ILL-LIFE is a musical genius. He ran with this music sh*t and never looked back. He is an artist that produces himself, and is self-taught in musical production.
Hailing from South Rockville MD., he was born in Silver Spring MD., January 11th, 1982 on a Monday night at 9:00 p.m.
He began showcasing his creative prowess from day one. He taught himself how to read at age 4, and he wrote a lot; stories, poems, ideas, speeches, and the like.
The son of a powerful-minded woman, his mother, ILL-LIFE was destined to turn negative energy into positive energy via his ingenius creative talents and his ability to respect all walks of life. His mother raised him exclusively on her own, and instilled upon him her moral beliefs. She was able to create almost anything from virtually nothing, given the fact that no father was there to raise the young one. The kid believed in a dream, a dream of life. She re-inforced that factor and raised him to believe, "You can do anything you put your mind to". At age 9 he learned to read musical notes and played the violin (he to this day can still be found writing his own form of musical notes prior to composing a beat).
ILL-LIFE wrote his first song at age 11. At age 12 in 1994, he began freestyling almost daily (which he learned from older peers in middle school). He began rebelling, and wound up getting locked up that same year. It was hard, but he believed in "The Dream" now more than ever. Sitting in algebra class at age 14, he wrote his first song in rap format (because he and a friend kept getting kicked out for freestyling out loud). A born leader, ILL-LIFE was never able to take orders from anyone who preached anything he did not firmly believe in or what he thought was ill-logical. From that point on the seeds for his future success in Hip-Hop music were planted.
Over a hundred songs written and two years later, ILL-LIFE's first production talent emerged in early 1998. He and a friend grabbed a tiny toy plastic piano and a 24 dollar drum machine, added a 9 dollar microphone and put words, written and freestyle, over basic homemade drum loops (early "beats"), which they would go on to record onto cassette tapes. ILL-LIFE's first big studio session came in the summer of 2000. Then another in 2001. Unhappy with the price of beats and many thousands of dollars later, he used "hustle money" to build a professional studio in a vacant bedroom inside his mother's house. By early 2002 he began seriously working on production using his Triton 88-key Pro-X synth, his MPC2000XL, two turntables, a "Blue" condenser mic, and Pro-Tools LE digi 001 to master his artform: rapping and producing (and eventually engineering).
In 2007 between May and June, ILL-LIFE's hit single "Sexxxshual Muzzick" went number 1, nine weeks in a row on 5 Dutch radio charts out in Europe, and will be going on a regional tour with his crew in 2009.
At over 118 songs recorded, an album released in January '07; "THA LEGEND", in January '08 the "L.I.F.E. The Prequel Vol. 0" mixtape released, In January '09 the "L.I.F.E. The Prequel Vol.1" mixtape released, the "L.I.F.E. The Prequel Vol. 2" Mixtape coming soon, the Verse 4 Verse "Urban Special Forces" group album coming soon, and the "City Dreams" full length album coming summer of 2010, the future looks bright for ILL-LIFE. He has NOTHING to lose but his own self of being in the physical form here on Earth. ILL-LIFE is a member of The Verse 4 Verse Crew.
ILL-LIFE has something to say:
"I would like to thank God, Jesus Christ, my Mother, and my big bro. Ken. Utmost respect goes out to my Mother, my Grandmother, my brother Ken, my sister Carolyn, my nieces and nephews, Hasani Lateef, Struxx Denali, Lee Majors, Mic Mountain, Erie Ave, Chuck Montana, Choice, Sexcess, Aisha Sade, Stalker, the entire Verse 4 Verse Crew, and of course, Kool Herc for giving birth to Hip-Hop. Thank you to all who inspired me to achieve and succeed, I would not be where I am today without my true friends. Thanks to all who stayed honest and kept it real with me, and to all who believe in my creative ability and all afilliated with thw Verse 4 Verse movement. The world is ours.
I love ya'll.
REST IN PEACE TO MY BABYGURL ELLEN A.K.A. LIL' E, I will love you constantly untill I get there, save a seat for me. You will remain strong in my heart forever. To tha rest, no stress, just
one love to all who are positive and to all who keep Hip-Hop culture alive. This is all we got, they can't take this from us!!! Peace and God-Bless!!!"
And ILL-LIFE welcomes you to his world, as he leaves with a confident smile...;)
What's good, I just wanted to come through to thank you for being my friend on myspace. If you are looking for hot beats you can hit me up anytime, I am in the top 3 beatsellers out of over 40.000 producers at the biggest beat market online. At the moment I offer some beats for only 10$ (50% off), you can purchase them via PayPal. Follow this banner if you are interested, I sold over 1000 beats in only 15 months: If you couldn't find the right beat at my rocbattle page, make sure to follow this link for more beats (sometimes I have some old beats as exclusives up there for only 25-50$): http://www.MyBeatShop.com/VaNsBeaTs Thanks for taking your time, I really appreciate your support. Make sure to come trough at my profile, you're always welcome to show some feedback! If you want to be updated about new beats, please follow me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/vansbeats Peace and respect, VaNs BeaTs
What's good, I just wanted to come through to thank you for being my friend on myspace. If you are looking for hot beats you can hit me up anytime, I am in the top 3 beatsellers out of over 40.000 producers at the biggest beat market online. At the moment I offer some beats for only 10$ (50% off), you can purchase them via PayPal. Visit this page if you are interested, I sold over 1000 beats in only 15 months: http://www.rocbattle.com/vansbeats If you couldn't find the right beat at my rocbattle page, make sure to visit this page for more beats (sometimes I have some old beats as exclusives up there for only 25-50$): http://www.mybeatshop.com/vansbeats Thanks for taking your time, I really appreciate your support. Make sure to come trough at my profile, you're always welcome to show some feedback! Peace and respect, VaNs BeaTs
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