Armani Ciano, aka Armani Keem, OutRAGEou$, or Ill-Est., began rapping in 2002 at the age of 13 battling other MCs/rappers on the streets of westside Detroit. He grew up listening to smooth and classical jazz, RnB, neo-soul, 80-90s era Hip-Hop, House, and Techno music which gave him a very ecletic and diverse sound later on in life. A quiet academic who excelled in every subject, he didn't begin taking music seriously until 2007 when he taught himself how to produce music with FL Studio 7, and started writing his own music and songs. A year later, after various visits to home studios across Metro-Detroit, he began hands-on work teaching himself how to engineer music in the studio using Pro Tools, as well as producing, recording, mixing, and mastering tracks for other artists. By 2009, while going to college, he'd began performing live at venues such as Chicago Blues, The Ritz, Club Status, and other underground stages with other artists who he produced, recorded with, and engineered for. Currently, he is the CEO, Co-Founder and Owner of Chop-A-Neck Records, as well as CEO, Founder, and Owner of 632 International LLC (his production label).