G.A.B. was born on June 12th of 1983 in California..... Raised in sub-standard conditions throughout many years of his childhood bouncing back and fourth around different schools and housing, calling Sacramento home for many years of his life. Throughout many rough patches of living Music seemed to be one of the few things that could allow him to escape that moment at hand.... This then transformed into poetry through his quiet and self contained High school years. Shortly after finding poetry to be a great emotional release G.A.B. stumbled into Hip-Hop. This new found Gift allowed him to become a…
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M.C. QBall916
Written by 916groove
What it do?! My name is Micah Calvert, better known as M.C. QBall916. My new album, "Greater Than", will be available this fall, if not earlier... You may have seen me perform at one of the hundreds of shows I've been involved in since ekin2K and I started 916groove.com, or acting the fool on YouTube... The single below will be for sale here shortly (Can't Be Broke", featuring Pete Space of HGL / Soundcap Audio and ROB ROY of California Bear Gang!) I also appear on Elevator Music presents Unification, with a multitude of other talented folks... available at www.elevatormusicentertainment.com,…
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De Marco “BiggMann” Thomas
Written by 916groove
BiggMann was born in San Fransisco, CA and raised in Sacramento. He began his music career in the summer of 1993. Since then he has won rap competitions, released albums and has become a self taught engineer. Bigg has had the opportunity to work with artists such as Keak Da Sneak, The Jacka, San Quinn, Doey Rock, Marvaless, Bueno, J. Ali, and many more. BiggMann is very experienced in the music business, he has managed recording studios, making sure clientele was steady and the bills were paid. Geddog Records being one of them. He has opened shows for E-40 at…
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Mahtie Bush
Written by 916groove
There is so much talent in the Sacramento Hip-Hop scene that has yet to be discovered and recognized by major record labels or distributors. But out of that scene is an up and coming solo hip-hop artist by the name of MahtieBush who has been making a name for himself throughout Northern California and Nevada.MahtieBush’s sound and delivery is mostly compared to Xzibit, Ludacris, and Erick Sermon of EPMD. He is not only talented in the art of emceeing but is also a well-known and respected B-Boy (Break Dancer). During his career, MahtieBush has shared the stage with major artists…
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Sang Luangrath was born in Vientiane, Laos on November 11, 1983 to Tui Bounvanh Luangrath (Susana Vanloon). Raised by a single parent, Sang Luangrath has never known his father and has no memory of him as he was growing up. He is the oldest of two brothers. At the age of eight, he followed his mother to the United States of America, crossing over the Pacific Ocean in 1992. Sang Luangrath grew up in Orange County, first living in Garden Grove (1992-1997) and, in his early teens, moved to the west side of Fullerton on Baker St., now known as…
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CAP1TAL--AKA--CARTRELL arrived onto the musical platform of Hip Hop & R n B during a time when people begin to question rather the passion in this industry had died. He brings a different vibe to the world of music. After years of changing names from Cartel to L Cartel, this innovative artist, and song writer decided to take things to another level by choosing CAP1TAL(Cartrell) to make that happen. "I feel like the change that is missing in Hip Hop and the roots to change is CAP1TAL in this life, which is me," says CAP1TAL. His style is like no…
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Jose"Furious"Alvarado
Written by 916groove
I'm from El Paso Texas and I would like to introduce a new form of Hip-Hop called Aggressive Poetry. I am very passionate about this new evolution of rap and nothing will change my style. I've performed @ San Antonios Club Mansion and the audience was pleasantly surprised by what they heard. I'm just hoping to become a symbol of change in music and I hope these tracks prove it. I call myself FURIOUS which stands for FightUntilRighteousnessIsolatesOverpoweredStructure.
Well it all started back in August of 2007, when Mike Carlson AKA “MoneyMike” moved back to California. Mike moved next door to a close friend and was introduced to Jason Forget AKA “Rev~Jay”. With Money Mikes talent and Rev~Jays organization skills, they deceided to dedicate eachday towards making sounds that everyone would enjoy. With the help from close friends and family sharing there input and opinions about the tracks. Over time these tracks turned into masterpieces and Money Mike was the inspiration behind eachone. With alot of lab time on Money Mikes behalf, and the input from everyone we…
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