michael
@paperm8
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bronx, NY USA
Joined Feb 2, 2009
Born and raised in the Soundview section of the Bronx, Michael Tyrone Turner Jr., (professionally know as, PaperM8) has always been musically inclined. From the age of 9, he began writing music. He would begin to learn how to record his art on Radio Shack keyboards and karaoke machines. Michael would then record with his younger sister Cynia, who also is a gifted writer. He later went on to practice his craft in talent show cases, hip-hop work shops, annual park festivals, school concerts, and writing jingles for TV commercials.
At the age of 12, PaperM8, (going by the name of Burning Flame) was almost signed to an indie label in New York City; but no agreements were reached. PaperM8 continued to write and didn't allow that to stop him. Then, at the age of 15, he found out he was going to be a father, which changed his perspective, and added more meaning to his music career. "Twenty years old, going on forty," is what he’d tell you, and PaperM8 is coming even stronger. His lyrical content has evolved greatly from when he was younger.
When you listen to his music, or watch him perform, you can see a young man, but hear an old soul. PaperM8 said, “My music is true one way or another, I write about my life and how I see things." He speaks of a wide variety of subjects from self-help, spiritual content, to gang banging in the city streets. PaperM8 wants to be seen not as a gangster or a saint, but as a gifted artist with a positive and inspiring outlook on life.
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