About Me
OL' SKOOL RU- THE STORY OL SKOOL RU ALSO KNOWN AS RUBEN FELIPE DIAZ VERA BUSTOS FIGUEROA LEYTON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 1987 ..DIED AND WAS REBORN AT EL LIRIQUEO ON AUGUST 23RD, 2007. RU ATTENDED HIS FIRST OPEN MIC IN 1997. CERO EXTENDED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RU AND THEY BOTH ROCKED THE ALL BLACK CROWD WITH SOME REAL HIP HOP AND SHOWED THAT LATINOS ALSO HAVE THE SKILLS. OL SKOOL RU HAS FLOWED WITH THE BEST OF 'EM, NAMELY MOS DEF, TALIB KWELI (WHEN THEY WERE BLACKSTAR), THE GOODIE MOB, GAB GACHA, TEMPERAMENTO, GHETTO FAMA, FILL DUBBZ, DEAD PREZ AND GHOSTFACE KILLAHHHH. A TRUE MICROPHONE FIEND OL SKOOL RU HAS BATTLED MANY, FREESTYLED WITH MANY AND TAUGHT MANY THE ART OF LYRICISM. ENGLISH RAPPING WAS HIS FIRST LOVE BUT NOW HE'S PERFECTED HIS SPANISH AND SPANGLISH FLOW. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE RECORDED AT LEAST 335 SONGS IN HIS LIFETIME AND THIS IS EVIDENT BECAUSE HE HAS A NEW SONG EVERYDAY. OL SKOOL RU WAS BORN IN SANTIAGO, CHILE THEN EMIGRATED TO LANGLEY PARK, MARYLAND AND THIS IS WHERE THE STORY BEGAN. MANY, MANY CLAIM TO BE FROM THE LANGLEY PARK AREA, BUT IN MANY CASES THIS IS A FARCE. WILLOWBROOK STAND UP!! GRADUATED FROM HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL IN 1996 AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IN 2000 AND GRADUATED IN 2005. OL SKOOL RU IS A POLITICAL FANATIC AND WILL USE THE SKILLS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN HIM TO CHANGE THIS UNJUST WORLD. OL SKOOL RU CREATED AND REGISTERED TOPODEROSO RECORDS LLC IN 2007 AND JOINED THE RANKS OF BLOCK ROYAL WHEN HE MET TEMPERAMENTO IN MD AND DELIVERED A VERSE THAT SET HIS REPUTATION IN STONE. RU, DJ LU, AND GRACIELA CREATED THE FIRST LATINO OPEN MIC IN THE DMV...EL LIRIQUEO AND IT IS ALL HISTORY FROM THERE. SHOUT OUT TO GRACIELITA, FILL DUBBZ, LOYALTY, GHETTO FAMA, DJ LU, GABY, AND THE WHOLE DMV FOR SHOWING SO MUCH SUPPORT FOR LOCAL ART.