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Biography
Gregory Da CLOAK James Jr. has been listening, studying, and creating music sense forever. He was born on the westside of chicago but, raised on the southside. Raised in a home of music lovers was the reason he would soon come to love music himself. The main genre of this particular area of his life was submerged in soul music. Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, Marvin Gaye to name a few but, that wasn't all. His love for hip hop comes from home as well listening to some of hip hop's founding artist such as Rakim, LL Cool J, Wu Tang, A Tribe Called Quest, N.W.A and etc. His first instrument was given to him by his mother, grandmother, and great grandmother which was a piano and some books for him to learn how to play. Those instructions wood soon be hindered by a unexpected passing of his great grandmother. With his love for music starting to fade CLOAK would soon turn to life and the streets for guidance sense not even his own family would be there for him. His mother and grandmother would attempt to make things better but, more tragedy struck and now it was definitely time to grind. This drastic step in action would cause more harm than good but, would cause him to make his return back to what he loved. The Lord and Savior Jesus Christ took hold of CLOAK before he went to far and brought back the music and love for life that he lacked so long ago. CLOAK now does music not just for the love but, for those who need that extra push in knowing that they can make it no matter how bad the circumstances may seem. (Welcome to truth and hip hop reconciled quoted by Da CLOAK).
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