF POLITICS LET ME SAY A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT I DO....IN TODAYS WORLD OF COOKIE CUTTER MUSIC AND HIP-HOP ARTIST ATTEMPTING TO CLONE PAST GREATS, FINDING A FRESH YOUNG VOICE WITH A STORY ALL HIS OWN AND A SOUND LIKE NO OTHER IS AS RARE AS HOLDING A WINNING MUTI-MILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY TICKET, JUST AS THAT LOTTO TICKET MUST HAVE ALL THE WINNING NUMBERS, HIP-HOPS NEXT DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH MUST HAVE SKILLS AND PERSONA OR SWAG !!! TO MESMORIZE AND SATISFY RAP FANS HUNGRY FOR AN ARTIST WHO IS THE COMPLETE PACKAGE. ENTER NAJEE, THE 21 YEAR OLD EMCEE FROM NYC (THE BX) WITH RAW UNCUT TALENT AND STORY LINES ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU SHEAD A TEAR. NAJEE WAS BORN IN THE MID EIGHTIES BY A FATHER CAUGHT UP IN THE STREET LIFE AND A MOTHER ADDICTED TO DRUGS.WITH HIS PARENTS UNABLE TO PROPERLY CARE FOR THEM, NAJEE AND HIS SIBLINGS WERE SHUFFLED THOUGH THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND SUBJECTED TO NEGLECT AND ABUSE.AS NAJEE WOULD LATER RAP "THE GHETTO TOOK MY CHILDHOOD LIKE AN ARMED ROBBERY" THUS IGNIGTED AN INTERNAL FIRE THAT WAS SLOWLY BUILDING. THE SELF-PROCLAIMED "PRODUCT OF THE STREETS THAT RAISED ME" FELT HE WAS DESTINED FOR JAIL, BUT RAP WAS THE GIFT THAT SAVED HIM. IN 2003, WHILE STILL ATTENDING GORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS HIS ENGLISH TEACHER AND CLASSMATES ENCOURAGED NAJEE TO ENTER THE RUSSELL SIMMONS "YOUNG VOICES" POETRY COMPETITION, AND HE WON. TAKING AN INSTANT LIKING TO NAJEE MR. SIMMONS FEATURED HIM ON HBO'S DEF POETRY AND ENGAGED HIM IN DIFFRENT STAGE PREFORMANCES AT THE SUPPER CLUB, THE SCHOMBURG CENTER, AND SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO. EVER SINCE NAJEE HAS PUT HIS BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS INTO HIS MUSIC HOPING ONE DAY TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE GHETTO. NAJEE IS CONSTANTLY WRITING AND IN THE STUDIO PERFECTING HIS ART