Born Derek Charles Sykes on June 3rd, 1987, the rapper you know as Geezy Jones was born in the Itty Bitty City Of Vallejo in the north side Lofas area to Charles and Renee Sykes. He Spent a lot of time at his mother’s parents in the El Cerrito hills. His grandmother showed him the most love of all of her grandchildren because he spent a lot of time at her house it’s where he learned to expand his reading abilities even though he not a fan of reading. With his grandparents being from the Oklahoma and Shreveport, Louisiana it was easy for him to pick a "country" accent. Being raised by the bay and the traditions of south is what gives him his swagger of hospitality yet cockiness when he gets on the mic. He started his education going to private school for elementary and into 6th grade but after he lost his grandmother in the middle of his 6th grade year he decided that he 'd rather go to school somewhere else in addition to the fact he was tired of the school. so in 7th grade he started going to Vallejo Middle School where he met his current friend Andre Burke who he still hangs out with. After his promotion to 9th grade he decided he'd go to Jesse Bethel High for the year so he could be around his older twin cousins Niko & Domo. After they graduated his mother decided that he had to finish his education at Vallejo High where he met a lot of fellow rappers such as Blizz, Jwag, Case Closed, D-Boy, Mac-Nificent, Lay Low, Effex and many other rappers. Hanging around other rappers and being in ciphers with them helped him develop his skills with metaphors and punch lines. In 2005 he graduated from Vallejo High.
Growing up Geezy listened to R&B of the "old" school from the Four Tops, Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson. He also listened to the love making music of Luthor Vandross, Barry White, Freddie Jackson, and "The King Of Pop" Michael Jackson who as a child was Geezy's favorite artist. by age 10 he started listening to more hip hop genre orientated artist such as Usher and Puffy (Now Diddy). As he got older he began to listen to hip hop the first song he can recall catching his ear was Tupac's "Live in Die And Die In L.A.â€; to this day that is his favorite record. However, even though that is his favorite song, his favorite rapper he says hands down is Dark Man X (DMX) because even though many would say he is "just a barking dog on a beat' Geezy was able to see the depth of DMX's lyrics from the politic to the pain. He says the two songs he likes most from DMX is "I Miss You" the song he did for his grandmother because it reminds him of when he lost his grandmother. He says "How Its Going Down" is his other favorite DMX song just because DMX was able to describe a love that’s not really love relationship like what people would expect.
Since He was raised in the old school of R&B he started off a singer and was in his family friend's churches choir where he was able to expand his singing. But at the age of 12 he hit puberty and his voice went and got deep and he was used to it so he stopped singing in the choir. Even though he liked singing, he still listened to rap, so eventually he began to take an interest in rapping. he would to the same four counts as he did when he used to sing, so it was almost nothing for him to pick up rapping. Even though he wasn’t the greatest at wordplay or metaphors he still had a solid flow and swagger. He started off jus free styling because wasn’t that good at reading his written raps plus he also felt more relaxed just free styling. At the age of 13 he started recording his songs with an ex friend by the name of Damon "Dynomyte D" Powell, he met him hanging out at the Boys and Girls Club in Vallejo. After they had a falling out he had to buy his own equipment to record. Since he has been using his own equipment and has made nothing into a little something.
In the fall of 2006 he began working with a Fairfield rapper by the way of Chicago, by the Name Lance "Str8-Lace" Jackson who started his own label called Crooked Army. Since meeting they've spent the last year working on a buzz and working up their fame. Spreading the word around about themselves and the Crooked Army label.
For Those who wondered where I got the name Geezy Jones and the alias MISTA 24.3. Well I got the name Geezy Jones from last name of my previous stage name. (Stackz Grandz For Short Gz) Jones because my moms always telling me not to "follow the Jones" and "when you can’t beat em you join em ya dig"...I didn’t get it from putting together Young Jeezy And one of the Jones Rappers (Such as Jim, Mike, Nas Or Serius). I'm not as shallow as ya favorite rapper is. The Name MISTA 24.3 is an acronym for Money Is Stretched To Absolute and 24. 3 are two numbers that I had when I played little league base ball and since they have been my favorite numbers.
PRODUCER CREDITS: MONEY TRACKS UNIQUE, THX, ANTEEZIE DA CHAMP, THE UNTOUCHABLE 4000 WATTZ
CREDIT ARTIST: STR8-LACE, T-KAHLI MA, YAY HEARD?, TYE BO( POPSICLE GANG), BLACK PREZ, DRUM RYDER (THA CHOPPAS), NENO B THA DON, BLIZZ, JWAG, YOUNG ONE THE BEAT(CITY BOSS ENT), BIGGATHANLIFE(GEEZUS JONES), JAYLYN, GT, DYNOMYTE D, YOUNG HEEMER, CASE CLOSED, D-BOY, SEAN LOYALTY, LIL BLOOD(BLOOD ENT), KATA BOY, SMOOVIE BABY, LYRICAL MIRACLE, V. GO,
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