BORN & RAISED IN CALIFORNIA, PAYASO'S FATHER WAS NONE OTHER THAN FAMED CHOLO ARTIST & MAGAZINE EDITOR "TEEN ANGEL". GROWING UP IN RIALTO, CALIFORNIA PAYASO WAS RAISED IN A GOOD HOME IN A STRICT FAMILY ENVIRONMENT, HOWEVER THE THRILL OF THE GANGSTER LIFE ATTRACTED PAYASO & BY AGE 15 PAYASO WAS KICKED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL & HAD JOINED UP WITH A NOTORIOUS LOCAL STREET GANG FROM NEIGHBORING SAN BERNARDINO. AT THE TIME HIS FELLOW FRIENDS & GANG MEMEBERS WERE INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES & MANY OF HIS ASSOCIATES WERE IMPRISONED & MURDERED. AT AGE 19 PAYASO BECAME A FATHER & SLOWED DOWN HIS GANG ACTIVITY, INSTEAD TRYING NEW HOBBIES SUCH AS LOWRIDING & RAP MUSIC, HE BEGAN TO SELL HIS FATHER'S TEEN ANGELS MAGAZINES (WHICH AT THE TIME HAD HUNDREDS OF PAYASO'S DRAWINGS & POEMS) AT SWAPMEETS & MADE OLDIE MIX CD'S & TAPES TO HELP PAY THE BILLS. AT AGE 21 HIS MOTHER DIED OF LUEKEMIA & PAYASO REALIZED THAT HE WANTED TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE FOR HIS WIFE & CHILD... ESPECIALLY SINCE HIS SECOND CHILD WAS ALSO NOW ON THE WAY. AT A SWAPMEET IN INDIO, CALIFORNIA, SELLING CD'S & MAGAZINES PAYASO MET UP WITH GIL SOLIS OF GNP RECORDS (THEN MANAGER OF CLIKA ONE & BROTHER OF TOMAS SOLIS MANAGER OF TRIPLE C & CALI LIFE STYLE) RECORDED A DEMO SONG TO BE RELEASED ON A COMPILATION CALLED BROWN BY NATURE & THE REST IS CHICANO RAP HISTORY. DUE TO PAYASO'S BUSINESS SENSE & STREET TIES HE HAD RISEN TO FAME QUICKLY IN HIS HOMETOWN AREA OF THE INLAND EMPIRE & WHILE DOING CAR SHOWS & CONCERTS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST & WITH THE HIS WEBSITE SURENORAP.COM ( ONE OF THE FIRST & THE LONGEST RUNNING WEB SITES DEDCIATED TO CHICANO RAP MUSIC) HIS SOUND & STYLE HAVE SPREAD TO MANY OTHER YOUNG LATINOS & LATINAS IN THE BARRIOS WHO COULD RELATE TO HIS MESSAGE. WITH THE HELP OF HIS BROTHER SMILEY ( NOW OWNER & OPERATOR OF TEEN ANGELS MAGAZINE) & FRIEND TRAVIESO ( PRODUCER & RAP ARTISTS) PAYASO CREATED TEEN ANGELS RECORDS, HIS OWN INDEPENDENT LABEL WHERE HE RECORDS, PRODUCES & DISTRIBUTES HIS MUSIC & A SELECT GROUP OF OTHERS, PAYASO ALSO MAINTAINS HIS OWN WEBSITES & DOES HIS OWN ALBUM COVER ARTWORK, GRAPHICS & PHOTGRAPHY THANKS TO THE EARLY HELP OF MARIO LOPEZ @ TOLTEC MEDIA. RECENTLY PAYASO SIGNED A THREE YEAR DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH LOW PROFILE RECORDS & EMI, WHO HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH LATIN RAP LEGENDS LIL ROB, KID FROST, PROPER DOS, LIGHTER SHADE OF BROWN & MANY MORE. PAYASO & TEEN ANGELS RECORDS HAVE PROVEN TO BE A STAPLE IN THE RAPIDLY GROWING LATIN RAP MARKET & HAS SET TRENDS FOR MANY UP & COMING ARTISTS IN HIS GENRE.
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