CARLOS MARTINEZ KNOWN AS GHETTO FAMA.WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA. JUNE 12, 1985. SINCE YOUTH,HE KNEW MUSIC WAS HIS PASSION..NO MATTER WHAT CAME HIS WAY,HE ALWAYZ FOUND A WAY TO MAKE IT THROUGH.. LIVING IN THE RAW STREETS OF L.A.,GAVE HIM THE MOTIVATION,THE HUNGER AND STRIVE TO PURSUE HIS DREAM.. IN THE YEAR 2001 GHETTO FAMA MOVED TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA,WHERE HE NOW RESIDES..NEVER LOSING FOCUS,HE KEPT HIMSELF GOING,SPENT MANY NIGHTS JUST WRITTING IN HIS PAD. CREATING LYRICS THAT SOON GOT HIM REGOGNITION..GHETTO FAMA'S METAPHORICAL STYLE,AND UNBELIVABLE PUNCHLINES QUICKLY GOT HIM KNOWN IN THE AREA.FAMA HAS WORKED WITH MANY LOCAL ARTIST,JUMPED ON MANY COLLABOS..AND DELIVERED THE SICKEST VERSES. NOW AS PART OF THE WORLD WIDE HIP HOP MOVEMENT "BLOCK ROYAL" which was founded by Tito “Screw†Montañez...GHETTO FAMA HAS NOW LINKED UP WITH TEMPERAMENTO "EL REY DE LA BATALLA"..TOGETHER THEY HAVE EXPANDED THE MOVEMENT OPENING THE DOORS TO OTHER UPCOMING ARTIST,THAT SHARE THE SAME LOVE FOR HIP HOP MUSIC. FAMA HAS ALSO GOT TOGETHER WITH DON DINERO A PIONNER IN THIS MUSIC INDUSTRY..TOGETHER THEY'VE TAKEN BLOCK ROYAL TO ANOTHER LEVEL.. GHETTO FAMA HAS ACOMPLISHED MANY THINGS,AND STILL GOT MORE TO COME,HE HAS NEVER LOST SIGHT OF WHERE HE'S GOIN.KNOWS THE PATH AND HE'S GOING FOR IT ..
SINCE YOUNG I ALWAYZ WANTED TO BE IN A BOOTH...HAVE MY VOICE BE HEARD THROUGH WAX..HAVE PPL BE LIKE WHO'S DAT???... IS A DREAM I AM DETERMINED TO FOLLOW AT ALL COST......FOR ME AND FOR MY FAMILY....THE NAME GHETTO FAMA...WELL I WAS NAMED BY THE BLOCK....I WAS KNOWN FOR MY METAPHORICAL STYLE KNOWN FOR PUNCHLINE AFTER PUNCHLINE..I STAYED IN THE STREETS JUST SPITTIN WIT OTHER CATS CYPHERIN'....FREESTYLE OR WRITTIN'S...PPL ALWAYZ ALWAYS SHOWED ME LOVE...SAID I HAD GHETTO FAME..SO I JUST SWITCHED FAME IN SPANISH...SINCE IMMA BI-LINGUAL RAPPER..,BUT THAT'S HOW MY NAME CAME ABOUT....GHETTO FAMA
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