Phonetic
@Phonetic from Alaska
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sitka, ak USA
Joined Jan 1, 2006
You always hear that to get what you want in life, it takes persistence and hard work. Add a smooth delivery and some nice flow and you have Phonetic, an emcee making his rise to the top of Alaskan Hip Hop. It hasnt been easy. Growing up in Sitka, a town of 8,500 located in Southeast Alaska, meant there was no one to teach him the fundamentals of Hip Hop. Never being one to let his geographical position hold him back, Phonetic taught himself. He grew up studying his favorite artists styles, topics, and backgrounds and found he could relate. With a very determined independent spirit, he built a small recording studio in his garage. He believed in learning hands-on, and over time became proficient at recording his own material and even making beats. He recorded and marketed his first album The Birth with his group Highly Unlikely and began to make connections with other artists outside of his hometown. He set up his own shows as often as possible in an attempt to increase his fan-base. He founded Feedus Productions in 2004 and made Southeast connections with Astronomar, a DJ from Juneau, and D-script, an artist from Angoon.
Although he is calm by nature, his competitiveness directed him towards the battle circuit. He saw it as a way to gain respect as an artist, as well as network within the Hip Hop community. In his first out of state battle in Seattle, Phonetic won in the first round but lost against his next opponent. Phonetic states, I threw
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