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MUSIC IS THE BEAT OF THE HEART AND WHAT MOVES THE SOUL! IT'S A DIRECT REFLECTION OF SELF, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CAN BE USED TO UNITE THE WORLD IN HARMONY AND PRODUCE UNHEARD AMOUNTS OF ENERGY.
P.E.T.R.O. WAS FORMED OUT OF NECESSITY! IT IS NECESSARY FOR HIP-HOP HEADS EVERYWHERE TO HEAR MUSIC THAT IS NOT ABOUT THE "BLING-BLING", NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO HAS A MESSAGE THAT YEARNS TO BE HEARD. P.E.T.R.O. WHICH MEANS POSITIVE ENTITIES WITH TIME RUNNING OUT ,HAVE ROCKED THE STAGE WITH HIP-HOP ARTIST THAT INCLUDE: DO OR DIE, LEGIT BALLAZ, THE LEGENDARY TRAXSTER, ICE-T, AND RUKA PUFF. THE GROUP CONSIST OF THREE MEMBERS: WAYNE HARDY III A.K.A. DOXSTA WHOSKI, CHARLES YOUNG A.K.A. DIRTY RED, AND KALIF ALEXANDER A.K.A. LEAF SMOKE.
DOXSTA( THE DIRECT OVERPOWERING XHIBITION OF SKILL TECHNIQUE AND ACCURACY )WAS BORN ON THE WESTSIDE OF CHICAGO. HE STARTED OUT AS A DJ SPINNING THE WHEELS OF STEEL UNTIL THE LACK OF LYRICAL CONTENT MOVED HIM TO APPLY HIS OWN VERBAL SKILLS TO THE RAP GAME. DOX WAS INFLUENCED BY THE LIKES OF L.L. COOL J, BIG DADDY KANE, AND RAKIM. AFTER FORMING A FEW GROUPS AND GOING SOLO BETWEEN BREAK UPS IN DA LATE 2001, DOXSTA WAS PART OF THE USA/UK2001 COMPILATION CD. HIS SONG TITLED GIMME SUM ROOM WAS HEARD AND ENJOYED BY MANY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
FEELING COMPELLED TO PROVE HIS SKILLS IN TWO DISTINCTIVE WAYS, DOXSTA FIRST BATTLED ALL COMERS AT CLUB TONIC WHERE PRIMO RECORDS HOSTED RAP BATTLES FOR 3 YEARS STRAIGHT. SECONDLY HIS WARRIOR SPIRIT DROVE HIM TO JOIN THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY JAGUARS SEMI-PRO FOOTBALL TEAM WHERE HE MET KALIF OR LEAF AS EVERYBODY CALLED HIM, AND WENT ON TO FORM THE GROUP P.E.T.R.O.
HIP-HOP IS LIFE AND MUSIC, THE WAVE OF THE OCEAN FOREVER BREAKING INTO THE EARS OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. INSPIRED BY MUSIC OF ALL FORMS AND GENRES FROM CLASSICAL TO HIP-HOP, R&B TO ROCK, KALIF ALEXANDER A.K.A. LEAF SMOKE IS TRUELY A LOVER OF MUSIC. INFLUENCED BY SCARFACE, REDMAN, OUTCAST, AND ICE CUBE, KALIF BRINGS NEW LIFE AND INSIGHT TO HIS MUSIC.
LEAF WAS BORN ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO WHERE HE FELL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC AT AN EARLY AGE, BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TO LOOK IN. WITH WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS OLDER BROTHER, LEAF WROTE HIS FIRST SONG CALLED ROACHES AT AGE 11. THE WORDS TO THIS SONG FUELED A PASSION IN WORDS FOR HIM THAT LAST TO THIS DAY!
LIFE BROUGHT HIM TO CHAMPAIGN, IL IN 1999 WHERE HE MET CHARLES YOUNG A.K.A. DIRTY RED WHO INSISTED HE KNEW THAT THEY HAD THE RIGHT FORMULA TO MAKE IT BIG, AND WITH THE ADDITION OF HIMSELF, THE EQUATION WAS COMPLETE.
DIRTY WAS BORN THE YOUNGEST OF THREE CHILDREN. HE GREW UP QUICKLY LEARNING THE VALUES OF LIFE AT A RAPID RATE. AS A YOUNG MAN DIRTY WAS INTO SPORTS AND BASICALLY ANYTHING HE COULD GET INTO ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO. GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND TIME HE FOUND A NEW LOVE, MUSIC!
ADMIRING THE TALENT OF HIS UNCLE, DIRTY GOT LOST IN HIS MUSIC. HE MASTERED THE ART OF STORY TELLING, INFLUENCED BY SLICK RICK THE RULER. LISTENING TO MUSIC GAVE CHARLES A NEW LIGHT AS WELL AS A LEASH ON LIFE. MUSIC QUICKLY BECAME EVERYTHING FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN. HE HOOKED UP WITH FRIENDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD( CARTOON & MIDEVIL) AND FORMED THREE DEEP. LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES PUSHED DIRTY AWAY FROM HIS GOALS AND IT TOOK SOME OLD SONGS THEN MEETING LEAF TO BRING HIM BACK TO THE HIP-HOP WORLD.
WITH VENGEANCE AND BURNIG COMMITMENT, THE THREE OF THEM HAVE VOWED TO NEVER LET ANYTHING STOP THEM FROM REACHING THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MAKING THEIR MARK IN THE WORLD OF HIP-HOP!
