The Musician: my first live performance doing rap that I had
written over a beat I produced was at a Mars Music store open mic a
friend invited me to. He failed to mention it was put on by
CMT, I
placed well & got recognition for my writing abilities. I placed
better than a friend of mine who did an original rock song and another
friend who did an original acoustic song. I started rapping as full time
as am emcee in 2003 with a group we formed called
SoulFIRE. I
supervised the independent release of our album
Fired Up on my
XDC
Record label. I also promoted us statewide and nationally, getting
us on a cable battle of the bands on
the Damascus Road Show in
which we received second place performing a song I wrote and produced.
After moving on due to members getting married and moving I started
the
Dallas/Fort Worth Hip Hop Alliance to bring artist together we did
some really successful shows
Faze1 Final Fridays & Faze1 First
Fridays, along with others shows in conjunction with other local
promoters. We also had local meetings for artist to network, build and
grow. For a season I worked for
Dj Maj’s Virtual Frequency as
their Dallas representative, helped get the show back on the air, as
well helped plan and promote a Virtual Frequency Christmas show at
The
Neotropolis in Carrollton, TX. After that I started working for
Tre-9
and
Much Luvv Records as their
Marketing and Promotion
Manager, getting
“The Next… Now!” album reviewed by the likes
of
OkayPlayer & into such store as
Under Ground Hip Hop as
well as putting out mixtapes to promote
Much Luvv Records releases.
I promoted to magazines and radio
CY’s The Ringleader as his
publicist for a while. I have also worked for the
Texas Holy Hip Hop
and
All Eye’s On Me Achievement Awards as their
Media Manager
and
Red Carpet Coordinator for three years. I have been a
featured panelist and speaker on a few panels about Christian Rap,
Dj'ing and other topics for the
Gospel Announcers Guild and
Texas
Holy Hip Hop / AEOM Awards. I started the
Right-Just Rap
Foundation For Social Justice to raise awareness about Social
Justice caused and created avenues for change and involvement. The
Right-Just
Rap Foundation For Social Justice is a community seeking justice
for those affected by genocide, human trafficking, poverty, disease,
illiteracy, poverty & civil rights. I started
Tripple H Mixtapes
to reach the lost with ministry minded mixtapes. I am a freelance
writer for
Rapzilla,
The Message Mag,
Dasouth, Marital
Bliss Magazine and
para-DOX parABLEss.