MY JOURNEY BEGAN IN STAMFORD, CT DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME IN WHICH HIP-HOP WAS AT ITS FOUNDATION. WITNESSING THE CULTURE FIRSTHAND WAS PRICELESS AND OF COURSE I BECAME INTERESTED IN IT. I GREW UP LISTENING TO NEW YORK RADIO....92 WTKU, 107.5 WBLS, 98.7KISS, IT WAS PRICELESS! CATS LIKE MR. MAGIC, MARLEY MARL, AND RED ALERT WAS HOLDING IT DOWN! WHEN I FIRST HEARD BIZ MARKIE BEAT BOXING ON BLS I KNEW THATS WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I STARTED BEAT BOXING SOON AFTER SINCE I COULDN'T BREAKDANCE, POP-LOCK OR DO GRAFFITI ART. BACK THEN MOST CATS WHO BEAT BOXED WERE BIG DUDES, I WAS A LITTLE SCRAWNY KID HOLDIN IT DOWN WIT CATS TWICE MY SIZE. WHEN THE SKINNY BOYS (BRIDGEPORT, CT) CAME OUT AND I HEARD THIS KID NAMED JOCK BOX I WENT CRAZY BEACUSE THAT DUDE WAS MY SIZE AND HE CARVED HIS NAME IN BEAT BOX HISTORY. I STILL BEAT BOX SOMETIMES, I'LL NEVER STOP.GROWING UP IN SOUTHFIELD VILLAGE PROJECTS WAS AN EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER, BIG UP TO BUILDING 85 (NO LONGER STANDING) AND ALL MY HOMIES I GREW UP WIT... STEVE WELLS, PITO MORALES, ANGEL VELEZ(GUCCI),ANT, TRAVIS AND BRIAN BARRETT, DEXTER DAVIS, ALGERNON, JOHN HOLLAND(THE LL LOOK ALIKE, BUT SHORTER), TERRY AND JIMMY MIDDLETON. THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE HANDFULL OF MY HOMIES FROM MY OLD HOOD. DURING THE LATE 80'S I MADE MY EXCURSION TO NC ALONG WITH MY MOTHER AND SISTER, TRUST ME THIS STORY IS VERY ABBREVIATED. I COULD DO A MOVIE FOR REAL. COMING FROM CT TO NC WAS ANOTHER EXPERIENCE I WOULD NOT TRADE FOR ANYHING IN THE WORLD!! MY LOVE FOR HIP-HOP WAS STRONGER THAN EVER AND MY BIG BROTHER(PRECISE) WHO WAS ALREADY IN NC HOLDIN IT DOWN LINKED ME UP TO THIS LOCAL DJ AT ELON COLLEGE NAMED CHARLES "CRUSH" DAVIS (R.I.P) WHO HAD A HIP-HOP VARIETY SHOW ON SATURDAY MORNINGS (89.3 WSOE-FM). I ENDED UP BEING A SIDEKICK ON THE SHOW AND MY LOVE FOR RADIO BEGAN RIGHT THERE!MY LOVE FOR TELEVSION BEGAN IN THE 4TH GRADE WITH THIS TEACHER(MR.ROMANIELLO-NEWFIELD ELEM SCH/STAMFORD, CT) WHO WAS VERY ARTSY. WE ACTUALLY SHOT AND SPOOFED COMMERCIALS OF POPULAR ITEMS AT THE TIME (i.e SASSON AND SERGIO VALENTE JEANS,ETC.) WE ALSO SHOT THINGS AND CREATED CHEAP CAMERA TRICKS TOO. I KNEW FROM THE 4TH GRADE THAT I WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING THAT REVOLVES AROUND MUSIC OR TELEVISON. AT STAMFORD HIGH SCHOOL I WAS IN A "CLUSTER" PROGRAM THAT FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT FIELDS. I WAS IN THE ART AND HUMANITIES CLUSTER WHERE DIFFERENT THINGS WERE COVERED LIKE THEATRE, OPERA, BROADCASTING, ETC.UPON ARRIVING IN NC I HAD ALL THIS ENERGY TO BECOME A PART OF SOMETHING IN WHICH I WAS ALREADY INVOLVED IN. (REMEMBER THIS IS AN EDITED VERSION OF THE WHOLE STORY, I DIDN'T EVEN GET INTO HOW BIG OF A SPORTS FANATIC I AM) DURING MY 12TH GRADE YEAR AT WESTERN HS (ELON, NC) I WAS ON A PROJECT CALLED VIDEOVATIONS, IT WAS A VIDEO YEARBOOK PUT TOGETHER BY A COLLECTIVE OF SENIORS. I GOTTA TAKE A MOMENT TO SHOUT OUT ALL MY PEOPLE IN THE BALL PARK SECTION OF ELON....SLY, SNAKE, DRE, K-LOVE, MATT, LOUIS, DWAYNE, QUIN, TERRY D, CURTIS, AND THE WHOLE SLADE, JOHNSON, MCMULLEN, HAITH, COUSIN, AND YANCEY FAMILIES. IF I LEFT ANYBODY OUT YOU KNOW ITS NOT INTENTIONAL.I SPENT MANY YEARS CARRYING CRATES FOR DJ POLO AND LEARNING ABOUT PROMOTING PARTIES FROM AMPWAY. DURING THIS TIME POWER 97 (WQMG) WAS HIP-HOP AND R&B. I USED TO HANG AROUND THE STATION ALL THE TIME AND THIS LED ME TO BEFRIEND A DUDE BY THE NAME OF KEVIN KAOS WHO WAS DOING HIS THING ON THE AIR WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS DUDE PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH HE INSPIRED ME. I KNEW ONE DAY I WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE DAMN THING ON THE AIR SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW!BACK TO MY STORY, AFTER HS GRADUATION OFF TO A&T I WENT AND I CAN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO TELL THAT WHOLE STORY PLEASE BELIEVE THAT, ANY AGGIE CAN RELATE CAUSE WE GOT MAD STORIES TO TELL ABOUT AGGIE LIFE IN THE 90'S. ANYHOW MY LOVE FOR TV EXPANDED EVEN GREATER WHEN AN IDEA FORMULATED AMONG 4 COLLEGE STUDENTS: TROY AND VALERIE JONES, JASON THOUSAND AND ME OF COURSE. SPOT-TV WAS BORN IN THE LIVING ROOM OF TROY JONES AND NOW REACHES PEOPLE WORLDWIDE VIA THE INTERNET, NEW YORK, NC, AND JAMAICA VIA TELEVISION. THE SPOT TV EXPERIENCE COULD NOT BE DESCRIBED BY WORDS ALONE. I WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL TO TROY AND VALERIE JONES FOR MAKING ME A SUPERSTAR! I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE LIKE: ZIGGY MARLEY, GEORGE CLINTON, GEORGE DANIELS (GEORGE'S MUSIC ROOM/CHICAGO, IL), RED ALERT, MC LYTE, SPECIAL ED, KID CAPRI, P-DIDDY, LOON, LIL JON, JARULE, CHARLI B-MORE, PETEY PABLO, BONECRUSHER, HELTAH SKELTAH, NOREAGA, JILL SCOTT, THE CLIPSE, PHILLYS MOST WANTED, KRS-1( MY FAVORITE INTERVIEW EVER!!!), NELLY, LUDACRIS, REDMAN, AND MANY MORE! ONCE AGAIN BIG UP TO TROY AND VAL OVER THERE AT SPOT TV, HOPEFULLY OUR PATHS WILL COME TOGETHER AGAIN!!!I HAD TO LET ALL OF THIS OUT OF ME SO THOSE WHO THINK THEY KNOW ME CAN GET A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT ON SKIBO. OH YEAH, THE NAME "SKIBO". IT ALL STARTED WAY BACK WHEN. FOR THOSE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER SKI WAS A TITLE IN HIP-HOP. FOR INSTANCE I KNOW SOME REMEMBER KOOL ROCK SKI (FAT BOYS), STARSKI LUVBUG (LEGENDARY DJ PIONEER), JOE SKI LOVE ("PEE WEE'S DANCE"). MY NAME BACK IN THE DAY WAS RODSKI O AND MY COUSIN DAVID TRANSFORMED IT TO SKIBO (PRONOUNCED "SKEE-BO"). ONCE AGAIN THIS IS A SMALL WINDOW INTO MY LIFE AND NONE OF WHAT I'M DOING WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT AMPWAY ("THE DJ') AND THE INCREDIBLE DJ POLO. THOSE TWO DUDES TOOK ME UNDER THEIR WINGS AND I WILL FOREVER BE INDEBTED TO THEM, REAL TALK!!!MY OPPORTUNITY FOR RADIO CAME ABOUT IN THE FALL OF 2003 THANKS TO JANE DANIELS AND DJ CAPITAL J WHO CO-SIGNED FOR ME. BIG UP AND RESPECT TO MY CURRENT 102JAMZ RADIO FAMILY: TAP MONEY, 5 FOOTA, AFRIKA, CAP J, B-DAHT, CARLOS ALEJANDRO SANTOS, KEVIN KAOS, ROB SWYNGA (GOOD LUCK AT WPGC DUDE!!!!), BIG MOE, BULL, DELYTE, RUGBEE, WALEED (BIG UPS TO THE OTHAZ MOVEMENT, OTHAZ.COM CHECK MY G'S), BROOKLYN, SHOWDOWN AND YOUNG GEE. BIG UPS TO THE 102JAMZ MIX SQUAD DJ'S....J-FLEX, CAPITAL J, POLO, CEASE FIRE, AND SOUNDMACHINE.I'M NOT DONE WITH THIS 'ABOUT ME' SECTION YET.....I GOTTA STORY TO TELL JUST STAY TUNED FOR MORE AT A LATER TIME. I'M NOT PERFECT I KNOW I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER EVEN THOUGH I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TELL MY WHOLE STORY!!!I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!
