Peace & Saludos to everyone that has made it here. YES I do reggaeton & YES I speak spanish damn well, but I want more than just spanish people to appreciate our spanish flavor. So, here I will put up free tracks along with the album that I will have for sale shortly. Look around. There is plenty to see.....
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Nixx P in my own words.
I could tell you that my dad and uncle are currently doing Federal time.
I could also tell you about my arrest at 13 & then my subsequent arrest at age 21.
I could tell you about my bouts with alcoholism & homelessness, but for the life of me I can’t see how that relates to music!
Get your head out of your ass if you think any of that is something to glorify...
Chapter 1: Let’s get to work!
I was born on February 17th 1979 to parents who had only been in the United states for a few years. Both my parents emigrated from the Dominican Republic for better work opportunities. I’m not sure if you could call what they found opportunities, but I can tell you they found work (& a lot of it).
Chapter 2: My family inheritance
I seem to have been born to struggle. Imagine struggling for acceptance before you knew what acceptance was. Imagine adults gawking at you like you were famous, but your not, & to make matters worse, your 6.
Chapter 3: Same sh&! (new struggle)
At the same time that I was being introduced to society best friend/sister introduced me to Hip Hop. I remember the sounds of merengue in one room, and rap in another, while arguments over nothing ensued in the background. Maria (my sister) was 14 at that time, and she had me rapping lyrics from her favorite rapper (now a legend) Kool G Rap. Unfortunately she passed when I was 10, and my way of getting through this, & many things to follow, was to write. It started with poems, but then expanded into almost every form of creative writing that exists. I figured S&%t it’s all related!
Chapter 5: bad habits/good habits
My writing got me College credits while I hadn’t even graduated from high school. I was already on my 3rd job at that time, and recording my first album, while being enrolled in school full time. I would like to say that it was all the pressure, but that would be a lie. I developed a serious drinking problem by the time I was 21, and my break from school (to drink & make up for the partying I had missed) got longer & longer. I eventually curbed my drinking habit, but not my working & recording habits. Those became the one constant while all sorts of other madness ensued (listen to the music for details.)
Chapter 6: Blue Collar (SHOWTIME!)
I have been a bike messenger, a stock boy, an errand boy, a cashier, a cab driver, and an operator among other things. At the same time that I was working regular jobs I was doing shows, recording songs, battling rappers, and doing street promotions for my own records(Fuck A Demo, 3 Verse Epics, Soldiers’ Apparel.) The industry had me convinced that being unique was a mortal sin. I was truly starting to believe that (Catholic school issues) until I met a man by the name of Tommy Chase Harrell. With Tommy’s assistance I have recorded a fourth album, which is already being played on one of the largest reggaeton online radio stations on the world (www.perreoradio.com). A video to support that release is slated to hit airwaves by September. I am working with one of the premier up-and-coming clothing designers (Jomo Kenyatta), and we have come up with a clothing accessory, which may revolutionize the industry. Oh, and I am nearing completion on my second screenplay.
I guess that’s is as it relates to music, Nixx P, & Blue Collar LLC. If ya wanna know more ya gotta get those records
I have performed at the Newyorican (IN NY), City College (in NY), Some college out in Connecticut, Club Azul (in California)...& damn if CALI aint treat me best. Go figure....your own never love you.
Juan Luis Guerra, Maros Antonio Solis, Tzo, Conscious, Thinker, Crooked Scholar, Vico C, Tempo, El Mexicano, Baby Rasta y Gringo (when they were together), Andre 3000 & Big Boi, & the dude I done cried & shared a death wish with... PAC (it was a rough time in my life)
I'm in rotation at www.perreoradio.com