Bio

BIG Q "THE OHIO SPOKESMAN" GREW UP AS A 80'S BABY! GREW UP BUMPING THAT REAL HIP HOP LIKE: RUN D.M.C., JUST-ICE, BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS, LL COOL J, WHODINI, U.T.F.O. AND MANY OTHERS THAT CAME FROM THE MECCA OF HIP-HOP NEW YORK CITY. OVER THE YEARS BIG Q BEGAN TO BEAT BOX AND WRITE RHYMES WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. AFTER GROWING UP MOSTLY IN THE COLUMBUS AREA OF OHIO BIG Q WAS A PRODUCT OF AN ENVIRONMENT FULL OF CRIME, VIOLENCE, DRUGS, SEX, AND INCARSERATED PEERS. WANTING AN OPPORTUNIITY FOR CHANGE BIG Q MOVED FROM COLUMBUS TO DAYTON, OHIO FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES. MONTHS LATER, BIG Q MOVED TO CLEVELAND, OHIO WHERE HE WOULD LIVE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB CORPS PROGRAM, BIG Q BEGAN I FOLLOW HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM BY PRODUCING HIS OWN BEATS AND WRITING SONGS WITH HIS HOMIES FROM THE HOOD. BIG Q WENT BACK TO THE 614 AND DECIDED TO CREATE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXTAPES WHICH HAD AN OVERWHEMING RESPONSE IN THE EASTSIDE COLUMBUS COMMUNITY BEXVIE-ZETTLER AND NEWARK, OHIO. BIG Q CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AFTER MANY OF HIS PEERS WERE KILLED OR LOCKED UP BIG Q WAS DETERMINED TO BE SUCESSFULL IN THE RAP GAME TO SPEAK ON HIS EXPERIENCE LIVING IN OHIO WHERE POVERTY, CRIME, AND DISUNITY RUNS RAMPANT. DURING HIS COLLEGE EXPERIENCE BIG Q NETWORKED AND MADE SOME CONNECTIONS THAT CONTINUES HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY. AFTER HUNDREDS OF SHOWS ALL AROUND THE MIDWEST WITH THE INDUSTRY'S BIGGEST NAMES, BIG Q CONTINUES TO MAKE STRIDES AND RECIEVES LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM THE WHOLE STATE OF OHIO. BIG Q "THE OHIO SPOKESMAN" IS ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE M.C.S COMING OUT OF OHIO AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE HIS FANBASE AND STATUS. HIS DEBUT ALBUM "WHIP MUSIC" IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED LATE 2006 OR EARLY 2007 IN WHICH WILL BE A GUARANTEED CLASSIC AND WILL GIVE THE STATE OF OHIO AS WELL AS THE MIDWEST A BREATHE OF FRESH AIR!