Member Since: 05/07/2007
Band Website: Feed Me Cash in I Will Feed U Beats!!! Honor Me!
Band Members: EVERY TEN YEARS OR SO, A GROUP COMES OUT AND CHANGES THE WAY THA GAME IS PLAYED. IN 1994, WU-TANG CLAN WAS THAT GROUP. IN 1998, THE HOT BOYS WERE THAT GROUP. WELL IN 2008, THA F.E.D.S (FOR EVERYBODY DAT STRUGGLES) LOOK TO BE THE NEXT GROUP OF MC'S TO GIVE THA RAP GAME A MUCH NEEDED CHANGE. GROWING UP IN CHICAGO'S NOTORIOUS "LOW END", C. DION "RED" HALL AND THOMAS "S/W.O.L" BANKS QUICKLY BUILT A FRIENDSHIP BASED ON MUTUAL RESPECT FOR CONTRABAND, SPORTS AND MUSIC. WHILE ATTENDING THE PRESTIGIOUS KENWOOD ACADEMY (R. KELLY'S ALMA MATER), RED MET VIC "DIBIA$E" ALEXANDER AND ROB "B.I.G. D.I.G." JONES AND QUICKLY BECAME FRIENDS. AFTER GRADUATION, THEY WENT TO SEPERATE COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. DURING THAT TIME, S/W.O.L. BEGAN MAKING BEATS AND PURSUING A CAREER IN MUSIC @ Kennedy-King College. WHILE VIC DIBIASE BECAME A POPULAR RADIO DJ ALONGSIDE CHRIS "K.R.I.M." EPTING. AFTER DROPPING OUT A LA KANYE, VIC BEGAN PRODUCING TRACKS FOR LOCAL ACTS IN THA CITY. RED, FRUSTRATED THAT GOOFY ASS NIGGAZ WHERE FUCKING UP THA RAP GAME, BEGAN WRITING AND RECORDED HIS FIRST SONG "HOOD LAMES" (PRODUCED BY VIC DIBIASE) AT DIBIASE'S FATHER'S HOUSE. DURING THAT TIME, DIBIASE'S FATHER INFORMED THA FELLAZ THAT HE HAD BEGUN MANAGING A LOCAL RAPPER. TO RED AND DIBIASE'S SURPRISE , THIS RAPPED ENDED UP BEING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL PARTNER, B.I.G. D.I.G. WITH DIBIASE AND S/W.O.L. SUPPLYING THA BEATZ, THA GRIND BEGAN. ALONG WITH MAC GRIMES, K.B. THA BLACKBURNA, K.R.I.M., KEL SMITH, AND RAYALLITY, A MIXTAPE WAS CHURNED OUT OVER THA NEXT FEW MONTHS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE NAME OF OUR COLLECTIVE GROUP WAS ALREADY TAKEN BY A GROUP OUT OF CALI THAT SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS. THAT AND MONEY ISSUES FORCED THA MIXTAPE TO BE SCRAPPED. A FEW MONTHS LATER, EVERYONE STARTED TO GO THEIR SEPERATE WAYS. BUT THAT'S LIFE. SOME KEPT RHYMING, SOME STARTED FAMILIES, BUT WE ALL STILL REMAIN FRIENDS. THE REMAINING MC'S AND PRODUCERS SHINE BRIGHT AS A UNIT, BUT ALL EXCELLED INDIVIDUALLY!!! IN 2007, RED HALL'S "GOTTA GET F.E.D." MIXTAPE AND B.I.G. D.I.G.'S DEBUT ALBUM "BORN IN THE GAME, DYING IN THE GAME" CREATED A BUZZ!! IN 2008, S/W.O.L. WILL RELEASE HIS DEBUT ALBUM "HEAVY" & RED HALL & VIC DIBIASE (THA TWINN TOWERZ) WILL RELEASE THEIR DEBUT "FOR EVERYBODY DAT STRUGGLES". CHICAGO MUSIC IS ON THA RISE, AND THA F.E.D.S. CONTINUE TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL!!! BULLSHIT RAPPERS, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!
Influences:
B.I.G.D.I.G.!!! "THE ALBUM IS NOW OUT AT cdbaby.com/cd/bigdig"
SwOL
Sounds Like: The Next Revolution In Trax! S/w.O.L. is the Realist; My Sound is "Modern Hip Hop" Fueled by The Movement of Good Music 1st. Like hip hop use 2 Sound.
Record Label: Verbal Assassin, LLC
Type of Label: Indie