The Notorious B.I.G, Big Pun, RZA, Masta Killa, Wu-Tang Clan, Shawn Lov, The Beatnuts, The Fat Boys, Mobb Deep, Heavy D, Mos Def, Common, Chubb Rock, Canibus, Slick Rick, Nas, KRS-ONE, Killah Priest, Guru, Rakim, Remedy, Royal Flush, Gravediggaz, Tony Touch, DJ Laz, DMX, Tonedeff, Masta Ace, Biz Markie, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Dilated Peoples, R.A. the Rugged Man, Big Daddy Kane, Lauryn Hill, Q-Tip, Tribe Called Quest, DJ Q-Bert, Outkast, Punchline & Wordsworth, Whodini, Kid Capri, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Big L, North Star, 2-Pac, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Afu-Ra, Busta Rhymes, Twista, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Cage, Run D.M.C., Chino XL, Luke, 2 Live Crew, Copywrite, Eazy-E, N.W.A., De La Soul, Beastie Boys, Mixmaster Mike, DJ Magic Mike, Jay-Z, Jurassic 5, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Craig Mack, Planet Asia, DJ Quik, Too Short, Redman, Talib Kweli, Kurtis Blow, Gucci Crew, Scarface, The Geto Boys, Onyx, Pharoahe Monch, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Cypress Hill, M.O.P., Onyx, Cormega, AZ, Afrika Bambaataa, Eminem, Keith Murray, Kid 'N Play, EPMD, Alchemist, Jeru the Damaja, Kanye West, DJ Muggs, Kool Keith, Do or Die, Jadakiss, Styles P, DJ Kool Herc, Marley Marl, MC Lyte, DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, The Roots, Roxanne Shante, Run-DMC, Tech N9ne, Terror Squad, Xzibit, etc... I'll stop right now or we'll be here all night!
Sounds Like
The heartbeat of Hip-Hop!
Interests
Astronomy, Martial Arts, Evolution, Video Games, Movies, Technology, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding, etc.
Religion
Agnosticism, which isn’t a religion but a belief that we do not have sufficient evidence to prove either the existence or the non-existence of any deity. I myself do not deny the possibility of a divine deity but I doubt the probability.
Ethnicity
Cuban/Italian is the simple answer I used to give in the past, but there isnt anything simple about tracing back our genetic make-up... We have much more in us than we know! Our very definition of race lacks taxonomic rigour and validity because of its imprecise, arbitrary, definitions motivated by political agendas. Ethnic labels do give people a common bond amongst each other, but I think even more than that they divide people by giving them a sense of being different than other groups because of their cultural traditions, language, ancestry, national origin, history, religion, etc. Endlessly focusing on these differences has continuously produced intolerance, prejudice, bigotry, and hatred throughout history. The truth is we are more alike biologically than most would prefer to believe. If you really dig deep enough into your family tree you will eventually find the root from which we all have sprung, and you will have found that we all come from the motherland Africa, therefore are all part of the one human race.
Books
A Brief History of Rhyme and Bass: Growing Up with Hip-Hop by Shawn Lov, The Wu-Tang Manual: Enter the 36 Chambers - Volume One by The RZA, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living by Bruce Lee, Brain Droppings by George Carlin, etc.
The MASSIVE is a Hip-Hop Artist from West Palm Beach, FL who time and time again refreshingly shatters peoples expectations of what the 'Dirty South' should sound like by creating music with more artistic value than the materialistic clich filled raps which are so overly abundant on airwaves nowadays. The MASSIVE was birthed into Earth in 1982, the same year Melle Mel released his ground breaking, socially conscious, Hip-Hop Gem The Message, and now The MASSIVE has a Message of his own. The MASS's first recollection of his introduction to Hip-Hop was him finding a Fat Boys tape his mother had bought and popping it into his Fisher Price Mic/Tape Recorder The Fat Boys are Back And you know they could never be Wack! At that exact moment MASS knew he was destined to be a Rap Star so he made it his life long goal to make Rap Music his career of choice. Being an overweight child he admired rappers like The Fat Boys, Heavy D, & Chubb Rock not only for their music but also for embracing their burden of bigness and using it to their advantage He wanted to carry on that tradition so he thought of a phat name and dubbed himself M.M.C. a.k.a. MASSIVE M.C. which years later evolved into D.J. MASSIVE and then finally The MASSIVE. With The MASSIVEs greatest influences being Notorious B.I.G., Big Pun, RZA & the whole Wu-Tang Clan he was sure to adopt that raw witty lyricism and fuse it together with his own unique flavor to create something that would set him apart from the rest during this Ice Age of Hip-Hop where rocking jewels around your neck have become more important than dropping jewels of wisdom on the youth. The MASSIVE strives to restore that Golden Age integrity back into Hip-Hop music because without its elemental values Hip-Hop culture will surely die. While thinkin of a masterplan MASSIVE has completed a compilation project with Madd Aliu$ and ?THA RIDD~A~LAH? (CEO of ERBaL MiNdED PrOdUcTiOnZ) which is available as of 4-20 this year and is now working on his debut masterpiece album Once Upon A Time In Hip-Hop which will be released later this year on Indie Label E.M.P.
