Before college radio, before the showcases, V was diligently known for rocking on corners and creating mixtapes full of freestyle verses and full tracks in the little virtually unknown city of Passaic, New Jersey.V says, “Take a look in my 6th grade yearbook…since then I knew I was destined to be a music artist.â€The dream that would later turn into reality all started with V’s cousin Sylvon Wright (Skywalker of the group Energy & Light, and owner of Irocdis.com). V was inspired by Sylvon’s near success with his group the Deadly Snakes; and began to pursue his rhyming with more focus. The “playing of words†soon turned into a ritualistic commitment. V was encouraged by the simple, but profound words of Sylvon, “Yo, cousin, just keep writing.†From there a regimen of consistent writing coupled with a strong determination allowed V to develop his craft.V’s first break came during his performance at an African American Festival at 3rd Ward Park in Passaic, NJ. Local producer, “Big Trev†spotted the hungry young emcee (then 15) and decided to invite him to the studio to work. The rest as they say is history.V began his first recordings out of Big Trev’s studio. The hunger was there, but the experience and knowledge of the industry were the crucial factors that could only be obtained over time. Inspiration was born in V with the experimentation of music on the Akai MPC2000 and synthesizer worked by Trev. Through the mentorship of the local producer V began to realize what lengths could be reached with sheer determination and creativity. Big Trev planted the seed that would soon lead V into more freestyle sessions with other local emcees.V met with Deadeye (now Trulivin) during a high school math class where they were both busy writing in their rhyme books. The two would then collaborate and form the Verbal Marksmen that would later create a demo of their talents at Enormous Production Studios.In between making music with Deadeye, V met another local emcee, the Rap Assassin. The duo of V and the Rap Assassin would create a separate demo produced by “Brown†out of West New York. The two performed at venues throughout their local area and was honored to showcase their talent for the legendary B-boy Ken Swift of the Rock Steady Crew!For the next few years, the Verbal Marksmen shared many sessions and eventually ran into another rhyme group from Paterson, NJ called World Affiliated. The two groups stayed in contact and later V was added to their group, and the name was changed from World Affiliated to The Formulis.Since that day, V has been scaling the Hip-Hop scene with his partners Phonetic and Fenalm (of the Formulis) who together have put together two albums and have performed at many different venues along the likes of Pumpkinhead, Scienz of Life, Life Long, EverLiven Sound, K-Banger, Silent Knight, 9th Prince and many more.Venomous is now in the process of putting together a number of projects with producers DefDom, DJ Mentplus, Kingshon, HeartBeat the Producer, and others.For further info you can reach Venomous at http://www.myspace.com/Venomous2000theultraemcee or
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