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IN A TIME WHERE HIP HOP IS FOCUSED ON BEATS AND EASY TO DO DANCES AND LESS ON LYRICAL CONTENT, IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SEARCH AND NEED FOR SOMEONE TO BRIDGE THE GAP AND STILL CATCH EARS LIKE THE GREAT EMCEES OF THE PAST IN THEIR TIME FOR THEIR GENERATION. THIRTY MINUTES NORTH OF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH ( WHERE A STRONG MOVEMENT OF LOCAL ARTIST ARE EMERGING AS CANDIDATES TO BE CALLED THE "KING OF NORTH TEXAS"(DFW)) THERE IS A OVER CROWDED COLLEGE CITY CALLED DENTON(DA DEN) WHERE A SOFT RASPY ...

IN A TIME WHERE HIP HOP IS FOCUSED ON BEATS AND EASY TO DO DANCES AND LESS ON LYRICAL CONTENT, IT HAS BEEN A CONSTANT SEARCH AND NEED FOR SOMEONE TO BRIDGE THE GAP AND STILL CATCH EARS LIKE THE GREAT EMCEES OF THE PAST IN THEIR TIME FOR THEIR GENERATION. THIRTY MINUTES NORTH OF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH ( WHERE A STRONG MOVEMENT OF LOCAL ARTIST ARE EMERGING AS CANDIDATES TO BE CALLED THE "KING OF NORTH TEXAS"(DFW)) THERE IS A OVER CROWDED COLLEGE CITY CALLED DENTON(DA DEN) WHERE A SOFT RASPY VOICE SPEAKS OVER BEATS DISPLAYING GRACEFULLNESS AND A PASSION THROUGH THE MIC REMINISCENT OF THE GREAT CHUCK D OF PUBLIC ENEMY. HE HAS STORYTELLING ABILITIES THAT CAN RELAY A POLITICAL MESSAGE BUT AT THE SAME TIME BE SIMPLE ENOUGH TO SHAKE THE CLUB SCENE. HE ALSO POSSESSES THE SKILLL TO MAKE PEOPLE ANGRY AND STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN LIKE THE LATE TUPAC SHAKUR! HE HAS A DISTINCT AND CATCHY VOICE LIKE THE LATE PIMP C OF UGK AND CAN BE WORD WITTY LIKE A NAS OR A RAKIM AND STILL HAVE A MASS STREET APPEAL. WITH ALL THIS SAID, HE SOUNDS LIKE NO ONE ELSE, HE HAS A STYLE THAT CAN ONLY BE DECLARED HIS! 21 YEAR OLD RAPPER "AV" GREW UP IN THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF A TORE DOWN POLICE CORRUPTED ARE OF DENTON CALLED THE "S.E.D". A CHILD OF THE CRACK EPIDEMIC ERA IN THE LATE 80'S, HE WAS RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER WHICH HE CONSIDERS HIS IDOL. DURING THE BEGINNING OF HIS TEEN YEARS HE MOVED TO GEORGIA 20 MILES FROM ATLANTA FOR 3 YEARS WHERE HE FOLLOWED IN BEHIND HIS UNCLE WHO WAS A RADIO DJ AND WOULD LATER BECOME AN A&R FOR VIRGIN RECORDS. "I USE TO GO TO WORK WITH HIM WHIN I WAS LITTLE AND SOAK IN EVERYTHING, LIKE LEARNING HOW TO GET SONGS BY JANET JACKSON AND SCARFACE PLAYED ON THE RADIO AND HOW TO PRESENT YOUR SELF AND HOW TALK TO PEOPLE WHEN HANDLING BUSINESS..." AV CREDITS HIS MUSIC CAREER TO STARTING WHEN HE BEGAN TO WRITE R&B SONGS AT 12 YEARS OLD AND DJ HOUSE PARTY'S. HE EVENTUALLY SHAPED INTO A M.C. MIMICKING TOO SHORT AND LL COOL J IN HIS BEGINNINGS. NOW AFTER TEN YEARS OF DEVELOPING HIS CRAFT AS AN ARTIST AND SOAKING IN THE LOST OF HIS LOVED ONES TO CRACK COCAINE ABUSE, DEATH, AND PRISON ALONG WITH EXPERIENCING THE WINS AND LOSSES OF THE STREET GAME FIRST HAND, HE IS HERE TO SPREAD THE WORD, "...OF COURSE I DO THIS FOR MY CITY SOUTH EAST DENTON AND THE WHOLE DFW AREA, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I DO IT FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON IN THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL, THATS DAMN NEAR 90 PERCENT OF THE WORLD. BUT THERE IS A WAY TO A BETTER PLACE, FOLLOW ME!!!".