GREY MATTER aka DARK MATTER aka THA MINISTER aka GREAT MASTER aka MESSIAH of MESSAGES aka INSINERATOR
“I REPRESENT HIP-HOP IN IT’S PUREST FORM, INCLUDING THE 4 ELEMENTS, MC’ING, BREAKING, DJ’ING AND GRAFFITI FOR SURE! I’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN GRAFFITI AND HIP-HOP FOR 17 YEARS AND HAVE LOVED IT ALL MY LIFE! I LOVE TO CREATE HIP-HOP IN VARIOUS FORMS, SUCH AS HARDCORE, POLITICAL, LYRICALLY CHALLENGING, BATTLE RAPS, POETIC FLOWS, CONSCIOUS AND POSITIVE HIP-HOP, LATIN AND EXPERIMENTALâ€.
AFTER THE BREAK UP OF “GRAFFIC APHLIKTIONZâ€, A GROUP CONSISTING OF HIMSELF (AS THE SICK ONE) AND HIS COUSIN ‘THE RAGE’ (who went on to pursue a career as vocalist 'Bleeding Lung' in the popular So. Cal. metal band SANGRE ), GREY MATTER HAS RELEASED 1 SOLO ALBUM ENTITLED “IMMACKULATE MISCONCEPTIONS†COMPLETELY DIGITAL, SINCE HE BEGAN PURSUING MUSIC IN 1998. “IMMACKULATE MISCONCEPTIONS†WAS HIGHLY POLITICALLY CHARGED, FULL OF HARDCORE RAP TRACKS (SOME OF WHICH COULD BE CALLED HORRORCORE SUCH AS ‘SUPERNATURAL’) AND SOME VERY EXPERIMENTAL TRACKS WITH COLLABORATIONS FROM DTS, OKIRASUN AND DOLPHINBRAIN FROM EVOLVE MUSIC. DUE TO LACK OF DISTRIBUTION, IT WAS NOT WIDELY HEARD, ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE MUSIC IS STILL BEING PLAYED ON SITES SUCH AS MYSPACE, SOUNDCLICK AND AMONGST FANS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE REGION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
CURRENTLY GREY MATTER IS WORKING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE CREATION OF HIS OWN COMPANY RYME (Ruben Young Entertainment & Media), A MIXTAPE, WITH LONG TIME FRIEND DJ SEIZURE AND PRODUCERS FROM HOOD LEAGUE RECORDS, A LABEL GREY MATTER IS CURRENTLY THE ART DIRECTOR FOR. A SOLO ALBUM ENTITLED "GRAVE MATTERS", AND A COLLABORATIVE ALBUM WITH MEMBERS OF “THE DO-GOODERS†OF THE EVOLVE MUSIC COLLECTIVE ARE ALSO IN THE WORKS.
GREY MATTER HAS OPENED FOR, PERFORMED WITH AND BOOKED VARIOUS WELL KNOWN UNDERGROUND ACTS FROM THE WEST COAST SUCH AS ACID REIGN, CIRCUS OF THE SHAPE SHIFTERS, HIP HOP ADDICTS, DJ ICKEE, OMINOUS WORDS, S.O.P., ABOMB RECORDS, PURE UNKUT AND MORE. HE HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN CREATING MEDIA SUCH AS WEBSITES, FLIERS AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS FOR VARIOUS ENTERTAINERS, RECORD LABELS, AND INDEPENDENT FILM COMPANIES SUCH AS BUKUE ONE FUNNYMAN ENTERTAINMENT (MC AND GRAFF WRITER; MANAGER FOR DEL, HIEROGLYPHICS AND ABSTRACT RUDE), QLP FILMS, SANGRE, EVOLVE MUSIC, HOOD LEAGUE RECORDS AND MORE.
GREY MATTER CAN BE SEEN IN A SCENE FROM “GRAND THEFT PARSONSâ€, A SMALL BUDGET DARK COMEDY FILM STARRING CHRISTINA APPLEGATE AND JOHNNY KNOXVILLE. WATCH IT ON SHOWTIME REGULARLY OR RENT / BUY IT FROM YOUR LOCAL VIDEO STORE!
