About Me
A NEW BREED....
"MUSIC IS THE SOUL OF A MAN", XL.C'S FAVORITE QUOTE. WITH THIS YOUNG ARTIST YOU WILL NOT FIND A CATEGORY, GENRE, FAD, TREND, ETC. YOU WILL FIND THE DETERMINATION TO CREATE TIMELESS MUSIC. WITH MOTIVATIONAL SONGS THAT STILL RECIEVE RADIO PLAY TODAY (EX: NOTORIOUS B.I.G-JUICY, NAS-IF I RULED THE WORLD, 2PAC-CALIFORNIA LOVE) XL.C BRINGS A MATURE AND PROFESSIONAL VALUE TO THE TABLE. LYRICS, CATCHY HOOKS, EXTRAORDINAIRE BEATS, AND THE RARE "EAR FOR MUSIC", ITS QUITE CLEAR THIS YOUNG MAN ISNT GOIN ANYWHERE FOR A WHILE.BORN IN HUNTINGTON PARK CALIFORNIA, XL.C WAS ADOPTED TO THE STREETS AT AN EARLY AGE. SURROUNDED BY POVERTY AND GANG BANGING YOUNG XL.C GRASPED THE STREET LIFE EARLY AS 8 YEARS OF AGE. GROWING UP LISTENING TO THE LATE GREAT 2PAC,TO OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDING THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G,BONE THUGS N HARMONY, NAS, TO THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN HIS LIFE, WESTSIDE CONNECTION.
"I MOVED TO LYNWOOD MIDDLE OF 4TH GRADE, MY WHOLE WALL HAD NUTHIN BUT CUBE, WC, N MACK 10 SHIT ON IT". XL.C HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF HIP HOP MUSIC. AT THE AGE OF 9, HIS PARENTS HAD SEPERATED LEAVING HIM AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER FORCED TO LEAVE L.A AND RESIDE WITH THEIR MOTHER IN FONTANA CALIFORNIA, A SMALL RURAL AREA OF THE INLAND EMPIRE. FAILING MANY CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOL,HE MANAGED TO NOT FAIL ONE CLASS IN PARTICULAR HE STILL ADMIRES TODAY...ENGLISH.
"MAN, I LEARNED SO MUCH SHIT IN ENGLISH, METAPHORS, SIMILES, PERSONIFICATION, AND IT HELPED ME STEP MY VOCAB UP IN MY MUSIC". HE THEN SAW THE OPPORTUNITY OF WRITING LYRICS TO MAINSTREAM INSTRUMENTALS THAT WERE POPULAR AT THE TIME. AT 16, HE BEGAN TO RECORD RHYMES ON A SMALL DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY AN UNCLE. HE THEN REALIZED HOW MUCH HE LOVED MUSIC AND WANTED TO PURSUE A CAREER OF WHAT HE LOVED.
"I LOVE MUSIC, ITS IN MY VEINS, IT HELPS ME GET OUT ALL MY PAIN AND FRUSTRATION IN A CREATIVE WAY". NOW AT THE AGE OF 21, XL.C IS AT THA BEGGINING STAGE OF BEIN ONE OF THE FEW LATIN HIP HOP ARTIST THAT SPECIALIZE IN LYRICISM. "I FEEL IF YOU AINT GOT LYRICS, PUNCHLINES, METAPHORS, YOUR SHIT AINT WORTH A LISTENIN". WITH LYRICAL INFLUENCES NOW SUCH AS JAY-Z, NAS, COMMON, KANYE WEST, FABOLOUS, THE GAME AND HIS INCREDIBLY TALENTED INDEPENDENT LABEL PEERS, YOUNG XL.C WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE HIS LOVE OF MAKING MUSIC AND WITH A FEW SOLID TIES, CHARISMATIC METAPHORS, HIS FUTURE LOOKS TO BREAK FURTHER GROUNDS IN LATIN LYRICISM AND HIP HOP IT SELF.
"IM HERE, I AINT GOIN NOWHERE, MUSIC IS FOR LIFE".XL.C
