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Hometown	Paterson, NJ
Genres	Hip_Hop, Alternative Hip_Hop
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Contact Information:	Booking Kese Soprano kesesoprano@gmail.com 201-952-0345 Artist / Band Member Kese Soprano kesesoprano@gmail.com 201-952-0345
# Years Experience Performing Live:	8
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	10
Market Draw:	NJ/NYC: 51-75
Venue History:	Toast n Flow 2 - Danbury , CT Rich Place - Newark, NJ The BLVD - Elmwood Park, NJ Tuxedo Junction (FAM Records) - Danbury, CT Club Obsessions - Randolph, NJ Toads Place - New Haven, CT The Production Lounge - Brooklyn, NY The Fifth Estate - Brooklyn, NY A&R Power Summit - NYC, NY Sullivan Hall - New York City, NY BLUE MIRROR - NEWARK, NJ Cantina Bar and Restaurant - Harrison, NJ Dolce Lounge - Elizabeth, NJ Nu Bar - Paterson, NJ
Opener Experience:	Wu-Tang Clan; Ready Roc
Similar Artists:	Jay-Z, Kanye West, Ma$e, Fabolous, Diddy, T.I, Big Pun; Notorious BIG
Performing Rights Society:	BMI
Discography:	The Wright Brothers Mixtape (as a member of Tha Wrong Onez) LP—2012; Dish Network ( as a member of LiveViaSatellite) EP—2012; Captain America Mixtape LP—2011; Pens & Pads EP EP—2011; 2010 and Beyond LP—2010; Putting The Game On Life Support (hosted by DJ Shortkidd and DJ Me$$iah) LP—2009; Mighty Flow Young LP—2009; Hip Hop's Future: Kese 4 President (mixtape) LP—2008; The Trueprint (mixtape) LP—2008; The Ressurection (Wrong Onez) (mixtape) LP—2007; So Amazin Single—2006; Jerzey's Finest (mixtape) LP—2006; Undaground Pop Life Vol. 2 (mixtape) LP—2005; Undaground Pop Life Vol. 1 (mixtape) LP—2004; Welcome 2 Silk City (as a member of Wrong Onez) LP—2003; Indictment (as member of Wrong Onez) EP—2002; Indictment album (as a member of Wrong Onez) LP—2002

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Kese Soprano Unsigned Hype? by Gorilla's Hip Hop Spot
June 6th,2008 Friday's Unsigned Hype! Watup everyone, you know we got our daily unsigned hype, and with this blog takin' over soon, I hope these artists do as well! Today's emcee is known on SOHH as a powerful MC and his skills have been acknowledged by members on it. You know I'mma tryna help any cat get his/her shine on, therefore I present you today with a rapper who goes by the name of Jersey's Finest: Kese Soprano! Y'all better not sleep on this cat and give him a listen, you know we only bring that crack to ya! Kese Soprano Check out his group the Wrong Onez as well with member Nyce Hoffa! Posted by GORILLA (Tha Deadly Art) at 08:03

Kese Soprano article on Livefromthe215.com by Livefromthe215.com
New Jersey’s Finest “Kese Soprano” July 25th, 2008 | Author: T-anne | Category: Uncategorized, music Kese Soprano The “Abstract” Kese Soprano check out his new single “Yeah” myspace.com/kesesoprano My American Boy…Jersey Style You know when you read “Soprano” attached to anything these days, you think of the quality and the show “The Soprano’s”. With that said I want to be the first or one of the first to introduce to the mainstream “Kese Soprano“. He is the first of a series presented here of Elite 1 Entertainment’s Artist of the Month. This will grow into a annual yearly, voted on by the online community “Artist of the Year” in different categories. Let’s get with the man, the artists known as Kese Soprano. Not only a great artists, and one who can be recognized to bring the east back to prominence, but a humble person and one who is a hard worker. Kese is also a producer, beat maker and yes from New Jersey. Quite a balancing act and yet he does it and does it well. His lyrics and beats are what represents the best about what we all love about East Coast music, the beats and the lyrics fueled by “real life“. What makes a person a fan of the gone-by days of Wu-Tang (Cream), DMX?, Nas (Illmatic) and Biggie? Kese got it, has it and BRINGS IT. His myspace rotates and keeps the online community knowledgable of what he is currently working on and who he is working with. The network of artists and business he deals with is extensitve. He is the only artists I know that can boast of working with Lady Luck too Cash & Khaled to a serious presence on SOHH (before the hack) One of the few posters who could actually have his music on The Forum. He is busy and business orientated. Kese recently lost a close person to him and created a song that is his “Song Cry“. There is so much more I can say about “OUR ARTIST OF THE MONTH” KESE SOPRANO. I will let his myspace say it better for me. Look for in the upcoming months audio of live interviews of Kese and his process and how he views mainstream, underground and the future of New Jersey’s rap scene, the future of the East Coast and if they will ever have dominance again. Looking for a “New Underground Artists” that you can ride too, listen too, sing along with, and who is speaking your language, the Youth’s language. Look no further than my man Kese Soprano. Be Looking out for the new single produced by Cash & Khaled called “Yeah” Check out his myspace/kesesoprano We do stay d.o.i.n it Movin Mayne…The Elite 1 Network…T’Anne…The Elite 1-One…Holla Tomorrow look for experts from my one on one interview today with the Great West Coast Producer “Easki” Peace

HipHopSiX.com interviews Kese Soprano by step forth East Coast underground leader Kese Soprano
INTERVIEW: Kese SopranoOK, so it's been a while since our last quickfire and we'realways on the lookout for all that's heated - step forth EastCoast underground leader Kese Soprano... already lockeddown half the net, you know SiX had to find out what's up!SiX: First off, let our readers know what's up - what'swith the name dude - tell us the story?Kese: My first name is Marquis, my grandmother always calledme Kese so it kind of stuck with me forever. Soprano sort ofcame from chorus class back in the day.SiX: So you're out of Jersey - how's that feel right now -what's the scene like since the days of big hitters likeNaughty By Nature were running hiphop.. Jersey stillgot that fire, right?Of course Jersey definitely still got that fire. Bunch of hungrylyricists out here.__________________________________...my passion definetly came around the time ofIllmatic__________________________________SiX: What kinda time did you enter the game and whatdid you hear that brought you into the fold.. what songsparked your passion for HipHop?I started recordins around 01, that's when I felt like this wassomething that was meant for me, my passion definitelycame around the time Illmatic, Ready To Die, Enter the 36Chambers and Doggystyle came out but I would have to saythe song that sparked me was M.E.T.H.O.D. Man. I grew up abig Wu-Tang head.SiX: OK, you also produce - how's that Kanye balancingact coming along for you - a lot of artists can't playboth sides the field like that but you seem to be ableto juggle..?Yeah it's not easy but I love it, having a producers state ofmind makes me study and appreciate music so much more.SiX: What kinda gear you producing with - tell ourreaders about the studio setup?I'm working with Pro Tools and mainly Reason 3 on the beatmaking side.__________________________________Sometimes I don't sleep, I just stay up writing...__________________________________SiX: Now it needs to be made clear that you're kindabig online - you got MySpace and that closed gardenSOHH locked down - not a lot of artists can boast aprofile like that - tell us, what level's you workin on?How hard you hustling?I most certainly push myself to the limit, promoting myselfand networking with other MC's, producers, fans. I try and giveeveryone something they can enjoy, and hope they tell afriend who Kese Soprano is.SiX: How'd you feel the online revolution has shapedthe way artists get on in this game.. the piracy, thetorrents, the mass exposure - like it can be both ablessing and curse right? What's your feelings on it?Yeah online makes it almost fair game, if you promoteyourself hard you will be heard. that's the blessing. The hardpart is setting yourself aside from everyone else with thesame goal! the curse is that there are so many people makingmusic some people write you off before you even send them alink or a webpage. You have to make the listeners feel specialabout having your product.SiX: Now, you recently lost someone close to you andthat inspired your writing – tell us about that… how didit affect you?It affected me big time, how I view life in general.Sometimes Idon't even sleep, I just stay up writing. On the writing side itopened my mind a bit. I put my heart and every thought inevery line even more so now so whatever I am feeling willmake it's way on to the page.SiX: So tell us - what's next for you now - you're gettingname dropped by some established people and youlocking down the internet, what's that next step forKese Soprano?Well right now I got that Putting The Game On Life Supportmixtape droppin' real soon with DJ Me$$iah and DJ Shortkidd,so look out for that on Mixgrind.comSiX: Well thanks for the quickfire and give us thoselinks so our readers can check you out..!Check me out at www.myspace.com/kesesopranokesesoprano.com coming real soonSiX: Any last shoutouts!??Yeah I would like to say shout out to HipHopSix for the loveLady Luck, Skullz, Nyce Hoffa, Psycho, Cash & Khaled, DJShortkidd, Kurrent,DJ Me$$iah, Doc J, T'anne and the rest ofMixgrind.com, and Beat Club

Who Got Next: Kese Soprano 9elements.com by I am convinced he can ride any beat you throw at him
Growing up in Paterson, New Jersey, Kese Soprano started with acurious and very mischievous attitude, which often got him into tight situations. As a child, because of his temper issues, he had toultimately be transferred into different learning disability programs inpublic school. Due to his mother's situation, Kese faced his first major change, in moving to Atlanta, Georgia. Maybe it was fate though, as it was here, while attending Thurgood Marshall Middle School, that he began writing poetry daily, and slowly started toying with rap music. Beginning as just a fan, Kese claims his biggest influence was Tupac Shakur. "I just felt like he always said what I wanted to say …He was like a father figure", says Kese. Other influences included: N.W.A., The Wu-Tang Clan, Redman, Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas, Big Pun, and Big L.By age 16, now living back in New Jersey, Kese considered this wherehe started taking writing lyrics seriously. He was now diverse enoughto rhyme about anything relevant in his life. From his love of basketball, to girls, to the surrounding violence, to his family situation – the subject matter would change often, but his lyricalability was always strongly present. As an upcoming recording artist, Kese has gone through many changing methods and equipment. Not falling victim to the change, he was willing to workwith what luxuries he had. His very first recording opportunities weremany times on tape-deck boom boxes or worse yet, on a bootleg mixing setup wired through a Sony Playstation. Afterwards, thanks tohis god-brother, he was able to make the change to a 4-trackrecorder, and then to an 18-track recorder. Later on graduating up,and started recording on Pro Tools and on real studio equipment at Q-Entertainment Studios.I was first introduced to Kese Soprano's music over at the SOHH.comforums a few years ago. Over the years I've been able to witness firsthand his improvement in writing and his flow (I am convinced he can ride any beat you throw at him). He doesn't just write for attentionor the thought of fame. He writes because it's therapeutic as you cantell from his song " Why Do We Die". While that is something youhear a number of MCs say you cannot always hear it in their words. You don't have to just take my word for it. Former Def Jam recordingartist Lady Luck agrees. She has gone on the record to say "Kese isan illmatic emcee" and "He has a different but likable style". For ataste of Kese Soprano's music, check out the links below.

LiveViaSatellite Nominated For UMA by VOTE FOR LiveViaSatellite
Kese Soprano's group LiveViaSatellite was Nominated Best Rap Group Of The Year For The Underground Music Awards. Voting Stats July 11th and Ends August 11th 2011 VOTE FOR LiveViaSatellite

Kese Soprano is Proclaimed as ” An Illmatic MC” by by He has always been diverse enough to rhyme about a
Change was something that Kese Soprano had to get used to at a young age. Growing up in Paterson, New Jersey, Kese started with a curious and mischievous attitude which often got him into tight situations. Due to his mother’s situation, Kese faced his first major change, in moving to Atlanta, Georgia. Maybe it was fate though, as it was here, he began writing daily. His influences were Wu-Tang Clan, 2pac, Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Jay-Z, Redman, Big Pun, and Big L. When he moved back to New Jersey, Kese began to take writing lyrics seriously. He has always been diverse enough to rhyme about anything relevant in his life. From his love for sports, to girls, to the surrounding violence, to his family situation – the subject matter would change often, but his lyrical ability was always strongly present. Proclaimed by Lady Luck as “an illmatic MC”, the Paterson, NJ lyricist is ready to give hip hop the change it needs. Hand and hand with the mission of the Global Attack! Global Attack MixTape is the first mix tape series to bring urban music together from around the globe on one project – from both successful and up-and-coming artists. For more information, visit www.GlobalAttackMixTapes.com or stay tuned in the music news.

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