User:Emceerival
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[edit] Rival
[edit] Biography
The name Rival comes from the competitive attitude. When Rival was young he only received support from his aunt, grand parents, and mother. He was a crime free kid. At age 9 gang related activity filled his years until age 11. His father joined the military in 1993 and then never spoke to Rival when he returned. Which comes the line from Life's Problems "I'm looking my dad in the eyes while he's just lying" when his dad said nothing was different about him when Rival was only 7. His mother forced him to get a job and save money so he could support himself when he's on his own when he turns 18. Being that he's not going to college his mother has said she will be kicking him out at age 18. Rival has had to deal with a family of alcoholism and suicidal friends. He has lost Two friends to suicide and one to a gang shooting in 1999. But he has also had to deal with school related issues his whole life, he has yet to graduate from High School and is currently behind credits to graduate with his class of 2009.
[edit] Hip-Hop Career
Through life Rival had a hard time getting people to know, and enjoy his music. Through the first year of writing and recording music no one enjoyed his music more than his friends and family. After a year went by his music began to take a turn. More and more people began to enjoy his music. Songs were downloaded, and plays on the myspace page racked up. In early summer 2007, Rival joined the Throwback Crew. Recording with big Minneapolis name, Sunburn, Mazta I, Big J Bird, and Jay Notts. Now we are anticipating the release of his first actual album, "The Rivalry" expected to be released in 2008 sometime.
[edit] Music Releases
Dem Dubs -Single- [March 26th 2008]
Life's Problem's Mixtape [2008]
Life's Problems Ft. Sunburn & Jay Notts -Single- [2007]
Drone (Fake Friend) -Single- [2007]
S.T.A.R.S. 5 Song Release [2007]
Give me a Chance -Single- [2006]
Love Ft. RayRay -Single- [2005]
Get it in your System Ft. RayRay (Demo) [2005]
[edit] Side Jobs
Rival has done many side jobs in his three years in the hip hop nation so far. His most noticed is the group he has formed with his cousin RayRay called STARS which stands for Special Tactics And Rhyme Scheme. He is also responsible for introducing RayRay to the rap world. Now he plans to begin an exposure group on Myspace, Soundclick, last.fm, and Rawkus.com. Which will expose everyone in the group a lot hopefully that project is expected to take off February 2008.
[edit] Throwback Recordings
Rival is currently signed to the Minneapolis record label known as Throwback Recordings. But he also pushes names through the label such as AK, Ricky D, and more.
