THIS HIP-HOP SENSATION NAMED TONY S. AKA PHANTOM HAS AN AMAZING TALENT! PHANTOM WHICH MOST OF YOU KNOW GOT HIS NAME FROM THE MOVIE “PHANTOM OF THE OPERA” AND HE LIKED THE WAY IT SOUNDED SO HE TOOK PHANTOM AND MADE IT HIS ARTIST NAME. RAISED BY HIS MOTHER “JANET“ HE STARTED HIS CAREER PATH AT THE YOUNG AGE OF NINE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT HE STARTED OFF SINGING AND THEN GRADUALLY BECAME A RAPPER THAT CAN STILL SOMEWHAT SING. HE WAS BORN IN MIAMI AND MOVED TO HIS CURRENT LOCATION "JERSEY". BEING INFLUENCED BY ARTIST SUCH AS: USHER, MARIAH CAREY, OMARION, JAY-Z, MISSY ELLIOT, WU-TANG, LIL WAYNE, 50 CENT & G-UNIT, WYDE CLEF, MISSY ELLIOT, LIL KIM, BIGGIE SMALLS, P.DIDDY, TUPAC, SLICK RICK, JERMAINE DUPREE, SNOOP DOGG, NE-YO, MARY J BLIGE, R.KELLY, CASSIDY, JUELZ SANTANA & DIPSET, LL COOL J , NELLY, AND MANY MORE. PHANTOM STATES " I USED TO ALWAYS LISTEN TO RAP BUT NEVER REALLY GOT THE CONCEPT OF IT, AND REALLY DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE LYRICS. I REMEMBER THE FIRST SONG I EVER REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO WAS JUICY BY THE NOTORIOUS BIGGIE SMALLS, AND THAT’S WHEN THINGS TOOK OFF. "ALTHOUGH THE YOUNG HIP-HOP UP AND COMING ARTIST HAS NEVER DONE ANY MAJOR PERFORMANCES, HE HAS PERFORMED AT MINOR EVENTS SUCH AS PERSONAL PARTIES, SWEETS, TALENTS SHOWS AT HIS SCHOOLS, AND TEEN NIGHTS. PHANTOM STATES " WHEN I AM ON STAGE THE ONLY THING I THINK ABOUT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA THINK OF ME SO I GIVE IT 100% WHEN I AM IN FRONT OF THAT CROWD, AND I GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE AND HEAR. " PHANTOM AS YOU CAN SEE HAS ALSO HIT THE STUDIO PLENTY OF TIMES. HE IS VERSATILE WITH HIS RHYTHM AND FLOW AND KEEPS HIS STYLE CREATIVE ALL THE TIME. PHANTOM SAYS “ITS HARD TO PLEASE EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME WITH MUSIC. THEREFORE I LIKE TO CHANGE MY FLOW SO THAT I DON'T SOUND MONOTONOUS TO PEOPLE, THEREFORE I PLEASE EVERYONES TASTE IN MUSIC. IT IS NOT ABOUT ME IT’S ABOUT THE FANS." IF PHANTOM COULD BE COMPARED TO ANY RAPPER IN THE INDUSTRY HE SAYS HE WOULD COMPARE HIMSELF TO LL COOL J (LADIES LOVE COOL JAMES) WHY? WELL HE ANSWERS “I COULD COMPARE MY SELF TO LL COOL J BEING THAT I AM A LADIES MAN BUT AT THE SAME TIME DEMAND MY RESPECT. LIKE I CAN COME OUT WITH A SONG THAT'S HARDCORE AND APPEALS TO THE GHETTO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I CAN COME OUT WITH A CLUB BANGER TYPE SONG OR A MELLOW SONG THAT APPEALS MORE TO THE LADIES AND THE LOVER SIDE." PAST: PHANTOM HAS OVERCOME MANY OBSTACLES TO GET TO WHERE HE IS AT NOW. FROM OUTBURST IN CLASS SINGING R. KELLY'S “I BELIEVE I CAN FLY AT THE AGE OF 5 TO RAPPING AND IMPROVING HIS LYRICAL ABILITY. PRESENT: PHANTOM WANTS TO RELEASE A MIXTAPE, BUT HAS NO SOURCES FOR BEATS. (YOU MAKE BEATS CONTACT ME). FUTURE: PHANTOM PLANS TO HAVE IS NAME KNOWN OVER THE NATION AND HOPEFULLY BEGIN TO TOUR AND EXPERIENCE THE MUSIC LIFE. HE ALSO PLANS TO EXTEND HIS NETWORK AND MAKE SONGS WITH ALREADY KNOWN ARTIST.