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Phonetics’ BioBorn and raised September 18, 1980 in Paterson, NJ, Kevin McMillan aka Phonetic discovered his interest in Hip Hop from listening to his older sister playing MC Lyte and LL Cool J records. He also had a brother in law and cousin who were both apart of well-known groups around Newark and Paterson, which also played a part in Phonetic’s growing interest. Around the age of nine years old he started testing his skills at freestyling with his cousin and brother in law. Shortly after hanging with his influences, Phonetic noticed that freestyling came naturally. Therefore he began to take rhyming seriously. He learned how to count bars and how to format songs, and he was taught early about the importance of a good hook. Phonetic started rocking with a group called the Formulis where they put out one independent album. Formulis took the streets selling them hand to hand and not doing to bad for themselves selling around a 1000 copies. After the album, they also put together an EP that sold around 1500 copies. That was then, and now Phonetic has found a style of his own and is well rounded in his art. Now this MC/Producer/Engineer is ready to showcase his talents to the world. He has done shows all over Jersey such as New Brunswick, Sayreville, Passaic, Paterson, and Montclair. He has been as far as South Carolina to showcase his talent. Unstoppable, he has even opened shows for acts such as Ninth Prince of Killerarmy and Science of Life. Currently Phonetic is working on his album (producing most of his material) and shopping his Demo to major and independent labels. He targets listeners that enjoy the lyrics as much as the beat and the hook. Phonetic thrives off drawing his listeners into his music by painting a clear picture for his fans to see and understand his lyrics. Phonetic listens to many forms of music to enhance his abilities in figuring out different sounds and styles. Phonetic’s time is well over do in the hip hop world and he is more than ready to take his music to another level for the world to hear. “I love music too much not to be successful in it.”