Artist description DraMatiQue ( pronounced " dramatic " )...is an up and coming hip-hop artist residing in the Midwestern section of tha United States. He is currently on the underground circuit in Toledo and strives to reach tha mainstream. He is the "offical" frontman/spokesperson/leader of a musically affiliated family of underground artists known as Trauma Unit Squadron....which itself is comprised of several other up and coming artists such as solo emcees' Ben Flowz, K_Motion, and J-Kwest, the duo Arganauts....as well as the actual group Trauma Unit..and songstress Kelly Wilson.DraMatiQue is also the CEO of Newborn Records...a local underground music label in the development stages...and Co-Producer of DreamScheme Productions. DraMatiQue's debut album is tentatively called " Will I Rize..." and is sheduled for local release in May 2001. SO WATCH FOR IT !!!!!

Music Style Hip-hop music

Musical Influences Rakim, EPMD, Tribe Called Quest, Gangstar

Similar Artists NONE

Artist History Originally introduced to the hip-hop/rap genre in the early to mid nineteen eighties ....DraMatiQue has been composing and performing songs since the tender age of fourteen. Initially just another teenage hobby, DraMati2ue ( then known as Def D ) hooked up with a neighbor who owned a beat machine and a microphone and recorded his very first demo ( low budget sound recording ) in 1989. The following year...he teamed up with a childhood friend/up and coming "local" deejay and recorded another demo tape..(this time an unreleased EP under the stage name MC Daz )...complete with samples and limited sound effects. He continued working with this producer and created a follow up demo tape ( an unreleased radio friendly single in 1992 entitled " Da Comeback "). Sadly, later that same year....DraMatiQue ( then just called Daz) was left discouraged and without any production when his childhood friend moved to Columbus, Ohio to attend college. The two friends eventually lost contact..and this led to a long unproductive hiatus. Three years later....in 1995...after a neighborhood " rap battle" with some former classmates....along with another up and coming "local" deejay associate...( who landed a weekly hip-hop radio show on tha University of Toledo's 88.3 FM and played 1992's " Da Comeback " on air as a favor and to garnish a response) ....Daz ( now called DraMatiQue) returned to the underground scene with a newfound determination and creatively rejuevenated. Thus, he began occasionally performing live on the radio show over the next year or so and went on to record a series of innovative " basement " demos...( mere recordings of himself performing over instrumentals of songs released by professional artists with a tape recorder and headphones ). Finally...in 1998...DraMatiQue was introduced to a " local " producer/musician....who through some innovative production...led to his first unreleased demo recording since '92 entitled " Blessed Verses ". The song...along with a few crowd pleasing "freestyle" performances at parties and local clubs....received so much praise from friends and critics alike that it prompted DraMatiQue to seriously embark on a career as a hip-hop entertainer/performer. Consquently, he gathered a few friends together ( who also rhyme ) and formed an underground musical family known as Trauma Unit Squadron. Then in 2000 he teamed up with a young musical prodigy in his area and formed DreamScheme Productions. Henceforth, the tentatively planned "underground" release of his first "full length " album WILL I RIZE.. in the year 2001. Now..a bit older...much wiser...and more determined than ever...DraMatiQue vows to bring his breed of elevated rap music...which he affectionately refers to as " pure..unadulterated hip-hop" to the masses. Thus finally putting the Midwest section on the map....and earning it the respect in the industry that it deserves.

Group Members DraMatique Status : SOLO ARTISTPosition : Trauma Unit CHIEF OF STAFFAliases : Norman Rockwell, Midwest Rap God, Tha Lyracist

Instruments Keyboards, Microphone, Drum Machine, Acid 2.0, CakeWalk Express, Sound Forge 4.0 & 4.5, Pen & Pad

Albums Will I Rize

Location Toledo, Ohio - USA

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