BORN TO A DOMINICAN FATHER AND A PUERTO RICAN MOTHER ON MAY 1ST, 1989, IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, CRISTIAN FELIZ B/K/A GARCY VEGA WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO HIP HOP MUSIC BY HIS OLDER BROTHER WHO USED TO DABBLE WITH SPANISH RAP MUSIC IN THE MID-90'S. GARCY WAS ONLY IN THE 3RD GRADE WHEN HE TRIED WRITING HIS FIRST RAP. AFTER YEARS OF POLISHING HIS FLOW, HE FIRST HIT THE LOCAL RAP SCENE AT THE AGE OF 14 WITH THE NOW-DEFUNCT IDEA RECORDS. DUE TO CREATIVE DIFFERENCES GARCY SEPERATED HIMSELF FROM IDEA RECORDS IN ORDER TO START HIS OWN MOVEMENT, HOOD PRO ENTERTAINMENT. HOOD PRO QUICKLY BECAME POPULAR IN THEIR LOCAL RAP SCENE AND HAVE RELEASED 3 VOLUMES TO THEIR BUILT 4 DA HOOD SERIES. IN 2008, GARCY VEGA WAS CHOSEN AS A FINALIST IN LOUD.COM'S COMPETITION WHICH GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN $100,000 AND A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH SRC/UNIVERSAL. AFTER BEING ELIMINATED IN THE SECOND ROUND, GARCY DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO STEP IT UP AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. HE PUT TOGETHER A WARM UP MIXTAPE TITLED, "I SHALL PROCEED" WHICH FEATURED A LOT OF UNRELEASED MATERIAL HE HAD LAYING AROUND. WITH "I SHALL PROCEED" WARMING UP THE STREETS, GARCY VEGA DECIDED TO START WORKING ON HIS DEBUT LP TITLED, "SCRATCHIN' THA SURFACE". WITH SRC/UNIVERSAL'S J. CARDIM PRODUCING THE WHOLE LP, GARCY PLANS ON SECURING HIS SPOT AS MASSACHUSETTS' PREMIERE EMCEE. "SCRATCHIN' THA SURFACE" IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED THIS WINTER ON ITUNES.