Darrius Garrett a.k.a MISTA SNIPER(Producer) Born in Long Beach,CA. to Edward and Marie Garrett in 1980 was destined to become involved in the music industry. Darrius developed a versatile rap style based on hard work and experience, and his proteges and entorage referred to him as "Sniper" because he was described on the block and at school as someone that spits out lyrics like bullets from a sniper's rifle" He is also a very good producer he produced 90% of his tracks which is very impressive. Mista Sniper has endured a lot of things in his 23 years of life and live to speak about it in his album Life Happens.