well i grew up always listening 2 music, whether it b listening 2 shaggy's 'summertime' when i was bout 6 years old, or whether i was listening 2 something like dr dre 2001 when i was bout 14, or somewhere in between where i was also listening 2 techno... and somewher in amongst listening 2 dre n snoop talk bout lowriders, pimpin, listening 2 B-real tell me how he could just kill a man, or the very first time i heard some wu tang shit (i didnt like it at first, but then, after listening 2 it in a bit more mature state of mind, i saw the magic)i fell in love with the art that is rhyme... so, i guess it was a natural progression, from me finding out my musical passion and loving hip hop so much, 2 one day, picking up a pen and just start writing, poems, rhymes, n shit... i also make some of my own beats
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o man... ppl who have influenced me r everywhere... i love all kinds of music... but the ones who have influenced me most in my rapping is wu tang clan - rza is one the emcees i most look up 2, um who else i dont care what anyone thinks, and fuck the racial shit, i love eminems ability and style (well his old stuff mostly like 5star generals, and tylenol island) definately... redman, method man, tupac shakur, big L, swifty mcVay, proof, Rakim, devin the dude notorious big a little bit, big boi and andre 3000, naughty by nature, jay z, bone thugs,dr dre, ice cube,... and theres then the general musical influences, michael jackson, marvin gaye, luther vandross, bob marley, guns and roses, so theres influences from everywhere
not much at all man... i try 2 make magic with what i got... a few samples, a few rhymes, a few beats....