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CHICAGO’S THA VILLIS NO STRANGER TO ADVERSITY. WITH THE RECENT LOSS OF HIS BROTHER TO SUICIDE (2007) AND THE UNSLOVED MURDER OF HIS FATHER (1997) THA VILL HAS NOT LET ANYTHING STOP HIM FROM LIVING HIS DREAM OF BECOMING A KNOWN FORCE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. BORN IN A SUBURB NORTH OF CHICAGO (EVANSTON, ILLINOIS) HIS PARENTS MOVED TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO WHEN VILL WAS 2 YEARS OLD. HIS PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD AND VILL AND HIS 3 YOUNGER BROTHERS BECAME THE PRODUCT OF A SINGLE PARENT HOME.VILL’S MOTHER REMARRIED WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD.THEN MOVED BACK TO EVANSTON WHICH WAS NOT THE SAME CITY AS IT WAS 11 YEARS PRIOR. CURRENTLY GANG INFESTED AND POVERTY STRICKEN THIS WOULD PROVE TO BE ANOTHER DIFFICULT TIME AND TEST OF LIFE FOR THA VILL. HIS STEP FATHER WAS PYSHICALLY AND VERBALLY ABUSIVE. “I HID THROUGH MUSIC, I WOULD JUST LOCK MYSLEF IN MY ROOM AND WRITE SONGS. A LOT OF IT WOULD BE HATEFUL MUSIC BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT I WAS EXPERICINING AT THAT TIME IN MY LIFE, BUT THAT’S HOW I COPPED WITH BEING ABUSED. MUSIC IS WHAT KEPT ME SANE AND PROBABLY OUT OF JAIL FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIMEâ€. AFTER GRADUATING HIGHSCHOOL TIMES GOT REAL HARD FOR THA VILL AND HE FELL INTO THE LIFE OF GANG’S AND SELLING DRUGS. “ I ALWAYS DREAMED BIG AND I REFUSED TO WORK AT MCDONALD’S SO I DECIDED TO SELL DOPE FOR A WHILE TO STACK MY PAPER THEN GET OUTâ€. AFTER BEING LOCKED UP, SHOT AT AND SEEING FRIENDS DIE VILL DECIDED THAT DRUG AND GANG LIFE WASN’T FOR HIM EITHER.THA VILL ALWAYS HAD MUSIC. HE PLAYED THE DRUMS IN HIS GRANDFATHERS CHURCH STARTING AT THE AGE OF 5 YEARS OLD. HE WAS A DJ IN HIGHSCHOOL AND MADE BEATS FOR A GROUP HE WAS IN WITH A COUSIN AND GOOD FRIEND. HE WAS ALSO IN A GROUP WITH 2 OF HIS BROTHER’S CALLED THE TRUE ONES. THE GROUP WAS SIGNED TO AN INDY LABEL (HUSH HUSH RECORDS) OUT OF N.Y. AFTER NEVER GETTING AN ALBUM RELEASED THE GROUP DECIDED TO LEAVE THE LABEL. EVENTUALLY THE BROTHERS SPLIT UP AS A GROUP . THA VILL KEPT MUSIC IN HIS BACK POCKET WHILE GOING TO COLLEGE AND PLAYING NCAA BASKETBALL AND GRADUATING IN 2000 WITH HIS B.S. DEGREE IN BUSINESS. THA VILL DECIDED TO MOVE TO LOS ANGELES TO PURSUE HIS CAREER IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS. HE MADE THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS AND FRIENDS AND BUILT HIS DREAM TEAM. HE RELEASED HIS FIRST ALBUM “WELCOME TO THA VILL†INDEPENDANTLY ON HIS OWN RECORD LABEL “FREE MAN RECORDS†AND SOLD OVER 10,000 COPIES AND 20,000 DOWNLOADS ON THE INTERNET. WORKING HARD TO BUILD HIS FAN BASE AND MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF HE RECENTLY GOT HIS MUSIC LISENCED BY MAJOR NETWORKS FOX, VH1 AND MTV. THIS CONSTANT PUSH LEAD THA VILL TO A MAJOR BREAK THROUGH FOR HIP HOP, LANDING THE FIRST EVER HIP HOP MAJOR TELEVISION NETWORK STATION ID WHICH RAN AS A COMMERCIAL FOR (KTLA) A LOS ANGELES BASED NEWS STATION OWNED BY TRIBUNE. THIS SPOT IS REACHING OVER 3 MILLION VEIWERS PER DAY RUNNING FOR MORE THAN 9 MONTHS NOW. HE HAS WORKED WITH MANY ARTISTS AND IS FEATURED ON 3 ALBUMS THAT WILL BE MAJORLY RELEASED IN 2008. THA VILL ALSO HAS ROCKED STAGES SHARING BILLING WITH MAJOR ARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. HE HAS THOUSANDS OF FANS THAT HE STAYS IN TOUCH WITH THRU A FEW OF HIS FAN CLUBS THAT ARE CREATED AND ADMINISTRED BY HIS FANS. THA VILL ALSO HAS A CHARITY CALLED “ KEEP THA FAITH†NAMED AFTER A SONG ON HIS FIRST ALBUM THAT HELPS INNER CITY YOUTH CREATE AND REACH THEIR GOALS. HIS STAGE PRESENCE AND UNIQUE SOUND HAS GOTTEN THE ATTENTION OF MAJOR RECORD LABELS. VILL’S FOCUS REMAINS IN THE RIGHT PLACE WORKING WITH MAJOR PRODUCERS TO FINISH HIS LATEST ALBUM THAT IS SURE TO BE AN UNDENIABLE HIP HOP MASTERPIECE. THA VILL’S HARD WORK AND PERSISTANCE HAVE HIM ON THE PATH TO BE A MAJOR ICON IN THE HIP HOP MUSIC INDUSTRY. IN THE WORKS: NEW ALBUM SELF TITLED “ THA VILL†COMING SOON!
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