BIOGRAPHY: BORN DENNIS DANIEL DELEON IN THE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS SECTION OF NEW YORK CITY, D-MENACE WAS INTRODUCED TO A STYLE OF MUSIC CALLED HIP HOP. RAISED BY DOMINICAN PARENTS & LIVING RIGHT NEXT TO HARLEM GAVE D-MENACE THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING EXPOSED TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOUNDS & MUSIC FROM R&B, REGGAE, DANCEHALL, BACHATA, REGGAETON TO HIP HOP. IN A TIME WHEN MUSICAL GENRES FOCUS ON LIMITED MATERIAL TO BRING FOWARD D-MENACE SETS OUT TO OFFER MORE THAN JUST SLICK RHYMES & HOT HOOKS. WHEN ASKED WHAT TYPE OF ARTIST HE IS, HE SIMPLY REPLIES "DIVERSITY IS A WAY OF LIFE & IF MUSIC IS A WAY OF LIFE IT SHOULD COME ACROSS FROM ALL ASPECTS". IN 2001 AFTER THE TERRIBLE EVENTS OF 9/11 IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND A BETTER LIFE AWAY FROM THE BIG CITY D-MENACE & HIS FAMILY MOVED TO LAWRENCE, MA. IN 2005 CURRENTLY RESIDING IN LAWRENCE, MA D-MENACE RELEASED "RIDE OUT" ONE OF THE 1ST DANCEHALL TRACKS TO HIT THE AREA BY A LOCAL ARTIST BEFORE THE DANCEHALL MOVEMENT TOOK OVER. WITH THE SUCESS COMING FROM "RIDE OUT" HE EXPERIMENTED MORE INTO IT & CREATED "HOODRiDDiM" (a blend of hip hop on reggae riddims & r&b) HIS LATEST WORK TO DATE. IN THE SUMMER OF 2008 D-MENACE RELEASED "TONIGHT" (feat. LEXX) & "RUCKUS" (feat. 978 CLICK). WITH HEAVY ROTATION IN CLUBS, JAMS & LOCAL DJ'S THE TWO TRACKS BECAME DEFINATE HITS THROUGHOUT THE MASS AREA. "WHAT I WANTED TO DO HE IMPLIES IS BRING MYSELF ARTISTICALY TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL & EXPAND WHAT I CAN DO ...BECAUSE HIP HOP IS MY FATHER BUT MUSIC IS MY MOTHER DONT GET IT TWISTED". WITH THE RELEASE OF "HOODRiDDiM" & THE SUCCESS COMING ALONG WITH IT, D-MENACE IS SURE TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE EVER GROWING & COMPETITIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY. AFTER ALL, FOR THIS REMARKABLE & EAGER MUSICIAN...IT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING.