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MY NAME IS RICKI CHISHOM AKA RI$KY BORN AND RAISED UPTOWN HARRISBURG PA. MY LIFE WASNT SWEET AT ALL GROWING UP IN SECTION 8 SURROUNDED BY DRUG HUSTLERS AND KILLINGS ALL FROM MY CITYS ENERGY.I WASNT ALWAYS A VIOLENT PERSON UNLESS I WAS BACKED AGAINST THE WALL. THE ONLY THING ON MY MIND AT THE TIME WAS MONEY, WOMEN AND SHOPPING. HUSTLING WAS ALL I KNEW, SO IT FELT NATURAL FOR ME TO HUSTLE DRUGS TO GET WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT IT. I WAS 13 YEARS OLD WHEN I FIRST GOT A BOOM BOX FOR CHRISTMAS WITH THE LITTLE MIC BUILT INSIDE OF IT AND ONE DAY I WAS STRESSING SO I GRABBED THE LUNIZ I GOT 5 ON IT INSTRUMENTAL AND STARTING RECORDING MY FREESTYLE TALKING ABOUT WHAT I WAS STRESSING ABOUT. SOMEBODY HAD GOT AHOLD OF THE TAPE AND TOLD ME I SOUNDED GOOD AND THAT I SHOULD PURSUE RAPPING, SO I DID. STILL IN THE STREETS HEAVY THINGS WASNT GETTING BETTER SO I BOUGHT A BEAT MACHINE AND STARTED MAKING BEATS AND I FOUND MYSELF NOT GOING OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF IT. I ALWAYS SAID THAT THERES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAPPERS AND RAP ARTISTS. RAPPERS WRITE RHYMES AND ARTISTS MAKE MUSIC,SO AT THE TIME I WAS A RAPPER. LATER ON I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD THE SKILL OF WRITING BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES UP TO IT I CAN WRITE MY A@# OFF AT A DROP OF A DIME. AFTER BEING EXPELLED FROM HIGH SCHOOL I JOINED THIS TALENT SHOW IN 98 CALLED BRIDGE THE GAP. I HAD A PARTNER AT THE TIME WHICH WAS MY COUSIN , HE WAS BUGSY AT THE TIME AND I WAS RISKY STYLES SO WE WAS R&B. HE DROPPED OUT AND WANTED TO PLAY THE STREETS BUT I DECIDED TO DO IT BY MYSELF. AFTER BEING NERVOUS I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO AND I HAD THE CROWD SCREAMING WHEN I WAS SCREAMING UPTOWN AND EVERYBODY SAID THAT I SHOULD OF WON. AFTER BEING SITED BY A COUPLE GUYS THAT OWNED STUDIO'S I WAS OFFERED STUDIO TIME, I WAS HAPPY. THREE DAYS LATER, I GO TO BOOTCAMP. I GOT OUT AND NOT AFTER LONG I GOT BACK IN THE GAME AND SOON AS I PERFORMED OVER AGAIN AT THE GINGERBREAD MAN, I LEFT TO GO DOWN SOUTH TO GET MY MIND RIGHT BEFORE I HIT THE STUDIO UP. COME BACK THE SAME DAY I WAS SNITCHED ON BY MY RIGHT HAD MAN AND WAS SENTENCED 2 TO 4 YEARS AT A SCI. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THIS MUST HAD TO HAPPEN FOR ME TO GET STRONGER AND I DID. I STARTED WRITING MUSIC NOT JUST VERSE'S, I WAS ABLE TO WRITE COMPLETE SONGS AND CAME HOME AND STARTED TO DO WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO STILL ON PROBATION UNTILL 2011. THE ONLY THING IS THEY ALWAYS SAY YOU NEVER MAKE IT BIG LIVING IN HARRISBURG BECAUSE AINT NOTHING HERE NOTHING. BUT IM GOING HANDLE MY BUSINESS LIKE I ALWAYS DO. I GOT THAT MUSIC THAT COMES FROM NOTHING AND AS LONG AS IM ALIVE I WILL ALWAYS DO THIS AND ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS ALL I GOT. IF I DONT MAKE IT I AINT GOING TO BE NOTHING BUT A JAIL BIRD. LIFE IS MUSIC TO ME SO MUSIC IM GOING TO MAKE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. IM GOING TO CARRY HARRISBURG ON MY BACK SOON AND FEED. HERE I COME... RI$KY rocmp3.com/navagate letsmakemoneytogether.blogspot.com myspace.com/risky717 http://bizpreneur.com/signup/?friend=navagate