FAN ART
BORN AND RAISED IN SAN DIEGO THIS YOUNG MAN GREW UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACKS. AS A YOUNGIN, IROK MADE A STRONG STATEMENT ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD PLAYING NOSEGUARD FOR THE SOUTHBAY EAGLES POPWARNER LEAGUE. EVEN WITH HIS OLDER BROTHERS PLAYING FOR THE SOUTHBAY EAGLES ON DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, IT WAS IN FACT IROK WHO MADE "FAALAVE" A HOUSEHOLD NAME WHEN IT CAME TO THE SOUTHBAY EAGLES FIELD. HE PROGRESSED AS A PLAYER AND EVENTUALLY CHANGED POSITIONS TO BE STARTING MIDDLE LINEBACKER. HE TOOK ON THE LEGENDARY JUNIOR SEAU'S 55 AND MADE HIS OWN IMPACT AND A PERMANENT MARK WITH THAT NUMBER ON THE SOUTHBAY EAGLES FIELD. HE ALSO PLAYED AGAINST ONE OF TODAY'S TOP NFL RUNNING BACKS "REGGIE BUSH". IROK ALWAYS KNEW IN HIS HEART HE WAS DESTINED FOR BIG THINGS, HE JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IN THE NFL.
AS TIME WENT ON THINGS STARTED TO CHANGE FOR HIM, IN JUNIOR HIGH IROK BEGAN TO STRUGGLE WITH GANGS AND DRUGS. SO MANY BATTLES WERE FOUGHT AND WON BUT AS WE ALL KNOW WITH GANGS THE WAR IS NEVER OVER. LOOKING UP TO HIS OLDER SIBLINGS BUT REACTING TO ANY SITUATION AS IF HE WERE THE OLDEST IROK GOT INTO TROUBLE. HE WOULD NEVER THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OR THE OUTCOME HE JUST KNEW "HIT THIS GUY BEFORE HE HIT ME". AS A TEENAGER IROK ALSO STARTED PUTTING HIS THOUGHTS ON PAPER. MANY POEMS WRITTEN AND PLENTY OF METAPHORES SPOKEN. MUSIC IS NOTHING NEW TO IROK. HIS FATHER B.K.A. ACE IS A LEAD GUITARIST AND LEAD SINGER FOR A FAMILY BAND AND HIS GRANDFATHER THE LATE EPATI P. SIATU'U WAS THE CHURCH CHOIR CONDUCTOR, COMPOSER, AND ORGAN PLAYER.
IROK'S INFLUENCES IN MUSIC
BOO YAA TRIBE, MONSTA GANJAH, FIJI, ZAPP AND ROGER, BOB MARLEY AND THE WHOLE MARLEY FAMILY, JIMMY CLIFF, GREGORY ISAACS, MARVIN GAYE, MARVIN SEASE, ISLEY BROTHERS, PETER TOSH, AMBLIQUE, LARYN HILL, UB40, LOST BOYS, DR.DRE, DJ QUIK, WU TANG CLAN, ERIC B AND RAKIM, DOVE SHACK, TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS, BONE THUGS N HARMONY, TEMPTATIONS, ROOTS, OUTKAST, TWISTA, EIGHTBALL AND MJG, TOO SHORT, ABOVE THA LAW, SOUTH CENTRAL CARTEL, DE LA SOUL, BRAND NUBIAN, MANHATTANS, AL GREEN, PRINCE, READY FOR THE WORLD, SNOOOP DOGG, WARREN G, NATE DOGG, AND THE LIST GOES ON.
SAMOAN IROK JUST RECENTLY DID A SONG CALLED "THA TOP" FEATURED ON LIL UNO PRESENTS DAYGOS FINEST. SAMOAN IROK IS VERY VERSATILE WITH HIS SPITS AND LOVES TO MAKE GOOD MUSIC. HIS MOTIVATION AND INFLUENCES ARE HIS PARENTS, HIS NINTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER, 5 BROTHERS, THE SAMOAN PEOPLES, SAMOAN CULTURE, THE PRINCIPALS THAT KICKED HIM OUT OF SCHOOL, THE LANDLORDS WHO KICKED HIS FAMILY OUT, THE PEOPLES HE SEE ON MTV, B.E.T, WHAT HE HEARS ON THE RADIO, HIS HUNGER, HIS DREAMS, HIS DAUGHTERS, HIS LIFE. BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR UPCOMING EVENTS BY " SAMOAN IROK " AN ARTIST WHO WILL DEFINATELY MAKE AN IMPACT ON TODAY'S MUSIC INDUSTRY.