Manuel
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college park, MD USA
Joined Oct 10, 2007
“We both have that take-all mentality,” says D.E.B.O., born Manuel Reynoso, of his infamous Friday namesake. “Not so much as ‘I'ma take your bike’ … but more like ‘let me hold your ears for a second.’”
Despite this lyrical intensity, clutching the attention of the masses is difficult for any bubbling New York City emcee. So D.E.B.O. took his flow to Washington, D.C. with intentions of placing Chocolate City on the national hip-hop scene – even if he has hardly adjusted to the land wedged between northern lyricism and southern crunk.
D.E.B.O.’s story began in Harlem, where his love for basketball soon evaporated into rap romancing and street seductions. He learned to rap at age 11 and eventually established himself in the Harlem battle circuit. But “mistakes” landed the lyricist in prison, an experience he sees as more miracle than misfortune. “It was just a growing process,” D.E.B.O. says. “If I didn’t go away, I wouldn’t know that there were other things outside of Harlem.”
And he wouldn’t have met Tupac D, co-owner of entertainment production company Mad Power Unit, who was also serving time. The 22-year-old rapper’s gruff flow and punishing punchlines, akin to a husky-voiced Jae Millz, impressed the entrepreneur. After they were released, Tupac encouraged
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