About Me
Raised by a family coming from Mexico with almost nothing but pride and hard work, its hard to believe that 17 years later Jose Poblano would be pursuing his dream of making music, let alone rap music. Born in Dallas, Texas but raised in the southwest side of Houston, Texas life wasn't easy growing up. Inspired by his father to work hard and turn nothing into something would be a statement he would keep in mind always. "I remember my cousin Antonio was the first person to show me rap music period I still remember he was listening to Eazy E," said Jose. Instantly pulled in by the art of music, Jose became a passionate listener. Later the independent rap scene would flood the Houston streets wit the Legendary DJ Screw and Screwed Up Click (S.U.C.) taking their futures in there own hands by creating their own sound. "They were just freestyling and having fun on these tapes so when me and my boys would hang out I just started freestyling too," said Jose. Receiving good feedback from listeners made him think he has potential therefore wanting to push more. Making cassettes at home and winning freestyle contests at local hot spots assisted with quickly giving him a name. "I actually took on the name Kriminal because of alotta trouble I was getting into as a youngster and my boss at Burger King was the first to call me Kriminal," said Jose. Shopping at a local flea market he ran into Juan Martinez, also known as, "Braze," not knowing that his life was about to change. "I remember I was wearing a shirt the click that I had started with a few friends in the neighborhood called FTX productionz and he said he made shirts and he'd cut me a deal on making me more shirts," said Jose. When picking up the order for the shirts "Braze" told him that he was an aspiring artist himself, therefore they connected right away. "Braze" being in the rap game tested young Kriminal inviting him into his studio and put him on the spot throwing him instrumental after instrumental recording an entire CD of all flows in one night much like the S.U.C., the same click that inspired the entire city. "I remember going to his shop the next day looking in the glass case seeing a CD with my face on it Braze telling me he'd been selling them all day and people were loving it". The hunger for this music had finally paid off, but it was only the beginning dropping underground after underground selling their CDs out of backbags and out the car trunk all over the whole city he built a name for himself. Taking on the hustle all over Texas and never settling for less. While on this hustle the duo ran into hustlers pursuing the same goal known as Hata Proof. C.E.O. of Hata Proof Records, Ceasar Lozano, also known as, Big Cease saw the hunger in the two and they began working as a team. Years later after many ups and downs, smiles and frowns, they still stand tall together accomplishing goals. They never dreamed of dropping hits like "I'm from Houstone," "I'd rather bang screw," "Ballin smashin," and "Down for my block" just to name a few. "I always believed in myself and always told myself trying is better then not trying, when you don't try you've already lost," said Jose. Only God knows what the future holds for Kriminology a.k.a "Da Block Star" and the Hata Proof Click, but one things for certain they're here to stay so get used to them.
