Bio

ARTOFFACTS IS A LYRICAL MCEE FROM THE NORTHWEST. HE GREW UP IN PORTLAND, OREGON MOVING NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY 6-9 MONTHS. HE HAD TO LEARN TO ADAPT TO HIS SURROUNDINGS BUT HE NEVER FELT LIKE HE REALLY FIT IN WITH ANY OF THE MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE IN HIS YOUNG LIFE. ARTOFFACTS ALSO KNOWN AS 'FACTS', HAS NEVER MET HIS BIRTH FATHER BUT HAS HAD SIX STEP DADS AND DIDN'T CONNECT WITH ANY. SO HE TURNED TO HIP HOP IN 1993 AND STARTED LISTENING AND REMEMBERING POPULAR RAPS. HE EVENTUALLY REALIZED HE ONLY FELT ALIVE AND ACCEPTED WHEN HE WAS LISTENING TO RAP MUSIC. SO AT THE AGE OF 16 HE STARTED WRITING ABOUT HIS PAST, AND THE THINGS HE WENT THROUGH AND FELT. HE ENDED UP BEING DRAWN TO THE STREET LIFE AND FAST MONEY AND STOPPED RHYMIN. HE WENT FROM HUSTL"N TO MAC"N TO PIMPIN BY THE AGE OF 18. HE FOUND HIMSELF GETTING DEEPER IN THE GAME AND ENDED UP IN PRISON AT AGE 20 FOR DRUG DISTRIBUTION. HE DIDNT WRITE MUSIC AT ALL IN PRISON AND DID THE MAJORITY OF HIS TIME IN "THE HOLE" WHERE HE HAD NOTHING BUT TIME TO LEARN AND FIGURE HIMSELF OUT. UPON HIS RELEASE IN 2006 HE WAS BACK IN THE GAME AND IN AND OUT OF JAIL. IN FEB. 2008 FACTS WAS SHOT IN THE BACK AT POINT BLANK RANGE. HE ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A WEEK. AND WHILE HE WAS THERE HE MADE A DEAL WITH GOD." EITHER GOD WOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR HIM TO WRITE HIS MUSIC AND TELL THE WORLD ABOUT HIS LIFE AND EXPERIENCES OR HE WOULD GO BACK TO THE SAME LIFESTYLE." WITHIN A WEEK OF HIS RELEASE HE WAS IN THE STUDIO AND RECORDED HIS FIRST QUALITY TRACK CALLED "CATCH WRECK" AND SINCE THEN HE HAS HAD DOOR AFTER DOOR OPEN UP FOR HIM. KEEPING GOOD ON HIS END OF THE DEAL HE HAS CHANGED HIS LIFE AND VIEWS ABOUT THE WORLD AND NOW USES HIS TALENT TO TEACH LESSONS TO ALL WHO FEEL REAL HIP HOP. HE PREFERRED TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT BECAUSE HE WANTED TO DO THINGS HIS WAY. UNTIL HE MET X-KID PRESIDENT & CEO OF "IMMACULATE FLAVE" WHO HAD THE SAME IDEAS AND VIEWS AS HE DID. AFTER TWO STUDIO SESSIONS THEY DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED TO CONNECT AND MAKE IT OFFICIAL! SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR "FLAVE WORLD" THE MOVEMENT!!!!!