LIL REAP

REAP A YOUNG HIP HOP ARTIST RESIDING FROM THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHICAGO STARTED HIS JOURNEY IN THIS RAP GAME AT THE VERY YOUNG AGE OF 12. REAP STARTED HIS MUSIC MAKING IN HIS BASEMENT WITH 2 TURNTABLES AND A MICROPHONE. BEING SO YOUNG WITH OUT A JOB HE WOULD SPEND WHATEVER LITTLE MONEY HE HAD ON RECORDS WITH INSTRUMENTALS TO RHYME OVER. SINCE A SHORTY HE WAS ALWAYS DREAMIN TO BE IN THE BIG LEAGUES WITH ALL THE BIG STARS, BUT IN CHICAGO ITS HARD TO GET THAT LOCAL SUPPORT TO GET YOU THERE. SINCE THOSE DAYS IN THE BASEMENT REAP HAS BEEN ON SEVERAL MIXTAPES, COMPILATIONS, ALBUM FEATURES AND HAS HAD A SOLO ALBUM OF HIS OWN RECORDED IN 2001. 2003 HAS BEEN A BIG YEAR FOR REAP LEAVING HIS FORMER LABEL MATES AND VENTURING ON HIS OWN AGAIN TO MAKE THE MUSIC THAT " HE FEELS" NOT WHAT OTHERS THROW AT YOU. HE HAS PERFORMED AT THE CUBBY BEAR SEVERAL TIMES, ELBO ROOM, AND DOUBLE DOOR SOME OF CHICAGOS HOT SPOTS FOR HIP HOP CROWDS. "MUSIC IS MY LIFE AND YOU CAN TAKE EVERYTHING FROM ME BUT THAT" SAYS REAP. HE IS NOW FINISHING UP HIS ALBUM TITLED " A NEW BEGINNING " WICH SHOULD HIT THE PEOPLE EARLY FEB. THE ALBUM HAS FEATURES FROM YARI WHO DISPLAYS HER MUSICAL SKILLS ON MANY OF THE SONGS. ALSO MC CHANNEL ZERO WHO IS NOW WORKING ON A MIX TAPE WITH REAP, UNIKO WHO DISPLAYS HIS SPANISH LYRICAL STYLES ON "FEMINA NO PARES". OTHER FEATURES FROM MIC ONE " RING THE ALARM " WICH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A MIC ONE REAP COLLABO FOR YEARS. AND MANY OTHER FEATURES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GIVIN THE PEOPLE THE MUSIC THAT THEY ENJOY AND LOVE TO LISTEN TO. REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING TO A NEW VENTURE IN THE HIP HOP WORLD. PEACE.

SOMETIMES. I LOVE PLAYING LIVE, IT GIVES THE MUSIC A WHOLE DIFFERENT FEEL AND BRINGS MORE ENERGY TO YOUR SHOW. NO SPECIAL MOMENTS.

TUPAC, EMINEM, TALIB KWELI,JAY-Z,NAS, OLD SCOOL GROUPS LIKE WAR, GIL SCOTT HERON, SPANISH ARTIST LIKE FRANKIE RUIZ, EDDIE SANTIAGO, WILLIE COLON, CELIA CRUZ, TITO PUENTES, MARC ANTHONY. THERE ARE MANY MORE....