Offenon
Offenon is an artist hailing from Elizabeth, NJ. Currently tewnty years old, he has resided in Elizabeth since the age of 3. As a Caucasian/Hispanic, it wasn't easy at times to fit in and this is how he found his calling...Rap. Once he hooked up with "Kevon", the neighborhood friend and person Offenon credits for bringing him up on the Hip Hop culture, it was as though a fire had been started that could not be estinguished. The fire began to die down when the young rapper started High School, figuring there was no future in Rap for him at least he just let the dream slide out of his fingertips but never gave it up completely. He still always had it in him. After about three or four years when Off was a senior in highschool he began to do what started him off(no pun intended) back in seventh grade, making people laugh with freestyles, just for fun at work. His co-workers really liked his style and jokes and after about a year of freestyling every night at closing he finally got the fire burning like never before. In his Freshmen year at college last year he hooked up with another rapper and now friend Luguz through his other friend D.Unknown, the three sat down and began doing raps and freestyles on wax for fun. With the help of incredible ideas from Gambino, you now have "908 Division". Off being the kind of person he is started up his own studio and along with that "Eastwick Records" which sees over "Luguz" and "908 Division", along with CEO Gambino and D.Unknown and DRC as the production team. Big plans in the works for 908 Division,
"908 Division The Mixtape Vol.1" was just released as a promotional piece and will be sold at $5.00 ea. The album includes a total of 21 tracks. A few freestyles, about 14 songs and the Single for the album "You and Me" by Offenon ft. D.Unknown which is getting air play on WKNJ 90.3 as well as some Philadelphia, and New York stations. For information on the Mixtape contact Eastwick Records at Eastwick Records@aol.com
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
See Introduction.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Well we've been really busy working on the Mixtape and everything but Luguz is working on his Album soon with his single coming out soon and so am I so this summer you'll see me at as many spots as possible, I'll perform at a backyard if you want, whatever gets the word out...
Your musical influences
Well I listen to everything, from R&B to country...chill, only the hot issh. LOL. My uncle used to make me listen to Jazz all the time and around the house is a lot of spanish music and Italian music but that doesn't really influence me. Brazilian Jazz is hot, but you can expect a lot of different sounds from my music. DRC and D.Unknown...it's a wrap. My influences are basically a lot of rap, I was really into Ma$e in the past, Biggie, Pac, Eminem is one of my favorite rappers of all time. Nas, Jay-Z, Canibus, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, I could be here all day...
What equipment do you use?
Let me quote Luguz during his interview on WKNJ..."WoW". Well let's just put it this way, so I don't spend all day on this list, it's not the ishh you buy at your local Radio Shack...
Anything else?
I just wanna say that you can look forward to us giving it all we got and the albums should be out in about a year maybe Summer of 2005 so look out for that, we'll let you know where you can pick those up when the time comes. Feel free to hit us up wit e-mails whenever. Hit up the message board whenever and umm...Eastwick Stand UP!
