CHECK OUT THE LIVE PICTURES OF THE GOVAMENT FROM MARCH 1STSHOW AT THE REX WITH CLIPSE & GLOBAL GANGSTERS & WIZ KHALIFA !THE G.O.V GANG BEFORE THEY MURDERED THE SHOW !!!THE GOVAMENT GANG SMASHING THE STAGE !S.MONEY AKA DOEBOY AKA THE BOSS ! PUTTING THAT WORK IN !BO BEY AKA BOAZ AKA THE CONCIERGE !!HARDTYMEZ AKA THE ANTIDOTE !!!DROPPING SOON !KEV THA HUSTLA PUTTING THE WORK OUT IN MIXTAPE DROPPIN SOON ! GOV & HEAVY HUSTLE !SKEE THE G.O.V SOUTH !!!MORE PHOTOS OF THE AFTER PARTY COMING SOON !!!OUT NOW ELECTION DAY !!!! COP THAT JOINT RIGHT HERE !!!
Get this video and more at MySpace.com IN 1997, IN THE MIST OF ALL OF THE STREET VIOLENCE, CRIME, & DRUG DEALS CAME THE BIRTH OF THA GOVAMENT, ILL 5TH. BACK THEN, THIS ORGANIZATION OF YOUNG KIDS FROM LARIMER AVENUE CAME TOGETHER TO PROTECT EACH OTHER WHILE GETTIN MONEY IN THE STREETS EVERY WAY THEY KNEW. LARIMER AVENUE, A STREET ON THE EAST SIDE OF PITTSBURGH, PA, WAS THEN, AND STILL IS TODAY, ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS STREETS IN THE ENTIRE CITY. MANY OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THIS STREET CREW ARE EITHER DEAD OR DOING MAJOR TIME IN FEDERAL & OR STATE PRISON. ............................................................ ............................................................ ... BY THE YEAR 2002, MANY OF THE YOUNGER CREW MEMBERS LEARNED FROM THE MISTAKES OF THEIR ELDERS AND BEGAN TO CALM THE UNNECESSARY VIOLENCE & CRIME AND BEGAN TO SERIOUSLY PURSUE THEIR CAREERS IN THE BUSINESS OF HIP-HOP. TODAY, SMALLZ, KNOWLEDGE, & HARD TYMEZ ARE THE HIP-HOP GROUP KNOWN TO THE WORLD AS THA GOVAMENT. THESE THREE YOUNG MEN HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR OVER 13 OF THEIR 22 YEARS ON EARTH. KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPED AND MASTERED HIS ABILITY FREE STYLE WHILE WALKIN HOME FROM SCHOOL WITH SMALLZ & HARD TYMEZ WHILE THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. KNOWLEDGE WAS INSPIRED BY THE TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS OF HIS & HIS HOMIES LIVES AS WELL AS HIP-HOP RECORDING ARTIST LIKE MC EIHT, 2PAC, NOTORIOUS B.I.G., & CAMROM. EVENTUALLY KNOWLEDGE BEGAN TO WRITE SONGS AND SMALLS & HARD TYMEZ BEGAN WRITING AS WELL. BESIDES BEING INSPIRED BY SIMILIAR SITUATIONS AS KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL KNOWLEDGES ABILITY TO RAP, SMALLS & HARD TYMEZ WERE ALSO INSPIRED BY BIG L, MOB DEEP, BEANIE SEGAL, JAY-Z, EARLY NAS, THE LOX, CAPONE N NOREAGA AND MORE. THA GOVAMENT IS MOST LIKELY TO BE COMPARED TO THE LOX, THE DIPLOMATS, OR STATE PROPERTY. THA GOVAMENT HAS VARIOUS MUSIC INDUSTRY MOGALS SUPPORTING & DEVELOPING THEIR GROWTH AS ARTISTS, ENTERTAINERS, & BUSINESS BEHIND THE SCENES. ............................................................ ............................................................ .. THA GOVAMENTS STYLE IS STREET AND IS AGGRESSIVE BACKED BY SEASONED PRODUCERS AND ENGINEERS INCLUDING, HI-TEK, BLAK CZER WHO WAS A PART OF SAM SNEED & DR. DRES PRODUCTION TEAM, MISTAYUK, WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN WHO PLAYS VARIOUS LIVE INSTRUMENTS, AS WELL AS UPCOMING POWERHOUSE PRODUCERS LIKE LIL BUMPER, P.O.J., DJ HUGGY OF ID LABS, & FRANCHISE. ............................................................ ............................................................ ... TO DATE, THA GOVAMENT HAS OVER 60 SONGS RECORDED IN THE VERY BEST, STATE OF THE ART STUDIO IN PITTSBURGH, ENGINEERED BY E. DAN OF I.D. LABS (FORMERLY OF STRICT FLOW). WHEN THA GOVAMENT IS NOT IN THE STUDIO PREPARING MUSIC FOR THE WORLD OR THEIR MIXTAPES FOR THE STREETS, THEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE STAGE OPENING UP FOR MAJOR HIP-HOP RECORDING ARTIST SUCH AS MEMPHIS BLEEK, JUVENILE, U.T.P., YOUNG BUCK, FRANCHISE BOYZ, MIKE JONES, LIL SCRAPPY, CRIME MOB, CAMROM, JIM JONES, JUELZ SANTANA, BONE CRUSHER, & THE LEGENDARY MC EIHT. RECENTLY, AFTER RECORDING A TRACK WITH MC EIHT, HE INVITED THA' GOVAMENT TO PERFORM THE SONG WITH HIM IN CLEVELAND, OHIO WHERE THEY TORE THE STAGE DOWN. THA GOVAMENT HAS PERFORMED AT NUMEROUS NIGHTCLUBS, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY AS WELL. ............................................................ ............................................................ .... THA GOVAMENTS FOLLOWING IN THE PITTSBURGH MARKET IS TREMENDOUS AND THE PROMOTER IN THE MARKET PLACE KNOWS IT AND MAKES SURE THAT THIS GROUP OPENS FOR ANY AND EVERY MAJOR RECORDING HIP-HOP ACT THAT PERFORMS THERE. THE GROUPS GOAL TODAY IS TO CONTINUE TO HEAT UP THE STREETS WITH THEIR CONCERT APPEARANCES AS WELL AS THEIR MIXTAPES, AND TO SECURE A GROUP DEAL WITH A MAJOR RECORD LABEL. THE GROUP WILL BEGIN DELIVERING THEIR PACKAGE TO INTERESTED OFFICIALS IN THE HIP-HOP INDUSTRY JANUARY OF 2005. UNTIL THEN, WATCH OUT FOR AMAZING THINGS FROM THA GOVAMENT ON THESE UPCOMING PROJECTS: THA GOVAMENT MIXTAPES, THA GOVAMENT DEBUT CD, THA GOVAMENT DVD & A MOVIE APPEARANCE IN WEARIN WIRES BY PAUL P.O.J. TAYLOR. ............................................................ .........................................................THA GOVAMENT CONTACT: 412.401.8670 FOR ALL MIXTAPES CALL TIMEBOMB (412)661-2233They say any publicity is good publicity! Pittsburgh and the GOV have recently recieved some more recognition and street cred in the hip-hop world. Besides ID Labs Studio getting PGH music out there, there has been some recent word from AllHipHop.com and Hot 97 in NYC. WE GOT LOVE FOR NYC, but Hell Rell, Jim Jones, Diplomats... it is what it is. Ya'll who don't know better ask somebody. Anyone who doubted PGH's street cred is about to recognize! Anyone who doubted Pittsburgh's musical abilities, is about to find out! ............................................................ .......................................................... Check out The Govament: HIP-HOP HEROIN VOL. I hosted by DJ KAY-SLAY ............................................................ .......................................................... Newly released S. MONEY MIX TAPE - DOE BOY ............................................................ ........................................................... FREE NIZZY Mix Tape also available. We got that fire!!! ............................................................ .......................................................... BUY OUR ALBUMS AT WWW.INFRAREDCITY.COM ............................................................ ....................BOAZ INTENT TO DELIVER VOL 1If you haven't recieved a copy of these or the ID LABS PRESENTS: MIX TAPE VOL. I hit up their link in our top 8! ............................................................ ........................................................... ALSO WATCH OUT FOR HARDTIMEZ THA ANTIDOTE HOSTED BY THE DRAMA KING
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