In the midst of an era of a great rap depression, only a few can overcome the obstacles and strategize a way to avoid one hit wonderland and bring longevity and creativness back to the forefront of hip-hop,his name is Kev Hef.Born and raised in the crime infested lower to middle class complexes in New York's crime infested borough of the Bronx,born Kevin Wood to the world,grew up in a single family household with a future talent that will far surpass anything that was expected through the cou...
In the midst of an era of a great rap depression, only a few can overcome the obstacles and strategize a way to avoid one hit wonderland and bring longevity and creativness back to the forefront of hip-hop,his name is Kev Hef.Born and raised in the crime infested lower to middle class complexes in New York's crime infested borough of the Bronx,born Kevin Wood to the world,grew up in a single family household with a future talent that will far surpass anything that was expected through the course of his teenage years.With his first love for sports,Kev grew more talented in all sports but as his level rose he discovered another talent he had,music.With a knack for rhyming and perfect flow timing,he joined other friends that shared the same music interest.Kev started recording and began performing in-state at venues everywhere from the highly street credible back packer crazed "the Pyramid" to the high fashionable well renowned Club Cheetahs.He then went outerstate and performed everywhere from H2o in North Carolina for Chingy's album release to the biggest campus in the U.S. the buckeye's Ohio State University.The word on the street was out Kev Hef was here!
Kev Hef posesses a gifted talent to blend over tracks with a tailor made flow no matter the instrument no matter the tempo as if it was designed for him.This chameleon type of style is very rare in the one dimensional music era where artists are catergorized in a specific genre or age bracket.That delivery of cofidence and swagger with lyrics and style to back his 6"2 200 pound frame it has put this artist into a market that will watch his comodity rise far beyond an artist,but as an entrepeneur.It has developed him into an all-rounded m.c. with street credible songs, dance friendly tracks,humor,personality and great storytelling.With a "get it off his chest mentality" Kev Hef has brought a straight to your face tell it like it is truthful attitude that has made him the average everyday struggler's spokesman.As an example in a freestyle he said it quoted "hardships is hard sh-t/ i was thinkin that God quit/" which referred to the impatience that all artist get upon taking the big leap into the music industry only to become victims of empty promises and non financial backing he started sellin mixtapes out the trunk of his car to get on his feet and after a nearly fatal car crash did the unthinkable,he became his own team.In 2008 he took his own career into his destiny promoting himself as a one man army,that brought so much recognision VIBE magazine crown him VibeVerses Champion with both the most viewed video and the highest rated one from november 07 to current in this summer 08.Reverbnation has him ranked in the top 900 currently out of 180,000 all genre artist including from 50 cent to Celine Dion and for the hip-hop genre he's in the top 100 out of 21,000 artists.With the buzz in the air Kev Hef persude sponsorship, and found it, with Adidas!Promoted in an internationally known magazine and backed by an international sponsor Kev recorded the much anticipated debut EP- TO BUILD A MANSION.Let your ears be the judge and your eyes watch a star rise from poverty to paradise in an industry that long awaited who we all anticipated would take it over,Kev Hef.
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