BORN IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK IN THE LATE 70’S D’LO ALWAYS HAD A AFFINITY FOR HIP HOP MUSIC. HE SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS GROWING UP BETWEEN BEDFORD STUYVESANT’S ROOSEVLT HOUSES AND EAST NEW YORK BROOKLYN AT A TIME WHEN HIP HOP WAS AT ITS PUREST FORM. COMING FROM A FAMILY OF MUSIC LOVERS, HE WAS EXPOSED TO EVERY FORM OF MUSIC KNOWN AT THAT TIME. “AT MY GRANDPARENTS CRIB MY MOMS AND THEM PLAYED EVERYTHING FROM LATIN MUSIC,RAEGGAE, GOSPEL, R&B, HOUSE, AND HIP HOP.†“YOU COULD COME THROUGH ANYTIME AND HEAR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING FROM GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION, CARLOS SANTANA, TO PETER TOSH OR THE SOUL SONIC FORCE.†BUT HE REALLY DIDN’T GET INTO MUSIC UNTIL HIS MOTHER MOVED HIM AND HIS OLDER BROTHER DAME TO CHARLESTON S.C. “IT WAS MAD DIFFERENT FROM HANGING OUT IN BROOKLYN.†“I BASICALLY GREW UP IN THE PROJECTS RUNNING AROUND DOING DUMB SHIT.†“BUT WHEN MY MOMS MOVED US HERE I BASICALLY JUST GOT IN WHERE I FELT COMFORTABLE.†"I WAS BORN IN NYC BUT PORTCITY AKA CHUCKTOWN IS MY HOME. MY PEEPS SHOW ME SOOO MUCH LOVE. IMA REP EM TO THE DEATH YA DIG." "I BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS 10 YEARS OLD SO THIS WHAT I KNOW FEEL ME." “ I USED TO COME UP WITH THESE RAPS THAT USE TO ANNOY THE HELL OUTTA MY BROTHER.†“UNTIL I JUST GOT NICE WITH MY WORDPLAY.†DURING HIS TEENAGE YEARS HE JOINED A GROUP FORMED BY HIS BROTHER AND HIS FRIENDS CALLED THE 9TH SQUAD. HE QUICKLY BECAME THE BEST KEPT SECRET OF THE CREW. “WE WAS LIKE GHETTO CELEBS IN CHUCKTOWN.†“ MY MANS D.J. ERIC B AND COREY HILL USE TO WORK AT 1O1.9 FM AND THEY USE TO LET US GET ON THE AIR AND WILD OUT. THAT LED TO US TO OPENING FOR BIZ MARKIE, DAS EFX AND OTHER GROUPS THAT CAME THROUGH. YOU KNOW WE WAS V.I.P. AT ALL THE SPOTS. IT WAS A WILD TIME THEN.. WE WAS HUSTLIN’ HARD. LIKE AFTER THE CLUB MY CRIB WAS THE SPOT. PEOPLE USE TO JUST COME FROM ALL OVER THE CAROLINAS TO CHILL AND BLOW HELLA YA DIG.†BUT LIKE MOST THINGS THAT ARE UNCERTAIN THAT SOON DIED OUT. IT WAS LIKE FROM GROUP TO GROUP THEN. “ WE FORMED THE 5 ELEMENTS AROUND 1997.†WE DID SHOWS FOR MIKE TYSON’S LABEL. ON MY SOLO SHIT I DID BIZ WITH SOLID SCHEME THE MACHINE BEHIND DAS EFX BUT SHIT DIDN’T WORK OUT STILL.5 ELEMENTS, IT WAS ON SOME CONSCIOUS SHIT. BUT TO BE REAL IT DIDN’T MESH WITH THE INDUSTRY WELL SO WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE STREETS AND THE TERRIBLEZ WERE BORN. DLO AND THE TERRIBLEZ WENT THROUGH MANY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS EDUCATED THEMSELVES TO ELEVATING THEIR GRIND. I MEAN WE DID SHOWS WITH EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO THE CHUCK. WE WAS TRYING TO GET ON WITH DIANE‘S BOYS SOUTH WHICH IS MY NIGGA MR CHEEKS LABEL. BUT AT THAT TIME HE HAD LABEL PROBLEMS SO IT WAS BACK TO THE BLOCK AGAIN.“I MEAN WE HAD ALL TYPES OF SHIT GOING ON.. SHADY CONTRACTS TO A NIGGA WHO WILL FOREVER REMAIN NAMELESS. WE HAD NIGGAS HATIN’,TRYING TO BLOCK THE SHINE, LEGAL ISSUES.. YOU NAME EM WE HAD EM… WHILE ON THE GRIND THE TERRIBLEZ GOT HOOKED UP WITH ZIGGY MARLEY’S MANAGER PATRICK “SUTTYâ€SUTHERLAND AND WORLD RENOWNED RAEGGAE PRODUCER TONY “CD†KELLY WHOSE WORKED WITH SEAN PAUL AND BEANIE MAN TO NAME A FEW. “YO THEY TOOK US OUT THE HOOD AND BROUGHT US TO LONDON AND HAD US DOING SHOWS INTERNATIONALLY. BUT IT DIDN’T WORK OUT CAUSE THEY ONLY WANTED THREE OF US AND WE RIDE FOR EACH OTHER BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT YA DIG. SO ITS BACK TO THE STREETS TO DO IT AGAIN. WE DID IT OUT THE TRUCK BEFORE SO WE GO BACK TO WHAT WE KNOW… WE ALL DOING OUR SOLO SHIT FOR NOW. BUT ITS STILL T’S UP TILL THE RE-UP YA DIG!!!! !!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!!
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