Bio

1 Legend isn’t after the fame and the stardom He aims to do only one thing: to deliver a message through his music “I send a lot of messages to the streets to wise up because we’re losing a lot of us,” 1 Legend said He aims to change the texture of the music industry by affecting the people with his insatiable lyrics that make you think While there are some artists who only deliver beats and rhymes, 1 Legend delivers a story He’s spent most of his childhood back and forth from Georgia and Florida While he bounced from his Aunt’s and Mom’s houses, his childhood was anything but stable Then, everything changed when he lost both of his parental figures to cancer Thus, he did what any artist would do He turned his pain and wisdom into his music – a passion that only intensifies with age It’s these hardships that were fueled into the making of his first album, Race Against Time, casually referred to as RAT “My whole life has been a race against time,” said 1 Legend His ever changing lifestyle pushed him to adapt quickly His mother always had him on the move, and because of that, he’s a quick thinker He translates his skill into his rhymes 1 Legend’s music also has a sense of gutsy attitude as well He’s not afraid of taking chances and trying new things It’s an adaptability that he thinks is necessary to succeed in the music business “I try to suit all crowds I try to put a track on there that someone out of every crowd would like,” he said with pride behind a pair of Gucci shades He tells his stories in a variety of ways From the club banging get your dreads flying tracks like “Tough Talk” to his thought provoking head bopping, finger on your chin rubbing track like “Race Against Time” 1 Legend makes you feel, something His album has already caused a stir in Palm Beach and Martin County He’s opened for Pretty Ricky, at the Port St Lucie Fair Grounds, 2005, “Riding and Sliding” As proof of his solid following, he’s rented out Delray Beach’s Legion Hall and performed to a sold out audience each time – a total of more than 1,000 people This is solid proof that he’s on the way to accomplishing his goal “I want to put my name out there, and make my name mean something I’m hoping to send some type of message throughout my career that’s meaningful to somebody” 1 Legend was eight-years-old when he took to Tupac Shakur’s lyrics A few years later, he decided to get his own thoughts on paper He was thrown back by the skill he never knew he had Now, he writes, raps, and manages his own label, Chief Style Entertainment in which there are five artists currently signed to There’s really no turning back for this artist Now, with a family to call his own, he has them to think about as well “I don’t want my family to go through what I went through I skipped over my childhood days I want to pave the way for them give them somewhere to live permanently”