RAQ

IF YOU ASK ANY TRUE HIP-HOP HEAD, HIP-HOP STARTED BETWEEN THE MID TO LATE 70’S. HOWEVER IT WAS NOT ACCEPTED AS A MUSIC GENRE UNTIL 85. I WAS BORN ROMAN ANTHONY QUICK ON JANUARY 24TH 1987 IN ALABAMA. TWO YEARS AFTER THE COMMERCIAL BIRTH OF HIP HOP. WHEN I WAS TWO DAYS OLD WE MOVED TO CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. WHERE I SPENT THE FIRST 9 YEARS OF MY LIFE. WE WERE POOR; MY MOM WORKED 3 JOBS JUST TO KEEP US A FLOAT. BUT WE STILL ENDED UP MOVING ALMOST EVERY WEEK. SIMPLE AND PLAIN GHETTO LIVING, ROA...

IF YOU ASK ANY TRUE HIP-HOP HEAD, HIP-HOP STARTED BETWEEN THE MID TO LATE 70’S. HOWEVER IT WAS NOT ACCEPTED AS A MUSIC GENRE UNTIL 85. I WAS BORN ROMAN ANTHONY QUICK ON JANUARY 24TH 1987 IN ALABAMA. TWO YEARS AFTER THE COMMERCIAL BIRTH OF HIP HOP. WHEN I WAS TWO DAYS OLD WE MOVED TO CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. WHERE I SPENT THE FIRST 9 YEARS OF MY LIFE. WE WERE POOR; MY MOM WORKED 3 JOBS JUST TO KEEP US A FLOAT. BUT WE STILL ENDED UP MOVING ALMOST EVERY WEEK. SIMPLE AND PLAIN GHETTO LIVING, ROACHES, RATS, GUNSHOTS, AND ROBBERIES. WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE GHETTO YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS, ASSIMILATE TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS OR FIND AN OUTLET. I FOUND ONE, MINE WAS ART. I STARTED DRAWLING WHEN I WAS 4, WHICH LATER LED TO ME WRITING POETRY. LATER WE WOULD MOVE TO MOULTRIE GEORGIA. AS A KID I LISTENED TO ALL KINDS OF MUSIC, FROM RUN DMC, TO AEROSMITH, AEROSMITH TO THE TEMPTATIONS. BUT I WAS OBSESSED WITH HIP HOP. I STARTED WRITING RAP SONGS WHEN I WAS 11. WHICH LED TO ME FREESTYLE BATTLING IN HIGH SCHOOL. THEN IN 2004 MY BUDDY TZAR AND I STARTED A RAP GROUP CALLED URBAN LEGENDZ BECAUSE WE WERE TIRED OF WHAT WAS BEING PLAYED ON THE RADIO. OUR FIRST RECORDING WAS DONE WITH A KARAOKE MACHINE. THEN WE GOT A COMPUTER, A RECORDING PROGRAM, BEAT MAKING SOFTWARE, AND A 10 DOLLAR WALMART MIC. URBAN LEGENDZ BROKE UP IN 2005. BUT I KEPT DOIN SOLO SONGS. I BURNT 200 COPIES OF MIXED CD’S AND GAVE EM AWAY AT SCHOOL. THE RESPONSE WAS GOOD. SO I SET UP A SOUNDCLICK AND A MYSPACE. , AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY. RAQ