About Me
Tantrum-n.- a fit of bad temper; an emotional outburst of ill humorAntagonistic-adj,- a character opposing the protagonist contending, or acting against; an adversary.......TANTRUM THA ANTAGONISTIC-CURRENTLY AT THE AGE 0F 18, WITH THE ACRONYM OF A TODDLER'S CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS; THIS AGGRESSIVE, METAPHORICAL, MULTI-STYLATE WEST COAST LYRICIST WILL FLIP AND COME UP WITH SOME OF THE MOST INTRICATE PUNCHLINES THAT EVEN OLDER LYRICISTS PROBABLY WOULDN'T THINK OF. MANY SAY, THAT TANTRUM IS A HIGHLY ADVANCED YOUNG MC THAT IS, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AHEAD OF HIS TIME.......EVERY SINCE THE AGE OF 6, WHEN TANTRUM FIRST PICKED UP THE MICROPHONE, ONE OF HIS MOST NOTICEABLE TRAITS IS TO GIVE A HIGHLY ENERGETIC, BREATHTAKING LIVE PERFORMANCE THAT FORCES HIS AUDIENCE TO PAY ATTENTION, AND EVENTUALLY BECOME PART OF THE PERFORMANCE THEMSELVES, AS THEY FEEL THE RHYTHMS AND DANCE ALONG. EVEN THE WEST COAST LEGEND "SUGA FREE" HIMSELF WAS MOVED BY ONE OF TANTRUM'S PERFORMANCES, JOKING AFTER A SHOW, "DAMN U GOTTA LOTTA ENERGY, DID U GO TO STARBUCKS BEFORE THE SHOW?" LOL......BORN JANUARY 12, 1991 WITH A BELIZEAN BACKGROUND, TANTRUM THA ANTAGONISTIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY INCLINED. "WHEN I WAS 3, I USED TO GET MY MOMS POTS AND PANS AND SET THEM UP LIKE MY DAD'S DRUM SET AND JUST BANG UNTIL I GOT MY ASS BEAT LMAO," TANTRUM CHUCKLED...... "I USED TO DRESS UP IN MY CHURCH SHOES AND CLOTHES AND DANCE LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON AND JAMES BROWN ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR UNTIL I GOT MY ASS BEAT SOME MORE, FOR PUTTING SHOE MARKS ALL ON THE FLOOR LOL."
"BUT I DIDN'T CARE THOUGH, THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVED MUSIC."......GROWING UP IN THE EARLY 90'S, MUSIC WAS ALWAYS PLAYED IN MY HOUSE BY MY DAD, MOTHER, OLDER SISTER AND BROTHER, SO IT WAS A GREAT INFLUENCE ON ME AND MY WAY OF EXPRESSION. MY DAD, WHO IS ALSO A VERY TALENTED MUSICIAN, PLAYS SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, DRUMS, KEYBOARD, AND IS AN ASPIRING VOCALIST WHO HAS TOURED WITH THE LEVERTS AND WAS A MEMBER IN THE BAND.
WHEN MA DAD REALIZED I WAS INTERESTED IN MUSIC, HE STARTED TO TEACH ME HOW TO KEEP A RHYTHM, HOW TO STAY ON BEAT, AND HOW TO COUNT BEATS. I TOOK WHAT I LEARNED, AND FLEW AWAY WITH IT, AND STARTED MAKING BEATS AT THE AGE OF 5. I REMEMBER GETTING IN TROUBLE AT SCHOOL ALL THE TIME FOR BEATING ON DESKS AND CHAIRS LOL...........AT THE AGE OF 5, I ALSO DISCOVERED HIP HOP AND RAP MUSIC. I ALWAYS USED TO HEAR MY SISTER AND BROTHER PLAYING IT AROUND THE HOUSE, BUT NEVER REALLY KNEW WHAT IT MEANT OR UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, I JUST KNEW I LIKED THE BEATS. MY MOM DIDN'T LIKE HIP HOP AND RAP PLAYED AROUND ME, SO SHE WOULD ALWAYS LISTEN 2 SADE, PRINCE, JAMES BROWN, OR MICHAEL JACKSON, SO I DID AWAY WITH HIP HOP AND RAP MUSIC. THAT IS UNTIL THE YEAR OF 1996. TUPAC HAD JUST DIED AND MY OLDER BROTHER, WHO WAS TUPAC'S GREATEST FAN, WAS VERY DISTRAUGHT ABOUT IT, AND PLAYED ALL OF TUPAC'S SONGS THE WHOLE DAY.........HE SAT ME DOWN NEXT TO HIM AND WE BOTH LISTENED AS HE EXPLAINED SOME OF THE THINGS PAC WAS SAYING. WHEN I HEARD "DEAR MAMA" AND "AMBITIONS OF A RIDA" ... I INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH HIP HOP AND RAP MUSIC.
MA BROTHER BURNED ALL THE TUPAC CD'S HE HAD FOR ME AND WITHIN A DAY I WAS QUOTING ALL PAC'S VERSES.. THEN, MA BROTHER CAME HOME ONE DAY AND INTRODUCED ME TO A CD OF A RAPPER NAMED NOTORIOUS B.I.G., IT WAS THE "LIFE AFTER DEATH" ALBUM... FROM THE BEGINNING SONG ON DISC ONE, "SUMBODY GOT TA DIE" IT JUST HAD MY EARS LOCKED TO THE STEREO, AND IT SENT A COLD CHILL UP MY SPINE WHEN I HEARD SOME OF THE WORDS HE WAS SAYING AND HOW WE FLIPPED THEM.....A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER THAT, MY BROTHER CAME HOME WITH A CD OF TUPAC INSTRUMENTALS AND STARTED PLAYING THEM AND FREESTYLING. I SAT BACK AND LISTENED AND HE ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT OF IT, I SAID "MAN THAT'S TIGHT, YOU SOUND LIKE TUPAC I WANNA TRY." SO I STARTED FREESTYLIN 2, TALKING BOUT PLAYING BASKETBALL, GIRLS AT SCHOOL, AND TEACHERS THAT GOT ON MY NERVES. MY BROTHER SAW THE POTENTIAL IN ME AND SAT ME DOWN AND SHOWED ME HOW TO WRITE A RHYME....I ENDED UP WRITING MY FIRST RHYME 2 2PAC'S " AMBITIONS AS A RIDA" INSTRUMENTAL AT THE AGE OF 5 GETTING READY TO HIT 6.
EVERY DAY AFTER THAT IN SCHOOL, I WOULD JUST WRITE RAPS ALL DAY. AT RECESS AND LUNCH, I WOULD RAP 2 ALL THE GIRLS AT THE SANDBOX UNTIL A BIG CROWD FORMED AND THE TEACHERS WOULD SWARM TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, THINKING IT WAS A FIGHT OR SOMETHING.
ONE DAY A TEACHER HEARD ME ON A THE PLAYGROUND RECITING A PAC VERSE AND TOOK ME TO THE OFFICE AND TOLD THE PRINCIPAL WHAT I HAD SAID. I GOT SUSPENDED FOR 5 DAYS, AND THAT DAY FORTH, I DESPISED TEACHERS BECAUSE I FELT I DID NOTHING WRONG TO GET SUSPENDED FOR........DURING THE 5 DAYS I WAS SUSPENDED, I WOULD LISTEN 2 INSTRUMENTALS AND WRITE. AND ONE DAY, I CAME A CROSS A SNOOP DOGG INSTRUMENTAL BY THE NAME OF "WOOF". I WROTE A VERSE THAT TO ME WAS THE REALEST VERSE I EVER WROTE AS A YOUNGSTER.
MY MOM LET MY UNCLE HEAR IT, WHO HAD A STUDIO AND WAS INTO MUSIC HIMSELF, AND HE LET ME RECORD IT. THAT WAS THE HARDEST SUSPENSION PERIOD I EVER HAD LOL. I WAS IN THE STUDIO EVERY DAY RECORDING AND LEARNING HOW TO PROPERLY MAKE BEATS.
AT THE TIME I WENT BY THE NAME OF G-DOGG, BECAUSE EVERYONE SAID I LOOKED LIKE SNOOP DOGG, BECAUSE OF THE PONYTAILS I USED TO WEAR, SO I WANTED TO BE A DOGG 2 LMAO..........ABOUT 3 YEARS PASSED, AND I HAD WROTE IN TOTAL OVER 300 VERSES. ANOTHER INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN MY LIFE WAS POLY ROB OF POLIDONY. MY SISTER WAS VERY CLOSE TO POLY ROB SO I WOULD SEE HIM ALL THE TIME, AND I USED TO SPIT SOME OF MY RAPS TO HIM. ONE DAY I WAS TRYNA WRITE A RAP AND I COULDN'T CATCH THE BEAT RIGHT OR MAKE THE VERSE FIT AND I GOT VERY UPSET, AND RIPPED THE PAPER UP AND THREW MY PEN AND CD PLAYER AGAINST THE WALL. HE CAME TO ME AND ASKED WHAT I HAD DID IT FOR AND I TOLD HIM BECAUSE I CAN'T RAP LIKE YOU. HE TOLD ME THAT I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO RAP LIKE HIM FOR ONE, HE'S OLDER AND MORE DEVELOPED THAN ME, AND TWO, EVERY MAN SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN STYLE.
HE THEN SAT DOWN AND HELPED ME WRITE A VERSE AND SHOWED ME THE ART OF USING METAPHORS AND SIMILES IN A VERSE, AND THE STRUCTURE OF A VERSE. HE THEN LEFT ME TO WRITE A VERSE BY MYSELF, AND WHEN I FINISHED HE SAID DAMN, DAT'S SICK FOR A 9 YEAR OLD.
AT THAT TIME I WAS STILL GOIN BY G-DOGG SO HE SAID "NAW, IT'S TO MANY DOGGS OUT ALREADY, YO NAME IS GONNA BE "TANTRUM THA FIRED UP LYRICIST."......FROM THAT DAY ON, I WAS KNOWN AS TANTRUM EVERY WHERE. THE YEAR OF 2000, AT THE AGE OF 9, I DID MY FIRST SHOW IN LONG BEACH, FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF MY UNCLES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER NAMED, FAMILIES UNITED PERFORMING ARTS (FUPA) CENTER. I INSTANTLY GAINED A FAN BASE OF 16 YEAR OLD GIRLS THROWING MONEY ON THE STAGE 2 ME TO 21 AND OVER YEAR OLD DUDES TELLIN ME THAT I GOT A MEAN FLOW AND WHEN I GET OLDER, IT'S GONE BE EVEN COLDER. I EVEN HAD A COUPLE OF HATERS THAT WERE GROWN MEN, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THAT............AT THE AGE OF 11, MY FIRST SHOT AT STARDOM CAME WHEN A RAPPER BY THE NAME OF "THE INFAMOUS DANGER" SAW ME PERFORM AND TOLD MY MOM AND UNCLE, " I GOTTA HAVE HIM PERFORM FOR MY ALBUM RELEASE PARTY." LITTLE DID I KNOW, I WOULD PERFORM AT THE NIGHTCLUB IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH NAMED "KLUB 42".....I HIT THE STAGE AND EVERYONE SURROUNDED IT WATCHING ME ROCKIN 2 WHAT I WAS SAYING. SO I STARTED SHOWING OUT AND ACTING A FOOL ALONG WITH THEM LOL.........FROM THAT DAY ON, I DID SHOWS AND RECORDED AND MADE BEATS AND EVEN COLLABBED WITH A COUPLE R&B AND RAP ARTISTS. AS I GOT OLDER MY SKILLS BLOSSOMED INTO A WHOLE NOTHA LEVEL. AND ONE DAY AT SCHOOL, MY 6TH GRADE TEACHER TOOK MY RAP I WAS WRITING BECAUSE I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LESSON, AND I GOT MAD. SO I STARTED JUST DOING THINGS TO AGGRAVATE HIM ON PURPOSE TIL THE POINT WHERE HE CALLED SECURITY AND HAD ME REMOVED FROM CLASS. HE CALLED MY MOM AND TOLD HER, "YOUR SON IS VERY ANTAGONISTIC." AND I WAS LIKE WTF DAT MEAN, HOW I'M GONE BE SUMTHIN AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.........I ASKED MY MOM WHAT IT MEANT WHEN I GOT HOME AND SHE TOLD ME TO LOOK IT UP IN THE DICTIONARY. I GOT THE DEFINITION OF "OPPOSING THE PROTAGONIST OR ACTING AGAINST."
SHE EXPLAINED IT TO ME AND SAID, "THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT U ARE, BECAUSE U ANTAGONIZE YOUR SISTER ALL THE TIME," LMAO...........NOW AT THE AGE OF 18, HERE I AM, TANTRUM THA ANTAGONISTIC!
IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY BUT I'M STILL HOLDIN IT DOWN FOR THE WOOD.
AND I AM PROUD OF MY STATUS TODAY BECAUSE I'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MANY THINGS AS A LYRICIST/MUSICIAN, AND I CAN ONLY GET BETTER. I AM THE YOUTH THAT THE INDUSTRY NEEDS TO REASSURE THAT HIP HOP AIN'T DEAD, IT WAS JUSTIN PATIENTLY RESTING IN INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.........2009 IS MY YEAR TO SHINE.
I'M GOING TO HIT THE WHOLE UNIVERSE HARDER THAN THE BIG BANG!!!
SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT, I'M COMING!!!!!!!NG310WOOD STAND UP!!!!!
3-1-0 OUT!!!!!!!~TANTRUM THA ANTAGONISTIC
TNT D.O.G FAMILY/L.I.F.E.L.E.S.S ENTERTAINMENT~
