Genesis the Greykid

Genesis the Greykid
Background information
Birth name Russell McGee Jr.
Also known as Genesis the Greykid
Occupation(s) Poetry, Music, Creative
Associated acts Creative Control TV Build Me A World
Website genesisTHEgreykid.com

Russell McGee Jr, better known as Genesis the Greykid, is an underground hip-hop artist, creative, and poet, that was co-signed by the Branding/Media Label Creative Control TV (which use to be under the DD172 umbrella) by filming duo/CEO's Coodie & Chike.[1][2]

Early life

Genesis was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee while his dad was stationed in Georgia. Although his father was in the military and they moved around a lot, he spent most of his life in Virginia Beach, Virginia where he attended First Colonial High School his freshman year then transferred to Frank W. Cox High School until he graduated.[3] Inspired by legendary poet T. S. Eliot, Genesis showed an early interest in poetry and would later credit it as his reasons for getting involved with hip hop.[4]

Music career

Genesis started out ghost writing before coming out as an artist in the early part of 2010 with his first mix tape titled "Grey Skies". Later that year he released "Grey Skies 2" which included a track directed at Pharrell Williams called "Note To Pharrell" aka "I Just Wanna Be A Writer".[5] Toward the end of 2010, Genesis the Greykid was introduced to Coodie & Chike who co-signed[1] him to Creative Control TV and shot the video "Here We Are" in 2011 for the artist.[6] Genesis the Greykid was one of the many performers at Baltimore's African American Festival (2011).[7][8][9]

Music Videos

Discography

Poems

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ozah, Chike. "Co-Signed by Creative Control Tv". The Major Media Label: Creative Control Tv web site. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Rodriguez, Daniela. "From Grey Skies To Better Days". I Heart Dilla Website. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ↑ (Staff writer), XXL (August 20, 2012). "XXL The Break Presents: Genesis the Greykid". XXLMag.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  4. ↑ Summers, Cornell. "Introducing Russell McGee, Jr -aka- Genesis". Doebotz website. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Stanković, Milan 'Mika'. "The Neptunes". The Neptunes Org (fanblog). Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  6. ↑ Ozah, Chike. "Music Video's". The Major Media Label Creative Control Tv. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  7. ↑ Maza, Erik (29 June 2011). "African-American Festival performance schedule released". http://www.baltimoresun.com/''. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Daugherty, Kayenecha. "::RECAP:: The Cultural Stage | Baltimore African American Festival". The Soulcialista Website. Gypsy. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Genesis the Greykid — Chrisette Michelle — Epiphany — Charlie Wilson — Noel Gourdin". Eventful. Retrieved 6 July 2011.

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