My major influences include: RUN DMC, Rakim, Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, Dr. Dre, JayZ, AZ, Snoop Dogg, Game, Ikendyenow, Logic "my brother", My paps "For being so Fly and smooth", My mother "For not beating me when I taped over her cassette tapes as a kid", "God" for giving me another chance at birth, and many more..
Siah-Law Bio:
On October 7th, an 80’s baby named James was born with complications at St. Lukes Hospital in New Bedford, MA. At one point he was declared dead, but his fight and God’s blessing gave him another chance, and from that moment on everyone knew he was born ready.
A decade later, as a pre teen, James practiced rapping with his little brother at home in their bedroom over mama's gospel cassette tapes with tape over the openings. He and his younger brother recorded song after song. They would hand their tapes out to family, friends and people passing through the neighborhood. Even though James lived in a rough area of New Bedford’s United Front Housing Projects, the neighbors loved their music, so they embraced them; but James would need a rap name. Without a rap name and juggling many ideas, James began taking the art more seriously and began working on his delivery, song writing skills and punch lines. As a young man he created a hometown buzz: battling in project hallways and the bathrooms of his high school, in local streets and parks, and parties around his way. The streets of New Bedford labeled him a lyrical beast and gave him props for his artistic abilities. They called him "Shynobi" because he chopped up every MC who came his way. In 1999 shynobi and another rapper and native of New Bedford named "Betrayl" formed a group called “Ikendyenow”. From 1999 to 2001, Ikendyenow found local success, releasing many ablums independently that included, “The Reazin to Live”, “Blood over Money” and “Ikendyenow”. After some success with Ikendyenow, shynobi changed his name to Siah-Law. A year later, Ikendyenow took a break to work on their solo projects.
In 2001, Siah-Law began his solo project. He teamed up with Boston businessmen, Big Ran, Reese, and Big L to form an independent label called Double I Entertainment. Siah-Law’s lyrical versatility, delivery and raw ability to write songs would reach new heights.
In 2002 & 2003, Siah-Law began performing in showcases throughout New England that included local acts and national acts like 50 Cent, Mase, Jadakiss, Black Rob, Jin, Mobb Deep, and Styles P. That same year, he launched a mixtape that would help him gain a regional buzz and propel his status to help launch his career. As we know, growing up in the hood sometimes has its difficulties. In 2004 Siah-Law, let the streets get the best of him, and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. While, locked up he worked on himself as a person, promising to leave the streets alone and focus on his music. In his cell he worked on his songwriting skills, writing song after song. He also, improved his punch lines, hooks, and transitions. Then in September 2006, he was released from prison a new man, with many goals, but one major goal to make it big in the music industry. He realized that his misfortunes shed light on his true calling, the opportunity to share his personal experiences, through the art of music, with the world.
In 2008, Siah-Law developed into a well-rounded, tenacious, and hard working songwriter, and rap artist. His talents during the Source Spit 16 Contest, landed him a photo in the July ‘08’ Source Magazine. He has tremendous work ethic in the studio and is scheduled to release his mixtape titled, "No More Mr. Nice Guy Vol. 1" and his concept album of his life titled, "The Death of a D-Boy," in 2009.
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You're very welcome Siah. I stay listening. Matter fact I'm rocking to your tracks right now... currently playing(think I'm in love) but Ace and I are gonna fight if I don't get some more tracks of yours to listen to. Lol. But keep rocking that mic Si, you do a great job ;)
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