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Member Since: 03/02/2008
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BORN MAY 8, 1979 AS PEDRO JUAN DIAZ, IN RIO PIEDRAS PUERTO RICO THE SECOND OF THREE CHILDREN. THE STAR BORN ARTIST KNOWN AS NASTY BARZ P WAS AN INNOVATED CHILD WITH BIG DREAMS. MOVED TO NORTH PHILADELPHIA AT THE AGE OF NINE WITH HIS MOTHER AND SIBLINGS. FROM THE BEGINNING THE FAMILY DIDN'T SEE IT EASY. SINGLE MOTHER WHO RAISED THREE KIDS ON HER OWN THE BEST SHE CAN, BUT STILL OUTSIDE INFLUENCES SAW ITS WAY INTO THE FAMILIES HOME. SOON PEDRO WAS LEARNING WAYS FIT TO SURVIVE IN A WORLD OUTSIDE OF HIS SAFE FOUR WALLS. INFLUENCES WHICH LED THE TALENTED ARTIST TO STRAY FROM SCHOOL AND LIVE A LIFE HE THOUGHT WAS NECESSARY TO BRING HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY HIS MOTHER WHO HE ADMIRES AND APPRECIATES TO A BETTER ECONOMICAL STANCE. THE STREET LIFE SOON CAUGHT UP WITH HIM. AT MEARLY 21 YEARS OLD PEDRO JUAN CAUGHT HIS FIRST CASE AND WAS SENTENCED TO SIX AND A HALF TO THIRTEEN YEARS IN A STATE PENITENTIARY. WITH TIME TO REEVALUATE HIS LIFE PEDRO FOUND CONSOLIDATION IN WRITING LYRICS. HONING HIS SKILLS IN CYPHAS IN THE PENITENTIARY'S YARD HE SOON WON THE NICKNAME NASTY BARZ P BY HIS FELLOW INMATES. AFTER HIS RELEASE IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 HE DECIDED TO PURSUE, WHAT USED TO BE HIS THERAPY, INTO A PROFESSION. EXPRESSING HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES HIS TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS TH RU HIS MUSIC. THE BEGINNING OF A BLOSSOMING CAREER, AUDIENCES SHOULD EXPECT HIP HOP IN ITS TRUEST FORM. LET THE ERA OF THE STREET HUSTLAZ BEGIN...
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Type of Label: Indie