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Back ground.
In 1992 I was a skater, I spent most of my time
listening to cassette tapes of my favorite groups
trespassing into carpark buildings and schools to
skate with my mates.
Early years.
Being a Christian MC in the mid 90s was hard
because people in the church judged you for rap
music and hiphop in general, in the mainstream
studios they didn't like to much mention of God.
I was like;
"I'm a rapper"
They responded;
Record labels.
About 2003/4 just after "get inside the headphones"
was released in local record stores the session bass
player Nate wanted me to meet one of NZs dopest
producers "Doughboy" the thing I liked about him was
his production was mean.
I was also told that one of the battles was rigged, the
finalists from each one would get a plane ticket to
battle in Auckland.
while also bridging the gap for those who came later."
"We live in a unique period in time where we no longer
have a generation gap when we talk in terms of
music/ fashion/ art etc. Our youth are pretty much
into the same stuff we were.
Peace,
ChOiRbOy.