"In a world full of haves & have-nots / thank god I was blessed, this rap shit is my cash crop/ if it wasn't for hiphop/ I'd prolly be on your block with a glock/ trying to go out and get what you got.."
My love for hiphop & jungle/DnB paved a path that has taken me across the country, and given me the opportunity to perform/work with some of the world's best. For over a decade I've been pushing the boundaries of what urban music is, fusing genres, experimenting with sounds and building a solid network of peers & colleagues worldwide.
Originally hailing from Denver, I spent most of my younger years MCing at battles, open mics, raves, etc. & touring throughout the Southwest & West Coast reppin my crews, Urban Aboriginee , Rhyme Skwadrun, Radio Bums, & Lordz Of Finesse . But A&Rs never came, the room for growth at the time, just wasn't there unless you wanted to end up on Thump records..lol, something had to give...
10 years ago, I packed everything up & relocated to NYC- leaving behind my fam, my crews & a four year residency at Denver's first and America's longest running 21+ jungle night, "Pressure Thursdays" [RIP] - and took on the East Coast with a vengeance.
Since then, I have been a featured DnB artist at the WMC '00/'01/'02, play club dates across the US & hold down weekly residencies at Konkrete Jungle (Mondays) , I Luv Drum-n-Bass (Thursdays) and Direct Drive (Saturdays) . Also a founding member of Urban Aboriginee Productions (Denver/LA) , and one of the first artists to be released on Stamina Recordings (Miami/Las Vegas) . Have a single out on Mush Records artist DJ Nicodemus's (from Turntables on The Hudson) Earth EP called "Metatronic" feat. Kinetic NRG and myself.
In 2003, together with my boy Joe "Bazuka" Lobato , we teamed back up and started Hevy Metal Entertainment Group a/k/a Hevy Metal Fam a/k/a HM Fam. We definitely have had our shares of the trials & tribulations that comes with this business we call music...but since we have offices on both coasts, we've been able to capitalize on our respective locales & quietly take the industry by storm! Credits including major & independent motion pictures (Antoine Fisher, Agent Cody Banks, Veggie Tales), documentary films (Gotta Laugh), television (Comedy Central, USA Films, CBS) & working with Major labels such as Sony, Virgin, Jive, Violator, Dreamworks and their rosters. Can't forget mention & thank the tons of independent labels and their artists & unsigned demo acts that we've honed our skills on over the years.
When not in meetings, flying back and forth between the coasts, working on beats, playing live gigs or scouting new talent, you can catch us busy behind the boards as Producers/ Engineers working with some of the hottest artists in the biz, including LOOT , Ice-T , M.O.P. , Guru (from Gangstarr) , Nelly Furtado , Jennifer Love Hewitt , Shaquille O'Neil, Stacy Orico , artists from MBK Entertainment (Shawn Kane, Diamond...big shouts to John), Chris Black, and tons of other artists across all genres.
Speakin of LOOT...Keep an eye out for Hevy Metal/ Avenue Optics artist LOOT's debut "Get You Some"- featuring tracks from Hevy Metal, IllFonics , Devo Harris, Neek Rusher, Needlz, Nottz, IshLab, D*Prosper, Alvero and others- Loot spits the truth and the shit is absoLOOT-ly pure fire. If you haven't had a chance to listen, goto www.lootmusicgroup.com and Get U Some...!
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