CATSKILL

With a name like Ryan Funk, it could only be written in the stars... CATSKILL, his alter ego/ stage name would prove to stand out in the overpopulated hip hop scene. It was 2005 when Cat took his raw ability to rhyme to the masses, he entered a freestyle battle on local hip hop station FLAVA 107.9 only to be retired as freestyle champ. After gaining accolades as ''Battle Champ'' he wanted to prove that he could write like no other artist in his genre. Cat’s first single ''Get'Em'' grabbed the ears of listeners by hitting them with such an unorthadox flow it was coined ''ALIEN''. It was then Cat decided to make his love for hip hop, his career. Catskill a grade 9 drop out who was raised in Winnipeg’s notorious ''West End'' had no options but to rhyme. ''I was made fun of as a kid because of my name Funk. I told people it was what made me different, also raised on McGee Street. I used to go by the name MC G DOUBLE E''. With the industry getting bigger Cat new he had to stick out like a sore thumb. His first full length album ''Heir To The Throne'' only has 2 collaborations, ''I love That '' featuring Canadian Juno winner MOKA ONLY from Swollen Members fame. and ''CATS-KILL''featuring BIZARRE from D12, EMINEM’S group. Catskill is the evolution of hip hop. Catskill will dominate the ringtone era with ''GOOD TO GO'' and ''WHOA'' as well as ''YEAR OF THE CAT'' a remake of the classic Al stewart song. People want to buy full albums, but they dont want to buy ''filler''. Catskill will prove that substance, style, swagger, ambition and originality are key’s to success. It is a new earth, CATSKILL is the power of now!