Stern
@Stern Savage
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Philadelphia, PA USA
Joined Aug 8, 2004
Ever since 1998 Stern Savage has been somewhere listening to and learning from the hot music being put out — and thinking, “I could do better.”
It wasn’t until 2000 when he put it to the test with his first mix tape, “Doe Getter.” At the time, though, Stern wasn’t itching to become a hip-hop star, and so the project didn’t have the heart, fire, or attention to detail that debuts from other high-caliber artists are known for. Disappointed in the effort, Savage withdrew to architect a new sound and approach to the hip-hop discipline.
It took his cousin Nino Redz, who was also trying the rap thing, to get Stern Savage back to the lab. In 2003, they met fellow mic fiend Lou Rizzol, who was an up and coming rapper from the badlands in North Philly. That’s when everything started to click. They dropped the album “For the Love of the Game”, which included the smash single “Let’s Go.” Savage ended up dropping another mix tape in 2004, and two more in 2005 with Lou Rizzol.
Stern relocated to Phoenix, AZ in November 2005, but was only there for a few months. In that time Stern let his flow loose and was making a name for himself when he came across Tally P and Odie of Go-Figga Entertainment. They made a few hit songs in a single week and the Go-Figga crew welcomed Stern to the burgeoning desert rap scene. However, due to family issues, Savage had to go back to Philly. Returning to AZ in 2008, Stern Savage stayed patient and humble, looking at what had changed in AZ and the shape of
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