Unseen—producer, music mogul, visionary, director, and entrepreneur--began his production career with 120-minute cassette tapes and a Casio Sk-5 in East Harlem, NY. Four-year-old Unseen taped Mr. Magic and Red Alert and listened to his father’s jazz collection. By two-years-old he was humming entire Jazz tunes. He was destined to live a life of music. Purvis Unseen White III was born on March 22, 1979 to an African American father and Trinidadian mother in Denver. After is parent’s divorce, he moved with his father to East Harlem in 1982. His father, a big jazz fan, exposed him to Bob James, Mile Davis, Rick James, Quincy Jones, James Brown, and other influences. His uncle, Earl, ran a numbers joint on Lenox, had a candy store, a limo service, and taught young Unseen and his cousins the hustle of Harlem . In 1992, Unseen, moved to New Jersey. He began Djing local parties with his partner C-lo. Throwing basement parties and doing mixtapes. Later on he joined the 54th Regiment, a Jersey super group who came after the Fugees and the Outsiderz. They showed Unseen that a group of talented people could make a impact in the music game. During his senior year in high school he started a label with his cousin Deshawn Green called True Essence Records. The first release was in 1999 with a group called Crawlin Linx . Soon after, Unseen hooked up with Just from the Black Sopranos, and created ties with Kay Slay. Kay Slay showed Unseen how to take over the market with the mixtapes Since then He started a on line radio station called WWW.ALLCITYRADIO.NET.Unseen has worked with Half-A-Mil, Jim Jones, Bun B, Nucci Reyo, Smith-N-Wesson, Sam Scarfo, Joel Ortiz, Ma Barker, Tom Gist, Nyce, the Black Sopranos, and Crawlin Linx. He has been featured in The Source Magazine’s Independent’s Day column and AllHipHop.com. His discography includes the albums "Civil War," "The Connect," and "The Connect Pt. 2." Unseen is presently posed to become the next big thing. He has said, "Hip Hop is a tool that, if used correctly, can bring people together on a next level
