CHASE AO WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 8, 1986 IN THE CITY OF L.A. HE LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN WATTS, WHICH WAS HIGHLY POPULATED WITH CRIPS AND BLOODS AND FULL OF CRIME AND DRUGS. A YOUNG CHILD LIVING IN THE PROJECTS CAN EITHER MAKE HIM OR BREAK HIM AND CHASE AO IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. HE WAS INTRODUCE TO THE GANG LIFE AT A VERY YOUNG AGE BUT WITNESSING FAMILY MEMBERS GO THROUGH TRAILS AND TRIBULATIONS THEIR WHOLE LIVES PUSHED HIM FURTHER AWAY FROM THAT LIFESTYLE BEFORE IT COULD PULL HIM IN.
HIS PARENTS RELOCATED IN THE MID 90’S TO THE CITY OF COMPTON BECUASE OF THE INTENSE CRIME RATE IN THE NIKERSON GARDEN PROJECTS AT THE TIME. MOVING TO COMPTON WAS A BIG TRANSITION FOR HIM, AWAY FROM ALL HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT HE GREW UP WITH CHANGED HIS WHOLE MINDSET ABOUT A NEW SOCIETY. ONLY KNOWING THE LIFESTYLE OF THE PROJECTS, CHASE AO WAS CLUELESS OF ANY OTHER TYPE OF SOCIETY IN THE WORLD, NOT INTERACTING WITH A LOT OF THE KIDS IN HIS NEW ENVIRONMENT SPARKED THE GIFT OF MUSIC STORED WITHIN HIM. GROWING UP IN THE MIDST OF STRUGGLE, POVERTY, VIOLENCE AND DRUGS TAUGHT CHASE AO THE REAL MEANING OF LIFE.
AS HE GOT OLDER, HIS MUSIC GIFT GREW AND HAD HIS FULL ATTENTION. SEEING LIFE AS IT WAS INTRODUCED TO HIM GAVE HIM THE POTENTIAL TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW LIFE AND MUSIC CREATED AN ARTIST. INFLUENCED BY ARTIST SUCH AS ICE CUBE, SNOOP DOGG, NWA, RAKIM AND ERIC B, LL COOL J, BIGGIE, TUPAC AND MANY MORE MADE HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC EVEN DEEPER. GETTING EXPOSURE EVERYWHERE HE WENT DID A LOT FOR HIS REIGN IN THE BUSINESS. WORKING WITH DOZENS OF DJ’S ALL OVER THE WORLD SUCH AS DJ FURIOUS STYLES, DJ DUB, DJ RNS, DJ JAZZY D, THE HUSTLE SQUAD DJ’S AND MANY MORE INCREASED HIS CREDIBILITY IN THE MIXTAPE SCENE. STUDYING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, MARKETING AND OBSERVING WHAT IT TAKES TO SELL MUSIC ALL OVER THE WORLD WAS HIS MAIN FOCUS. CHASE IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF HIP HOP, SO AS HE CHASES WHAT THE FUTURE IN MUSIC HAS FOR HIM, HE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE TO SUCCEED.
BRIEF BIO BY: ALLEN SMITH
