Swagg'ah and Chris Banga

Alvin Rodgers III a.k.a. Swagg’ah was born in 1987 in Fairfield Connecticut. His parents Alvin and Regina Rodgers moved to Beaver Falls Pennsylvania a little town about forty minutes from Pittsburgh to start their lives over again. He had been introduced to music by his mother and father through church. His father Alvin Rodgers II was in a gospel group called “Sons of Thunder.” At the age of seven he would go on tour with them and would even sing in the group. By the time he was in middle s...

Alvin Rodgers III a.k.a. Swagg’ah was born in 1987 in Fairfield Connecticut. His parents Alvin and Regina Rodgers moved to Beaver Falls Pennsylvania a little town about forty minutes from Pittsburgh to start their lives over again. He had been introduced to music by his mother and father through church. His father Alvin Rodgers II was in a gospel group called “Sons of Thunder.” At the age of seven he would go on tour with them and would even sing in the group. By the time he was in middle school hip hop was very popular and his friends would always have freestyle battles after school. He started battling and came to found out he was a lot better than he thought he was. Battling as well as Alvin’s fast thinking and swagg got so popular that other schools started attending and getting involved. That is how he got his rep in the area and even in Pittsburgh as being one of the best local rappers around. He then knew it was time to get serious and start recording songs if he wanted to get to the next level. After he graduated from High school he had gotten radio play with his songs, has opened up for major artists, and still putting a buzz in the clubs in Pittsburgh also his music can be downloaded on iTunes, rhapsody, ect. He has traveled across the country to Los Angeles and Atlanta to perform and get his music exposed . As of now he is still an unsigned artist on the grind to get to the next level.