Artist Biography

Phenom, an MC/lyricist/freestylist who lives up to the name with vivid, descriptive and catchy lyrics which come from a life of ups and downs. Phenom began his quest shortly after the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. In 1985, he became a member of Rock Squad Production, a rap group originally consisting of 3 MCs and one DJ. Phenom has performed at the L.A. Watts Games, The Good Life Café, Club Elements as well as a number of other venues. In 1989, Phenom, along with a number of other MCs formed the Unfadeables and Phenom released a neighborhood classic “Too Dope To Fade” and performed @ many venues. In 1995, Phenom moved to the Santa Clarita Valley to attend College , where he became acquainted with other MCs with a wide variety of skills and began to master his craft. In 1997, due to a bad relationship which became the inspiration for the track “Iz That Yo Man?”, Phenom moved back to Los Angeles and with some of his old neighborhood peers formed the Strugglaz Compound, consisting of 10+ MCs. Phenom’s demo, "Misery Loves Company" (2000), shows his versatility as well as his lyrical ability to be comparable to and outshine MCs in the new millennium and beyond.. Phenom is also the Executive Producer on the independent release "The Pure Phenom Experiment" (2003), which is was the name implies, an experiment (recorded in 2 weeks). He is currently remixing the album for a near future re-release due to excellent reviews on tracks such as "Adrenaline" , "All I Need" and "Swang That Thang" . Phenom is always looking to collaborate with other artists and producers. As an artist and as a producer, Phenom is a phenomenon amongst his peers and definitely should not be slept on.

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