Young Stack

Young Stack,aka (LIFE) was born in San Francisco, C.A. to a single mother who at the time was against all odds in her life. Trying to make ends meet for her son and daughter who was soon on the way they moved to Marin City C.A. aka the (Jungle). As a youth growing up in Marin City, Stack was faced with the realism of poverty, and the essence of street life which was abundent in his surroundings. A few years after his sister was born they moved a few miles away to Shelter Hill known to most in the area as the" Hill "a section 8 housing complex divided by swamp and suburbs, where he wrote his first ryme. In the beginning it started out as mostly poetry, but the influence of Hip Hop in the late 80's quickly shaped his poems into raps. Early on he was influenced directly from his local nieghborhood rap artists such as 2pac and 5150. But rapping was only the beginning because from spitting rymes during lunch time at school soon became living the words he was speaking in his raps. By the age of 12 he was in and out of juvenile hall and well known to the local sheriffs and city police. Some of his early childhood friends became his extended family later on because of the similarities of disfunctional families or similar rap dreams. Living fast in the streets of Marin inherently became the custom for Young Stacks' lifestyle as well as the spirit that drove his lyrics. Rap became a strong force, a passion, and outlet to express the emotions of his daily life and struggles of bieng a Black/Samoan male in a fatherless home and the adversities that had to be overcome surviving on welfare. Eventually he started making a name for himself through his criminal reputation and rap skills. On the verge of starting his first demo with local friends/rappers(do bad, kos, Marsino, Solitary1, and cozmo aka coz pacino) he was incarcerated for Robbery and assault and sentenced to 6 years, which was later substituted for Bootcamp. After 2 years in R.O.P. youth corrections and 2 years away from the rap game that had just started to sizzle, he reached back to his roots digging up his past and touching basis with his brothers Darren and Marsino to keep up on the latest news in the Bay. Intending on finishing High School in South Lake Tahoe where his Foster home was as part of his release treatment, he kept his ear to the streets and revived the spirit that once drove him through his rap lyrics. But it was only shortly after finishing his senior year in Tahoe that he was incarcerated yet again. After a solid year in jail with 5 years probation, and thousands of dollars in fines he felt even further away from his dream of launching his rap career and being successful in life, and even closer to being another young black male in and out of the system or another statistic dead before the age of 25. Now with 2 strikes on his record and the possibility of " Life " on the next offense he moved to Oregon with his fiance' searching for a fresh start. After a few years of hard labor 9-5 type of work he began to upgrade his living situation the legit way. But regaurdless of the distance from the Bay Area, and the time that had passed he couldn't deny the hunger for the rap game. Through constant contact with brothers Marsino and Darren he kept his presence felt in the Bay and turned a new chapter in his life with his mind set on finishing what he was destined to do.