We are PHENOMENON!
pl. phenomenon An unusual, significant, or unaccountable fact or occurrence; a marvel. A remarkable or outstanding person;
PHENOMENON: A DUO HIP HOP/RAP/R&B CONSISTING OF TWO MEMBERS FROM THE SEATTLE/TACOMA AREA. EDDIE FERNANDES & JON GRIFFIN
EDDIE JOSEPH FERNANDES, BORN SEPTEMBER 16, 1986 IN HARTFORD CT TO HIS PORTUGUESE MOTHER AND HIS PUERTO RICAN FATHER. EDDIE’S MOTHER WAS A SEVERE DRUG ABUSER AND HAD MANY MENTAL ISSUES. HIS FATHER WAS A THUG AND A PETTY THEIF WHO SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME IN AND OUT OF JAIL. HIS BIOLOGICAL PARENTS WERE NOT MARRIED AND NOT SUITABLE TO CARE FOR THIS YOUNG CHILD. HIS 13 YEAR OLD SISTER (AT THE TIME) AND HIS AUNT MARIA TOOK CARE OF HIM ON AND OFF FOR SOME TIME. BUT EVENTUALLY HE WAS PUT INTO FOSTER HOMES AND MOVED TO MIAMI, FLORIDA WHERE HE WAS RAISED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT FOSTER HOMES FOR THE NEXT 7 YEARS. IN 1993 EDDIE WAS ADOPTED BY HIS AUNT AND UNCLE AND MOVED TO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES UNTIL THEY SETTLED DOWN IN WASHINGTON STATE IN 1996 WHERE THAT YEAR HE MET JONATHAN GRIFFIN FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEY HAD MANY THINGS IN COMMON BUT DIDN’T REALIZE IT UNTIL LATER IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY WERE ALMOST OUT OF HIGHSCHOOL. EDDIE WAS A “WILD CHILD.” AS A TEENAGER HE SPENT MANY OF HIS HIGHSCHOOL DAYS IN SPORTS BUT HAD ANOTHER SIDE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL THAT DARKENED HIS LIFE. HE WENT TO SEE MANY MENTAL PSYCHOLGISTS BECASUE OF A FEARED “REGRESSED ANGRY CHILDHOOD PAST” HIS ADOPTIVE PARENTS ALSO HAD MANY ISSUSES INCLUDING HIS ADOPTIVE FATHER HAVING SEVERAL AFFAIRS WHICH RESULTED IN A DIVORCE IN THIS CRUCIAL GROWING PERIOD OF EDDIE’S LIFE. EDDIE WAS ARRESSESTED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND ASSAULT CHARGES. HE SPENT MANY DAYS IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ON MANY OCCASISSIONS. HOWEVER AS EDDIE GREW OLDER AND GREW INTO HIS LATER TEEN YEARS HE MATURED TEN-FOLD. HE PROMISED HIMSELF HE WOULD NOT BE LIKE HIS BIOLOGICAL PARENTS AND THAT HE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL AND PROVE, EVERYONE WHO HAD DOUBTED HIM, WRONG. EDDIE HAD ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR WRITING, POETRY AND MAKING MUSIC (HE WROTE HIS FIRST SONG IN 8TH GRADE) BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL HIS LATE TEEN YEARS THAT HE FORMULATED HIS WRITINGS INTO FULL MATURE MUSIC. HAVING KNOWN JON GRIFFIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND PARTYING WITH HIM HE APPROACHED JON WITH AN IDEA ON BECOMING A DUO. JON WAS KNOWN LOCALLY FOR HIS INCREDDIBLE TALENT IN FREESTYLING WHILE EDDIE WAS MORE OF A WRITER. JON LOVED THE IDEA AND RIGHT THEN THERE STARTED A PHENOMENON KNOWN AS PHENOMENON.
JONATHAN EZRA GRIFFIN, WAS BORN JUNE 10, 1987 IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURRI. HE MOVED TO WASHINGTON STATE WHEN HE WAS 3 YRS OLD. HIS FATHER GAVE UP ON THE FAMILY SHORTLY AFTER HE MOVED TO WASHINGTON. HE GREW VERY DISTANT FROM HIS FATHER. HIS MOTHER WAS LEFT WITH FOUR CHILDREN TO PROVIDE FOR AND RAISE ON HER OWN. MONEY WAS A BIG ISSUE FOR HIS MOTHER AND THE CHILDREN. THE HOMES HE LIVED IN WERE ALL BROKEN DOWN. WHEN HE WAS 9 YEARS OF AGE AND HIS MOTHER REMARRIED A DRUG ADDICT .THIS LASTED A YEAR UNTIL IT WAS SHORTLY OVER. THIS IS WHEN HE RELIZED HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER WAS GONE FOR GOOD. HE MOVED TO A PROJECT THAT WAS FILLED WITH CURUPTION AND DRUGS. HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN HE GOT CURIOUS OF ALL THE DRUGS AROUND HIM. HE STARTED AND CONTINUED TO USE THROUGH MOST OF HIS TEEN YEARS. TO SURVIVE HIS CHILDHOOD AND THE PEOPLE THAT THE DRUGS SURROUNDED HIM WITH, HE HAD TO RESORT, AGAINST HIS OWN WILL, TO FIGHTING IN MANY STREET FIGHTS TO SURVIVE. THEN IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS HE DECIDED TO GIVE UP AND FORGET ABOUT A FUTRE. IT WAS ALL ABOUT DIRTY MONEY AND DOING DRUGS. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO LOOSING HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.THEN IT HIT HIM. HE NEEDED A CHANGE .SO HE SLOWLY STOPPED USING AND LEFT THE HOUSE AT 16. HE WAS ON HIS OWN. HE BEGAN WORK IMEEDITALY. IT WAS KILLING HIM. HE WAS ALWAYS HEARING ABOUT ALL HIS FRIENDS HAVING SO MUCH FUN WHILE HE WAS WORKING TO LIVE. HE HAD NO CAR WHICH MADE HIM RESORT TO TAKING THE BUS EVRYWHERE. IT WAS REALLY TAKING A TOLL ON HIM. HE WANTED TO GIVE UP BUT HE DIDN’T WANT TO FOLLOW IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS SO HE PUSHED THROUGH. JON FOUND HIS ESCAPE IN MUSIC. HE EXSPESSED HIMSELF THROUGH HIS FREESTYLING AND WRITING LYRICS. HE WAS APPROACHED BY EDDIE FERNANDES IN 2005 ABOUT COLLABORATING ON SOME SONGS. THE TWO HAD A COMMON GOAL AND THEIR STYLES CLICKED IMMEDIATELY. SO BECAME THE DUO PHENOMENON.
PHENOMENON WRITES ABOUT WHAT IS TRUE IN THEIR LIVES AND IN THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH LIFE. THEY PRIDE THEMSELVE ON MAKING GREAT MUSIC WITH GREAT MEANING. THEY LOVE TO HAVE FUN AS WELL AND MAKE SONGS THAT YOU CAN DANCE AND FEEL FREE TO. PHENOMENON IS HERE TO STAY AND I WOULD KEEP AND EYE OUT FOR THEM IN THE COMING FUTRE.
2 kids with lives full of adversity that had one passion in common... MUSIC!
yes, tacoma and seattle local areas and clubs as of now
WE SOUND LIKE US....ALTHOUGH WE HAVE MANY INFLUENCES, WE DONT LIKE TO BE COMPARED TO ANYONE! OUR STYLE IS UNQUE AND WE MAKE MUSIC ON WHAT WE FEEL. WE ARE GOOD MUSIC!
