RICHARD F. ELDER III (BORN APRIL 12,1979)
BETTER KNOWN AS HIS STAGE NAME BLOW, IS AN AMERICAN RAPPER.
HE'S RISING TO FAME WITH RELEASE OF HIS ALBUM "VEST UP" (2008)
AND "FALLEN" (2010). BOTH ALBUM'S ARE THE ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE
MULTI-PLATINUM SUCCESS, HIS GOAL IS TO SELL OVER TWENTY-FIVE
MILLION COPIES COMBINED.BORN: IN COMPTON CA,
RASIED: IN LONG BEACH CA, BLOW BEGAN DRUG DEALING AT THE
AGE OF 10, DURING THE 1980'S CRACK EPIDMIC. AFTER LEAVING
DRUG DEALING TO PURSUE HIS RAP CAREER, HE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH TRAFFICING IN 2005. UPON HIS RELEASE HE VOWED
TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLDS HIGHEST SELLING RAPPERS TO DATE.
IN 2003 HE FOUNDED THE RECORD LABEL LUMINAGHTI RECORDS/CHAP LIFE RECORDS, WHICH SIGNED SEVERAL RAPPERS SUCH AS BRAINYAK,KILO-G,SLY-FI AND MASIAH WHO COLLECTIVELY FORM "THE C.H.A.P" (CRIMINAL.HUSTLAZ.AGAINST.POLICE).INFLUENCE'S INCLUDE:
TUPAC,WU-TANG,RUN-DMC,THE D.O.C,PARIS,ICE CUBE,N.W.A,REDMAN
EMINEM,DR.DRE,JAY-Z,BIG DADDY KANE,ICE T AND MANY MORE