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Biography
"[ALL LYRICS,ARRANGEMENTS AND MUSIC ARE COPYRIGHTED 07"]
I THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY SHOWCASE PAGE. I HOPE YOU ENJOY EVERYTHING YOU HEAR. MUSIC IS MY LIFE AND HAS BEEN SINCE I WAS ABOUT 9YRS OLD. MY BROTHER ACTUALLY GAVE ME THE INSPIRATION TO SING. HE WAS IN A GROUP CALLED " BRIK CITI" THAT WAS SIGNED TO MOTOWN AT THE TIME. "IT JUST INSPIRED ME". THE GROUP DIDN'T GET OFF THE GROUND BUT THAT WAS ALL I NEEDED TO KICK START ME INTO THIS WORLD OF MUSIC. I GREW UP LISTENING TO ALL THE REAL SINGERS FROM BACK IN THE DAY ( THE LEGENDS ). IF I START NAMING THEM WE'LL BE HERE ALL DAY. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR THEM IN MY VOICE WHEN I SING. I WAS BORN IN MACON, GEORGIA. I GREW UP IN ATLANTA ( DECATUR ) AND LATER MOVED TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, WHERE I FINISHED HIGHSCHOOL. AFTER I GRADUATED FROM HIGHSCHOOL I HAD TO COME BACK HOME TO GA AND CHASE MY DREAM. I WAS 17 AT THE TIME. MY FAMILY STRUGGLED LIKE ALL FAMILIES.MY MOTHER HAD ME AT 15 YRS OLD AND LATER GOT ADDICTED TO DRUGS,AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I NEVER NEW MY FATHER, I DIDNT EVEN MEET HER UNTIL I WAS 24 YRS OLD, MY UNCLE & AUNT ( WHO ARE PREACHERS ) RAISED ME AND I LOVE THEM FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY TOOK ME IN WHEN THEY ALREADY HAD A DAUGHTER AND A SON. THEY REALLY DIDNT HAVE MUCH BUT THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A MAN AND THAT NO MATTER THE SITUATION, "I DIDNT HAVE TO HANG MY HEAD ABOUT ANYTHING"! YEAH, I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL. FROM THE GREYHOUND BUS RIDE BACK TO GEORGIA TO THE MARTA TRAINS TO LIVING WITH MY COUSIN WHO WAS AN EXOTIC DANCER AT THAT TIME. SHE WORKED AND I JUST GOT UP EVERYDAY HITTING THE TRANSIT TRAINS WITH MY MUSIC, TRYING TO GO TO ALL THE LOCAL RECORD COMPANIES IN ATLANTA. "I CAN WRITE A BOOK ON MY LIFE" .OKAY, SO NOW YOU KNOW ME A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH. LET'S GET TO SOME BRIGHTER THINGS NOW. THE OLDER PEOPLE USE TO SAY I HAVE AN OLD SOUL BECAUSE OF THE WAY I DELIVER MY SONGS. I SAY ,"I GOT THAT OLD SOUL , BUT WITH A YOUNG ,NEW REFRESHING TWIST TO IT. I JUST WANNA SHARE THE GIFT GOD GAVE ME TO THE WORLD. ALL MY SONGS WERE PRODUCED AND WRITTEN BY ME. PLEASE EXCEPT MY HUMBLE REQUEST FOR YOU TO LISTEN TO MY SONGS WITH AN OPEN MIND AND EARS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU
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MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL,
ANTONIO
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