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Artist Review: Kanye West

Kanye West was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He left college to pursue a musical career, producing tracks for Jay-Z while polishing his demo. He released The College Dropout in 2002. It sold 2.6 million copies and won Best Rap Album. His follow-up releases have been equally successful and West has become a celebrity famous for his outrageous and entertaining statements.

His parents divorced when he was three. He was raised on Chicago's South Side by his mother, an English professor, and spent summers with his father, an award-winning photographer who became a church counselor.

West graduated from Polaris High School and completed one year of art school at Chicago State University. After spending time rapping and working with local artists, West moved to New York in 2001 to pursue his music career full time. Respected rapper Jay-Z hired him to produce songs for his album The Blueprint, which sold more than 420,000 copies in the first week alone. West went on to produce for a handful of stars including rapper Ludacris and singer Beyonce.

While serving as producer to the stars, West cut his own demo and began shopping it around. He signed a deal with Roc-A-Fella Records, Jay-Z's label, in 2002 and began recording in the studio.

Read more Kanye bio here: http://www.biography.com/people/kanye-west-362922

Artist Review: Living Proof

Born Obress Guy, Living Proof is no stranger to the spotlight. He came up in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, was signed to Memphis Bleek’s Get Lo Imprint and was part of five Rocafella tours. He was personally called out on stage by Jay-Z to a crowd of 30,000 and received an abundance of hands on experience at what the music industry truly entailed.

Now with his Debut album Die For A Deal 5.0 he is ready to put that knowledge he gained over the years to the test. Die For A Deal 5.0 is well balanced album that has a grity NY sound to it, along with a nice polished and commercial one too.

Read more about Living Proof: http://loyaltydigitalcorp.bandcamp.com/

Special Guest: Dez HiDef

Dez HiDef is a highly talented and versatile 19 year old, up and coming rapper from Newark, NJ. Embarking on his dream.

Check out Dez bandcamp page: http://dezhidef.bandcamp.com/

Artist Review: Ugly Heroes

An Ugly Hero is considered a myth. Growing up, the heroes we saw in cartoons and movies were perfectly chiseled, intelligent, and had senses none of us possess. An UGLY HERO is the everyday blue collar individual that makes the world go 'round. These are the heroes that work hard all day, every day to help ensure that the lives around them are taken care of, and do it all without recognition. They wear themselves into the ground and sacrifice vanity for family.  Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, and Red Pill are UGLY HEROES.

More about Ugly Heroes:  mellomusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/ugly-heroes