HIP HOP IS WHERE GONE SOUGHT AND FOUND COMFORT IN THE DRUG INFESTED STREETS OF THE 80'S. HIS RECENT HIT PARTY SINGLE "CRACK MUSIC 'NEW-NY' " BEST DEFINES HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS FIRST LOVE IN THE MILLENNIUM. TRUE TO THE RUGGEDLY SENTIMENTAL NATURE OF HIS PERSONA, HIS STYLE OF RHYME IS PEPPERED WITH THE JOY AND PAIN OF LIFE. THE NAME GONE IS A THROWBACK TO THE DAYS HE EXPERIENCED POVERTY,CRIME, AND DRUG ABUSE FIRST-HAND VOWING NEVER TO SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURES OF THE HOOD.
BORN ON 8/11,GONE GREW UP A TYPICAL INNER-CITY TEENAGER RAISED IN BROOKLYN, AND LATER MOVED TO THE BRONX. GROWING UP IN A SINGLE-PARENT HOME, HE GREW UP FAST WATCHING THE STRUGGLES THROUGH HIS MOTHERS EYES. HE CREDITS HER AS "THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL PERSON" IN HIS LIFE; EXPRESSING IN RHYME, HIS APPRECIATION OF HER LOVE AND SACRIFICE.HER PATIENCE AND TOUGH LOVE ALLOWED HIM TO AIM HIGHER AND PURSUE HIS DREAMS.
IN THE STREETS, IS WHERE HE PRACTICED HIS RHYMES AND HONED HIS CRAFT. HIS MUSIC IS A REFLECTION AND COMPILATION OF HIS EARLY INFLUENCES, I.E OLD -SCHOOL BLOCK PARTIES AND PARK JAMS. HE LISTS HIS INFLUENCES AS BIG DADDY KANE, RAKIM, KRS-1, AND NAS.
TO DATE, GONE HAS ACCUMULATED A LARGE PLAY-LIST OF NOTEWORTHY TRACKS. HE HAS BEEN FEATURED ON NUMEROUS "MIX TAPES", AND HAS PERFORMED AT VARIOUS VENUES THROUGHOUT NYC. AS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP OFFICIAL PHAM, GONE WAS THE FIRST HIP-HOP ARTIST TO HAVE A SONG AIRED ON SATELLITE TVS MUSIC CHOICE CHANNEL. OFFICIAL PHAMS' SOLO-DEBUT SINGLE " I NEED A..." RECORDED AND RELEASED BY EMI/AVATAR RECORDS, WAS FEATURED ON THE SEASON FINALE OF "THE BERNIE MAC SHOW".
LENDING TO HIS VERSATILITY AS AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST, GONE HAS ALSO WORKED WITH ARTIST'S OUTSIDE OF HIS CHOSEN GENRE OF MUSIC. THE SONG "I AM IN HEAVEN", RE-MIXED FOR DANCE ARTIST HOLLY JAMES BY FAMED DANCE PRODUCER DAVID ANTHONY, IS A TESTIMONIAL TO HIS ABILITY TO ENHANCE THE FLAVOR OF ANY TRACK. WITH GONE AS THE FEATURE ARTIST, THIS SONG CLIMBED ITS WAY TO THE "TOP 10" ON THE CHARTS IN THE UK AND EUROPE. ON THE SONG "FEELING ME" GONE COLLABORATES WITH, LIL EDDIE, AN ACCOMPLISHED AND ACCREDITED SONG WRITER FORMERLY ON YELLOW CITY RECORDS/B3 ENTERTAINMENT TO CREATE A CERTIFIED CLUB BANGER.
GONES' MULTI-CULTURAL BACKGROUND ALLOWS FOR DIVERSITY IN HIS STYLE OF RAP. FROM HIS INSPIRATIONAL, REFLECTIVE VIEW OF HIS FAMILY TREE IN THE SONG "FAMILY LETTER" TO THE FUTURISTIC REALITY OF THE HOOD IN THE SONG "G-DAY", GONE GIVES YOU SOMETHING YOU CAN FEEL.
A PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, THE STREET, AND THE INTELLECTUALITY OF A THE HIP HOP GAME IS WHAT SEPARATES GONE FROM THE REST. A TRUE ARTIST IS ONE WHO CAN CAPITIVATE AND INSPIRE AN AUDIENCE.
CATCH A RISING STAR.
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