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I-Dub was born Barnett Manuel Burstein on October 16. 1986 in New Jersey.Though born to very loving parents his childhood was very hard and not easy. His mother battled drug, alcohol issues, and physical abuse from his father. His father made an illeagel living selling drugs, and was always in and out of jail. Although all of this is very much for a young child to witness at such a young age, I-Dub would rise and prevail.
It all started at the age of 11, one night sitting on his couch watching "YO! Mtv Raps", and Junior Mafia's "Get Money" video played. The Notorious B.I.G.'s and Lil' Kim's classic duet would change his life forever. He would start to write raps with his friend as a pastime just for fun.His peers would always tell him how good his raps were but Dub was still not taking hip hop seriously.However, all of this eventually changed as he continued to impress. Every time Dub would kick a flow even the older heads would ooooh, and aaaaah over the wittiness and cleverness of his lyrics. More then ever I-Dub was being told that he should really think about taking rap serious. It got to the point that even I-Dub himself would hear hits on the radio, and know with in himself he can make something just as good, if not better. Through out high school I-Dub maintained the reputation as fierce MC, and battle rapper who's lyrics were so hot but you had no choice but to respect him.
In 2005 I-Dub released his first major mixtape "The Future" which surprisingly sold thousands of copies and was a huge hit through out the whole east coast, as north as New York, and as far south as Florida. "The Future" was followed by his other efforts "It's Ya' Boy Dub" (2007), and "Get Ya' Barz Up" (2007). His long, long awaited new mixtape "Tri-State Muzik (It's More Then A Mixtape)" is scheduled for a fall 2008 release date, and is rumored to be an instant classic.
The future for I-Dub could not look much brighter. If you look at what he's already accomplished at such a young age, you can tell he will only do more. His accomplishments to this point include wining numerous battles sponsored by New York radio station WQHT Hot97,numerous live performances,collaborations with Dipset, Murda Mook, Lord Tariq, and Grafh just to name a few. He's also been on major mixtapes from Dj Envy, Dj L, Suss 1, Dj Lust, Dj Diggs, and Dj Rated R. I-Dub is a rapper that posses the rare ability to do any type of music. He can spit punchlines with the best of them, make street records, club bangers, serious tracks, and rnb oriented songs for his female audience. No matter what kind of track Dub does he displays incredible lyrical ability that hasn't been seen since artists like Nas, Eminem, The Notorious B.I.G., and Scarface. Which makes him one of the leading candidates to put the east coast back on the map of rap prominence. He and long time right hand man Awthentik, along with Backdraft, and the rest of their Tru Era click have huge plans for 2008-20009. Just remember three words: IT'S YA BOY DUB!.
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