Hailing from the City of Lawrence , Ma A.K.A Law-Town DraMatik’s life journey has developed his unique dramaturgic style. As a kid, Andres Gonzalez grew up in the grimy underbelly of the Philadelphia and New Jersey projects. Most of his ti me was spent getting into trouble and beefing with his three older sisters. One of whom was a DJ which exposed DraMatik to music at a very young age. He learned to appreciate everything from Rock & Roll to Mo-Town. Eventually it was his mother’s fleeing from an abusive relationship that forced her to bring DraMa to Lawrence , MA .
Coming up in the golden age of Hip-Hop DraMatik was first enticed to the scene by such great artist as KRS-One, Chuck D, EPMD and many more. What began as an interest in writing poetry soon evolved into flowing. With one foot in the streets and the other planted in music, it was hard to focus on becoming an artist. While banging on the streets DraMatik ended up in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest. Faced with the fact that his own young son could beco me just another ghetto bastard he now had the motivation to make the right change and focus on music as an alternate choice to street violence.
The evolution from Andres to DraMatik began when he ca me across great local artists Scientifik (R.I.P), Edo OG, and Krumb Snatcha who inspired him to work hard and make his own mark on the ga me . Joining the group Missing Ele me nts made him step it up and get better but when the group broke up he was left to his own devices. A few battles generated so me buzz in the underground which is when he caught the ear of Krumb Snatcha. He was offered a spot on the W.O.L.V.E.S. (Warriors Organizing Lives Values Escaping Struggle) label where he me t Itchy Finga, the Wolves Lieutenant who with the help of KS, enhanced the unique DraMatik Style we’ve co me to know. Now we unleash upon you the style and story that is DraMatik.
You can see DraMatik in action with his videos for Streetlife, All Eyes on Her, Do You Re me mber, Solitude and Walk with Me at www.myspace.com/DraMatik He also debuted his directorial skills in Krumb’s Video; The East is Back. Which you can check at www.youtube.com/dramawolf
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DraMatik’s flow has been featured on 94.5 G-Spin's "The Launch Pad", 88.9 at Nite WERS and various mix tapes world wide! He’s also the number 1 hip hop artist on indie charts: www.indiecharts.com/dramatik DraMatik is a seasoned entertainer having opened up for such acts as Method Man, Gang Starr, Wu-Tang Clan, CappaDonna, RoccaFella- FreeWay, Teara Marie, Memphis Bleek, G-Unit- Tony Yayo & Loyd Banks, Big Shug, Styles P, Terro Squad- Tony Sunshine, Prospect and many more.
DraMatik recently fused an unlikely masterpiece of acoustic guitar, folk, Hip Hop beats and urban lyrics with his latest project, The Swell Season Hip Hop which was inspired by the award winning movie Once. He continues to stay on his grind with several projects in the works such as The X-Peri me nt a GC Classics Collaboration, A New Brother Hood of the Wolf Hosted by Statik Selectah and exciting project with Blaze Infamous called the Re-Animators which takes music’s greatest hits from all genres and imbibes it with HipHop flavor for the new millennium. !
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city
Lawrence
state/country
US
time
1980 - present
highschool
Lawrence High School '91
college
Northern Essex Community College '93
Music
employer
W.O.L.V.E.S Ent
position
Label Manager
description
I develop and support artist on the label. Im also an Artist song writter
time
Jan 2003 - present
clubs
Only the Ones I Perform at
talents
I can Flow, Write, Act, Poetry, My Kids
music
Any THing Wolves Or Local Music From Mass or N.H, The Swell season
artists
KRS-One, Krumb Snatcha, Itchy FInga, Pun, B.I.G, Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglove
movies
GIA, The Color Purple, Ghost
tv shows
First 48
actors
Kevin Bacon and More
DraMatik
Life is DraMa, DraMa is Music
Band Members
Krumb Snatcha, Itchy Finga, Kali, Hectic, Siniz-Ta, Brix, Averx, Dj jemani, J-Psalms
Influences
KRS-One, Krumb Snatcha, Biggy, New Edition, Michale Jackson, Jahime, Pun, Jodeci, Keith Sweat
Other Artists
Local Cats, RipShop, Kali, Iroc & John Doe, DL, Sleep Walkaz, ST the Squad, Termonology, Hectic, Snuc, and many more
Website
www.myspace.com/dramatik
