YOUNG $TACK$, BORN ASTREL BELLAVOIX, OF HAITIAN PARENTS IN THE CARRIBBEAN ISLANDS OF TURKS AND CAICOS. IN 1988, AT THE AGE OF 7, HIS PARENTS MOVED TO FLORIDA IN SEARCH OF A BETTER LIFE. THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH IS WHERE HOPE LANDED THE FAMILY OF FIVE, MOM, DAD, AND TWO SISTERS, AND LATER IN 1991, A YOUNGER BROTHER. ASTREL IS THE SECOND OLDEST OF THE FIVE. HIS CHILDHOOD WAS NORMAL. BEING CLOSER TO HIS DAD, WHO WAS A MECHANIC, HE BECAME IN LOVE WITH TAKING APART TOYS AND REBUILDING THEM. CREATIVITY IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY TALENTS THAT HE POSES. DRAWING WAS HIS MAIN FOCUS AND BECOMING AN ARTIST WAS HIS DREAM. RAPPING CAME EASY TO HIM. BEING ABLE TO PUT WORDS TOGETHER WAS JUST TOO EASY, SO HE NEVER REALLY TOOK IT SERIOUS.
GROWING UP IN THE HOODS OF BROWARD COUNTY HE SAW ALL THE BAD AND THE GOOD. HIS FATHER DIED WHEN HE WAS JUST 11 YEARS OLD. THAT WAS A TURNING POINT IN HIS LIFE. HE BECAME MUCH MORE MATURE AND REALIZED THE VALUE OF LIFE, WHICH ALSO MADE HIM STRONG AND CONFIDENT. AS A TEENAGER HE KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG SO TROUBLE NEVER REALLY FOUND HIM, UNTIL HIS SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE GOT IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW AND GOT EXSPELLED FROM SCHOOL. THAT RUINED HIS CHANCES OF GETTING A SCHOLARSHIP IN THE ART FIELD. HE LATER GRADUATED FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. NOW OUT OF SCHOOL WITH NO PLANS OF GOING BACK, WORKING WAS HIS ONLY OPTION.
SELF-MOTIVATION IS ONE OF HIS MANY MIND SETS HE THRIVES APON. HE HAD BIGGER PLANS FOR HIMSELF. BEING ABLE TO WRITE MUSIC, HE FOCUSED ON BECOMING BETTER AND PERFECTING WHAT HE NOW TAKES SERIOUS. GROWING UP WITH THE HIP HOP CULTURE, HE SAW THAT MAYBE THIS WAS GODS PLAN. WORKING A REGULAR JOB MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO PURSUE THIS REVIVED DREAM AS A RAP ARTIST. HE LATER QUITE HIS JOB AND STARTED HUSLTING IN THE STREETS.
HE FOUND HIS NITCH WITH OTHER INSPIRING ARTIST’S SUCH AS HIMSELF. GUYS HE GREW UP WITH AS A TEENAGER, AND LATER LABELED THEMSELVES DOOMCITY RECORDS. NOT ALL OF THEM WERE AS MOTIVATED AS YOUNG $TACK$. THEY WERE EITHER IN AND OUT OF JAIL OR THEY JUST DIDN’T TAKE IT SERIOUS. EVEN WHEN THEY WORKED AS A GROUP, $TACK$ DID HIS OWN THING ON THE SIDE BECAUSE HE SAW THE DRIVE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL HAD AND SAW THAT IT WASN’T 100%. THE NAME YOUNG $TACK$ IS A NICKNAME OBTAINED FROM THE STREETS BECAUSE OF HIS GRIND AND DETERMINATION TO GET MONEY.
USING HIS DRIVE AND DETERMINATION, HE MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY. NON-BELIEVERS BECAME BELIEVERS, AND THOSE THAT HATED, STILL LISTENED TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ON HIS RECORDS. HE DOES THIS WITH PASSION AND ENERGY. FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN, FROM LONG HOURS IN THE STUDIO TO LONG NIGHTS ON THE GRIND, PUTTING UP POSTERS, PASSING OUT CD’S. HE DOES WHATEVER IT TAKES. $TACK$ HAS OPENED UP FOR ALMOST ALL OF THE PREMIER RAPPERS IN THE INDUSTRY, SUCH AS YUNG JEEZY, PLIES, TRICK DADDY, BG, SHAWTY LO, JUVENILE, THE LIST GOES ON. BEING ON STAGE IS A RELEASE HE GETS AND HE REALIZES THAT ONE DAY ALL THE HARD WORK WILL PAYOFF.
YOUNG $TACK$ IS THAT RAPPER THAT OTHER RAPPERS ADMIRE BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DOES TO PUT HIMSELF IN THE POSITIONS THAT HE HAS BEEN IN…PERIOD!
RAP OR DIE
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