derek
@hoc09
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charlottesville, va USA
Joined Apr 4, 2007
BORN IN CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA INTO THE LATE 80'S HOC WAS TOTALLY INTRIGUED BY THE HIP HOP EPIDEMIC OF THE EARLY 90'S. EVERYDAY THE SOUNDS OF RAKIM, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, NAS AND VARIOUS HIP HOP AND R&B ARTISTS CROONED AND SHAPED HOC INTO THE TRUE LYRICIST AND POET THAT HE HAS GROWN TO BE TODAY. FREESTYLING WITH FRIENDS AS A HOBBIE AT FIRST TO BEING CONFRONTED WITH REAL LIFE SITUATIONS AS A TEEN. THE STREETLIFE, DRUGS AND HUSTLE ETHIC OF THE LATE 90'S/ EARLY MILLENIUM WERE AN ALLURE. WHILE SEARCHING FOR PLACE AND DIRECTION IN LIFE HOC STUMBLED INTO A FEW LOCAL RAPPERS WHO WERE LOOKING TO FORM A GROUP. FELLOW VIRGINIA ARTISTS: P.GIOVANNI, DINO AND NIX WERE IN HIS CIRCLE. THEY SOON FORMED THE "VA DREAMTEAM", THOUGH ONLY IN THEIR TEENS THEIR LYRICAL CONTENT STOOD OUT AMOUNG OTHER CHARLOTTESVILLE ARTISTS. WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES THEY RAN INTO A LOCAL DJ WHO SAW THEIR TALENT AND WANTED TO SEE THEM PROSPER. DJ MILLZ A LOCAL INDEPENDENT DJ AND CEO OF STR8 PAPER ENT WANT AFFILIATION ASAP. P GIOVANNI SOON INTRODUCED HOC TO HIS COUSIN BUMPY BROWN. A LOCAL VA PRODUCER WITH THE SAME VISION AS HOC. BEING THAT THE TWO WERE INSPIRED BY THE SAME ARTISTS IT WAS ONLY RIGHT THAT THEY COLLABORATED FOR HIS DEBUT....THELASTDAYZ....DROPPING LATE 07'/08'. MIXING THE TRUE RAW HIP HOP SOUND OF THE EARLY 90'S WITH WISDOM AND PROPHECY SO THAT THE HOOD CAN DECIPHER AND RELATE....IN HOC'S OWN WORDS "IF REAL RCOGNIZE REAL, IM THE ONLY ONE THE REAL WOULD NOTICE"..... -RMG Ma
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k33p Up THA GuD WoRk H0C !!! cHao ChIcO.. MuAAhhSs"