Born and raised in Decatur, Alabama Byron Sykes has been in love with hip-hop for many years. Some of his influences are U.G.K., Outkast, Eightball & M.J.G and Scarface, to name a few. In the early 90s B.Sykes' passion for rap music continued to grow as his skills improved. Through freestylin and local talent shows, B knew he wanted to take his game a step further. B. Sykes attended the University of North Alabama for two years in pursuit of a degree in marketing. His interest in school gradually faded (yall know how it be) as his passion for music grew even stronger. B and his roommate/longtime friend Pat Jackson started writing rhymes together and eventually started a group called North West Dec. shortly after they changed there group name to S-N-J (Sykes and Jackson), which also stands for Southern Nigga Jamz. They generated a good street buzz with the release of underground mixtapes Drought Season (2002) and Street Heat Vol.1 (2005). Now its 2007, and B is in the process of completing his solo project. He has worked with a few up and coming producers on his project; Craig "Groove" Stevens who's done work for Nelly, Chris Brown and many others, Kelvin Wooten who's worked with the likes of Anthony Hamilton, The Isley Brothers, Raphael Sadiq,etc. Also supplying more fire ass tracks to the project are Kwofi of Next Level Ent., Keith Reeves of Polaryzed Ent., Mali Boi of Slowmotion Soundz, and Ken P of Ken P Ent. B's vision is to let the fans get to know him through his music. His main focus is to bring the state of Alabama to the forfront while representing for the whole dirty south PERIOD! Prepare yourself for a classic!!!