REAL HIP-HOP
QUEENS NEW YORK FLAVOR
INFLUENCE
VIDEO MUSIC BOX INTERVIEW @ PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE
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INFLUENCE RECEIVED HIS NAME EARLY ON BY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY TO CAPTIVATE AND SWAY HIS PEERS. INFLUENCE A BRILLIANT POET WHOSE TRADEMARKS ARE HIS EMOTIONAL DEPTH, AND LYRICAL COMPLEXITY. PROUDLY SHOWCASING HIS LATIN HERITAGE IN EVERY FLOW.
HAILING FROM THE POVERTY AND DRUG INFESTED NEIGHBORHOOD OF WOODSIDE, QUEENS. THE NEW YORK STREETS WERE THE ONLY ESCAPE FROM HIS ABUSIVE AND DYSFUNCTIONAL HOME LIFE. IT WAS THERE THAT HE FOUND HIS NICHE AND PASSION FOR HIP-HOP. EARNING RESPECT FROM BOROUGH TO BOROUGH, BATTLING ON THE STREETS FOR RECONITION, WHILE PUTTING IN STUDIO WORK EVERY CHANCE HE GOT. INFLUENCE THEN FORMED THE CREW HI-SPANICZ OR HI-SPICZ FOR; HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL SPANISH PEOPLE IN CONTROL.
BY THE TIME HE WAS 17, INFLUENCE WAS BEING RECRUITED BY MOBB DEEP AND BEING OFFERED CONTRACTS BY VARIOUS COMPANIES INCLUDING SONY. IT WAS AT THAT TIME INFLUENCE REALIZED HE WAS THE FUTURE OF LATIN HIP-HOP.
AS TIME PASSED INFLUENCE GREW AND SO DID HIS MUSIC. BY THE AGE OF 19, INFLUENCE HAD APPEARED IN NUMEROUS VENUES AND ON VIDEO MUSIC BOX FOR A PUERTO RICAN DAY PARADE SPECIAL. INFLUENCE THRIVES ON THE STAGE AND HAS SHUT IT DOWN IN CLUBS ALL OVER NEW YORK INCLUDING SPEED, BLISS, AND SHYNE (JUST TO NAME A FEW) AS WELL AS MANY HIP-HOP EVENTS. INFLUENCE HAD A 5 SONG PROMO CD, CIRCULATING IN ALL 5 BOROUGHS AS WELL AS PUERTO RICO, BOSTON, LONDON, JAPAN AND AFRICA!
AT 25, INFLUENCE HAS CREATED A STRONG FOLLOWING TO THE POINT THAT THE STREETS ARE CRAVING MORE. WITH HAVING YET TO RELEASE HIS FIRST ALBUM! INFLUENCE HAS EARNED SPINS ON SEVERAL MIXTAPES AND IS A STEADY FORCE ON INTERNET AND OVERSEAS RADIO.
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING, WHICH HAS ONLY BEEN TOUCHED UPON BY BIG PUN: THE CROSSOVER TECHNIQUE, INFLUENCE COMBINES LATIN HERITAGE AND CUSTOMS WITH THE HIP-HOP CULTURE. LATIN MC's ARE UNPRECEDENTED IN HIP-HOP, BUT HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CULTURE. PROPER REPESENTATION IS NEEDED FOR AN UNTAPPED MARKET THAT CAN TRAVEL ACROSS CONTINETS AND "INFLUENCE" THE STATE OF HIP-HOP BACK TO IT'S TRUE ESSENCE.
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Hi my brother!How are you?What´s news?I was totally out a one month,damn!My EP 09 - "Vidím skrz" will be complete this month!This musical work have a fucking long delay,shit!Yo,good new track "Money Talks"!
