BORN ON JULY 29TH 1976 IN MILWAUKEE, WI, RAISED IN TEXAS, I GUESS U CAN SAY BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER THAT WASN'T SCARED 2 MOVE AROUND, ALLOWED ME 2 B ABLE 2 LIVE N MORE THAN 1 CITY, NACOGDOCHES, TX, TYLER,TX, AND FT.WORTH,TX, ARE ALL A PART OF MY UP-BRINGING... BEING BORN INTO A MUSICALLY INCLINED FAMILY WAS A DIRECT RESULT IN ME BEING INTERESTED IN SINGING AND JUST BEING INVOLVED WITH MUSIC.. MY MOTHER WAS A PHENOMENAL SOLOIST AND PIANOIST IN THA CHURCH(C.O.G.I.C.), MY BIG BROTHER IS ...
BORN ON JULY 29TH 1976 IN MILWAUKEE, WI, RAISED IN TEXAS, I GUESS U CAN SAY BEING RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER THAT WASN'T SCARED 2 MOVE AROUND, ALLOWED ME 2 B ABLE 2 LIVE N MORE THAN 1 CITY, NACOGDOCHES, TX, TYLER,TX, AND FT.WORTH,TX, ARE ALL A PART OF MY UP-BRINGING... BEING BORN INTO A MUSICALLY INCLINED FAMILY WAS A DIRECT RESULT IN ME BEING INTERESTED IN SINGING AND JUST BEING INVOLVED WITH MUSIC.. MY MOTHER WAS A PHENOMENAL SOLOIST AND PIANOIST IN THA CHURCH(C.O.G.I.C.), MY BIG BROTHER IS A VERY TALENTED GUITARIST(LEAD & BASS) AND DRUMMER, I HAVE A HOST OF UNCLES & COUSINS THAT SING AND PLAY THA GUITAR, I COME FROM A FAMILY FULL OF MUSICIANS AND SINGERS, SO I GUESS ITS SAFE 2 SAY THAT, THA APPLE DON'T FALL FAR FROM THA TREE... I CAN REMEMBER SINGING MY FIRST SOLO IN CHURCH AT THA TENDER AGE OF 8, "EVERYBODY OUGHTA PRAISE HIS NAME", BY THA MIGHTY CLOUDS OF JOY, FROM THAT POINT ON, I KNEW THAT HAVING A MIC IN MY HAND WAS SOMETHING I COULD GET USE 2... GROWING UP IN THA CHURCH, I WOULD ALWAYS FIND MYSELF SINGIN IN THA CHOIR OR EVEN SOMETIMES A GROUP OR TWO, THAT SOME FRIENDS AND I DECIDED 2 PUT TOGETHER, BY THA TIME I WAS 16 YRS OLD, I FOUND MYSELF JOINING A COMMUNITY SHOW CHOIR, CALLLED, INTERDENOMINATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR(I.Y.C. OF TYLER), WE GOT THA OPPORTUNITY 2 SING ON STAGE WITH A LOT OF BIG NAMES, GOD'S PROPERTY, THA LATE GREAT WILLIE NEAL JOHNSON & THA GOSPEL KEYNOTES, THA WILLIAMS BROTHERS,THA LATE GREAT ROBERT BLAIR & THA FANTASTIC VIOLONAIRES, KEITH STATEN OF COMMISSIONED, JUST 2 NAME A FEW, I.Y.C. OF TYLER ALSO GOT THA OPPORTUNITY 2 BE SHOWCASED ON THA BOBBY JONES SHOW.... SOON AFTER ME LEAVING I.Y.C. OF TYLER, I STARTED 2 DIBBLE AND DABBLE IN R&B, JOINING A 5-MAN GROUP BY THA NAME OF "MORE 2 LOVE", WE WERE A LOCAL GROUP IN TYLER, TX, DOING SHOWS AT LOCAL CLUBS AND ENTERING DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS AROUND THA AREA, AS A RESULT OF ME BEING IN THIS GROUP, LATER, LANDED ME A SPOT IN ANOTHER 5-MAN R&B GROUP, BY THA NAME OF "ONE SHADE"... THIS GROUP WAS SIGNED BY RAP-A-LOT RECORDS, WE WERE SIGNED 2 B THA DEBUT ARTIST OFF THA SING-A-LOT RECORDS LABEL, THA R&B FLIP 2 RAP-A-LOT RECORDS, BUT BECAUSE OF UNKNOWN FACTS 2 ME OR MEMBERS OF THA GROUP, WE WERE DROPPED BY THA LABEL, AFTER RECORDING AN ELEVEN TRAK ALBUM, AND SHOOTING A VIDEO 2 OUR DEBUT SINGLE "I LUV U" IN MALIBU,CA, THAT WAS IN ROTATION ON BET'S "MIDNITE LOVE", AND "VIDEO VIBRATIONS", FROM DECEMBER '96- JANUARY '97... "ONE SHADE" SHARED THA SAME STAGE WITH ARIST SUCH AS, JODECI, JOE, JESSE POWELL, SA DEUCE, TONYA BLOUNT, MYSTIKAL, A FEW GOOD MEN, FIFTH WARD BOYZ, SCARFACE, GETO BOYS, AND MANY MORE.... WHILE WITH "ONE SHADE" I GOT A CHANCE 2 SING AND RECORD THA HOOK 4 DO OR DIE'S TRAK "PAPERCHASE", OFF THEIR DEBUT ALBUM WITH RAP-A-LOT "PO PIMP".... SINCE THA SPLIT OF THA GROUP, I'VE STAYED DETERMINED 2 TOUCH LIVES THROUGH MUSIC, AND WILL CONTINUE 2 STAY DETERMINED 2 NEVER GIVE UP ON MY DREAM 2 B SOMEWHERE INVOLVED WITH MUSIC......
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