Lawrence, Ma USA
Joined July7 2009
HARSH REALITY ENT / WILLY-B PRODUCTIONZ / KEY PLAYERZ LYFE IZ REALITY AND TO SUM HARSH TYMEZ IS HOW THEY FACE IT. TAKE A WALK AND LOOK THRU THE EYES OF 5 LAWRENCE A.K.A. "LAWTOWN" MASSACHUSETTS STREET VETZ. 1/5TH OF THE SQUAD SPENT ALL OF HIS CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT STAGES ROAMIN' AROUND THE STREETZ OF LAW-TOWN. MELVIN "MELLO" MARTINEZ A.K.A. ARTIFACT, BORN ON MARCH 18TH 1980 METHUEN MASS,BUT RAISED IN LAWRENCE. GROWING UP IN LAW-TOWN, ARTIFACT SPENT MOST OF HIS EARLY YEARS MOVIN' FROM PLACE TO PLACE, BROADWAY ST.,WEST ST., LAWRENCE ST., PROSPECT HILL., SOUTHSIDE., NORTHSIDE.,UNTIL HIS FAMILY PLANTED THEMSELVES AT TOWER HILL,THUS A KNUCKLE HEAD WAS SPAWNED. A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH GROWIN' UP AT 1 OF THE MEANEST BLOCKZ AT IT'S RYPEST TYMEZ, HANCOCK PROJECTS, WHERE MATERIAL THINGS WERE HARD TO COME BY. DRAWN BY THE EASY MONEY AND THAT FAST LYFE ARMED WIT A GROUP OF HOOLIGANS, L.T.C. BACKED BY KILLER BEEZ., ARTIFACT SET OUT TO GET THAT PAPER. POSTIN' UP AT VARIOUS LOCATION., MANCHESTER, SPRINGFIELD, HOLYOKE,, AND THEY OWN CITY
'LOWELL ST" .. MONEY COMES AND MONEY GOES, AND WIT THAT COMES HATE, JEALOUSY, AND BARZ. AFTER MANY BATTLES, AND MANY LOST YEARS, ARTIFACT PICKED UP A PEN AND PAD AND WENT BAC TO HIS CHILDHOOD PASSION "PUTTIN' WORDS TOGETHER" HAVING MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF MINDZ ALL OVER THE WORLD MEANS MILLIONS AND MORE, DIFFERENT JOURNEYS TO TELL, SO WE BRING YOU THE SECOND MEMBER OF HARSH REALITY.THE STORY OF A FATHERLESS CHILD STARTED IN MAY 4, 1979 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:35 A.M. , ALICE M. SOTO, HIS LIFE , HIS MOTHER FOUND HERSELF ADMITTED AT ONE OF THE POOREST HOSPITALS IN PUERTO RICO, GAVE BIRTH TO NEW LIFE. ALEXIS "GATO" RIVERA A.K.A. UNIQUE DA NEW BREED..WITH JOY AND LOVE IN HER HEART SHE INTRODUCE HER LIL' MAN TO THIS HARSH WORLD TO BE UNITED WITH HIS 2 OLDER BROTHERS AND A SISTER. TIME WAS TICKING SO THE FAMILY MOVED ON TO THE BIG APPLE, YONKERS NEW YORK THAT IS, WHERE THE FIFTH AND FINAL MEMBER TO THE FAMILY WAS CONCEIVED, NOTHING WENT AS INTENDED SO OUNCE AGAIN THERE LUGGAGE WERE PACKED WICH LANDED THEM TO THIER FINAL DESTINATION, LAWRENCE MASS BETTER KNOWN AS LAW-TOWN MURDA MASS,,LITTLE CITY WITH BIG BALLS, "QUOTING"THE LATE "SCIENTIFIK" R.I.P. (WHERE N****Z DON'T BACK DOWN) AND ALWAYS GETS DOWN.LIFE IS NEVER PERFECT, WRONG CHOICES ARE ALWAYS BEING MADE, NEVER BENT ON BIENG PERFECT, FOUND A PERFECT RECIPE, ONCE NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE, WRITING AND EXPRESSIN HIS SELF THREW MUSIC. MUSIC IS HIS FOUNDATION WHERE HE CAN EXPRESS HIMSELF AND BE HEARD BY MILLIONS…(GATO) "MUCH RESPECT TO THE FOUNDER AND RIDE OR DIE COMRADE JON BONEZ A.K.A. ARTIFACT THE PIONEER OF THIS MOVEMENT IN CONJUCTION WITH THE BEST NEW HYPE WILLY-B PRODUCTIONZ. AFTER THE GROUPS FIRST MIXTAPE ARTIFACT'S BROTHER IN-LAW, WHO WAS ALSO PART OF THE L.T.C. HOOLIGANS, WILLIAM BIGIO A.K.A. WILLY-B FELT THE MOVEMENT AND WAS INSPIRED TO COMBINE MINDS AND JOIN IN ON THE JOURNEY. WITH AN EAR FOR INSTRUMENTS AND SOUNDS, SET OFF TO BUILD A PRODUCTION TO AVOID USING INDUSTRY AND SOUND CLICK BEATS, GIVING YOU THE 3RD MEMBER OF HARSH REALITY,, WILLY-B PRODUCTION / KEYPLAYERZ BORN IN NEW BRITAIN CT. AND SPENDING MOST OF HIS YOUNG YEARS IN CT. HIS MOM, AS MANY FAMILIES DID, PACKED UP AND LEFT TO AVIOD THE HOOD LIFE AT THE N.B.C.. THOUGHT IT WOULDV'E BEEN EASIER IN LAW-TOWN MURDACHUSETTS, BEING FAR FROM RIGHT STILL SETTLED IN LAWRENCE, WHERE HE EVENTUALLY WAS INTRODUCED TO MELLO A.K.A ARTIFACT IN THE 7TH GRADE. THE 2 HAVE BEEN GRINDING SIDE BY SIDE EVER SCINCE. AFTER 17 YEARS OF MANY DIFFERENT MAZES AND DOORWAYS ,FINALLY FOUND WHAT THEY WAS MEANT FOR. UTILIZING EVERY TOOL AND TRADES GAINED FROM A HARSH LIFE, OPENED A NEW DOOR WITH BIG DREAMS, AND ARE READY TO SUCCEED.GROWIN UP IN THE 80'S AS CHILDREN AND BANGING ON THE STREETS IN THE 90'S, THERE WERE MANY GREAT INFLUENCES, FROM GRAND MASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE, BUSY BEE, TO KRS 1, RUN DMC, SLICK RICK, BIG DADDY KANE, RAKIM, TO WU-TANG, ONYXX, MO