Born in the 90's and raised straight from Southern Blvd. in theBronx, a young multi-talented artist who goes by the name of Kony(King of New York) Brooks is on his journey of taking over the musicindustry. Starting at the tender age of 7 is when Andre (Kony) wrotehis first rhyme for a school project. Not taking it seriously at thetime, he left it alone until the age of 11. As Andre grew older, hebegan to notice he wanted to take music seriously. Therefore, hisbestfriend & partner Zay Rhym...
Born in the 90's and raised straight from Southern Blvd. in theBronx, a young multi-talented artist who goes by the name of Kony(King of New York) Brooks is on his journey of taking over the musicindustry. Starting at the tender age of 7 is when Andre (Kony) wrotehis first rhyme for a school project. Not taking it seriously at thetime, he left it alone until the age of 11. As Andre grew older, hebegan to notice he wanted to take music seriously. Therefore, hisbestfriend & partner Zay Rhymes helped him strive further into his newhobby. Around high school years, Kony was more active in his kraft. Italso helped that his HS helped out with the hip-hop culture. He woundup joining a program in the school that associated him with threeother rappers that became "Tha Works Records" (Including Kony) and apoetic mentor named Jive Poetic. Jive helped mold Kony from being anormal mixtape artist to being an all around artist in general. Infact, he helped Kony attend and become an extra in a video shoot andgetting TWR their first performance at a center in the Bronx. Beingthe good mentor Jive was he also gave Kony his own studio includingKony's first set of mixing boards and two laptops. Having another friend who was involved in hip-hop who went by thename of Pony (Prince of New York) used to do two-on-two freestylebattles with Kony. During one of their many freestyled battles, Andresaid "If he's the Pony, I'm the Kony". The name had a ring to it,therefore Kony brought the idea back to Tha Works Records. It Seemedlike a comparison to the late Biggy Smalls and the name grew with himand his persona. Andre, now Kony had a new sense of individuality withhis music. At age 16, Kony & Zay decided to officially make themselves agroup called "The Almighty Renegades". Back then it included Kony,Zay, and also a female artist known as "Amazin". The group nowconsists of the original 3 and the newest memeber Hazz. Also beingtalented in basketball, Kony is a coach for girls and boys basketballthrough Nike and the DYCD. With his support from his small ride-or-die cirlce of family andfriends some of his biggest accomplishments are dropping 2 solomixtapes, numerous music videos, and releasing an album. He also has appeared on Internet Radio with Dj Dynasty (Niteline), Ivy SoMajor (So Major Radio), Dj ShownTell (Sunday Night Cook Up), CoCo (Just Gimmie The Mic), and Eddie Kayne (420 Radio). Learning from his biggest influences Zay Rhymes, the late Biggy Smalls, the great Eminem, and the talented Lloyd Banks, now much wiser from being the "King of Rap Beef" now grown into now a mature artist, Kony Brooks "Eats, sleeps, and breathes music".
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