To hear my music is to hear my heart because that’s where it comes from?Birth Named after a great super hero better known as “black panther†T’challa Julius Carter jr was born September 30, 1984 in Chicago ill, T’challa was raised by his supportive mother, Fay Moore and father, Lott body. Living with three older sisters and being the only son, he soon developed a boundless enthusiasm for music at a very young age. With mixed influences like bone thugs n harmony, underground rap artist Malachi malachee, music soul child, jagged edge, twista, prince, Marvin gay, earth wind and fire, Sam cook and his sister who was also in to music. Tchalla soon created a style of his own as a rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer. A chance of becoming a music artist came when at age 15 he joined a rap group with best friend “Howard huges†called the P.O.B.S which means “product of a broken society†who recorded their first song ever in 1998 called “envious snakesâ€
POBS unfortunate break up happened when tchalla was 16 his mother past away due to a unknown form of cancer witch in result T’challa moved with his second oldest sister sheikya carter in Zion, ill where he formed a unique hip-hop group called oblivious mob better known as o.m.o.b who are very well known in the lake county area. Proforming in every event they could get into T’challa started to develop a way to combine old school R&B and rapping together in a way that could be his own as well as a formula for the group.â€I have always loved R&B and rap the same and to this day I could never choose between the two. I love them both equal. So I felt the only remedy for these problem is to make it all one sound. And because of this discovery and energy of the group Tchalla and his group members André Simmons, jameal young, Thomas Johnson, donate graham and Lamont got there first taste of the lime light when they did an opening show for Chicago group DO-OR-DIE and Twista at Waukegan high school august 20, 2000 Also opening for R&B artist Sammy. With producer heroes: timberland, juicy j, corner boys, doctor dre, the Neptune’s and Jamine Dupree, T’challa started making beats for other artist as well as his group. Other producers like Just blaze, and dark child have also motivated T’challa to make his own type of sound. “My Tracks are very melodic as well as unique because I make tracks on emotion. I was always told that anything from the heart could reach a heart. And that’s how I want to be known. As a multitalented artist who makes every track, writes every R&B or rap song from his heart. Still affiliated with his rap group oblivious mob T’challa wanted to venture more into R&B by joining a singing group called 2luv with friend Allen “lil rick†hill and Quinton keys who were also extremely well known though the lake county area. Opening shows for various artists such as Genuwine, lil Zane, the young bloods, johny p, DO-or-die, twista, and bump j. He soon realized that R&B is something he wanted to go deeper into. after four years of success 2luv decided to go there sprat ways on April 2005 witch left T’challa to become a solo artist.As a solo artist the breakup of 2luv did not stop his eye on the prize but made him more versatile. T’challa has done performances though out the Chicago and lake county area he has auditioned for p.diddys “making the band†once in New York and another in Chicago made top 10 out of 2000 that auditioned, American idol in st. Lewis and in Chicago and also tried star search once. Right know T’challa is currently working on his first self titled album called the Gentlemen with the help of his producer David Gaston A.K.A Ace boogie T’challa is ready to show the world what his got. “At age 21 I defiantly feel that I am ready to show the people my point of view on different aspects of love, break, up and anything else that I have been though. Because I feel more experienced to talk about these things now and also I want to show my versatility on the album. There is going to be a lot of songs produced by myself as well as my buddy ACE and the rest you will hear for yourself.With King T’challa’s soulful voice, old school/ new school sound, ability to make beats, writer, rapper, and dancer T’challa is way more then what you would call your average triple threat. This well rounded self contained artist is going to hit you from every angle in music so in the word of KING T’challa “let’s just hope the world is ready for what is aheadâ€
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