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MARKUS SHAW
A PRODUCER, SONGWRITER, LYRICST, AND MUSICAN. AT AN EARLY AGE HE WAS ATTRACTED TO MUSIC WHEN HE WAS JUS TWO YEARS OLD. BORN AND MOSTLY RAISED IN NORFOLK, VA. BEACH; VIRGINIA. HE HAD HIS FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE AGE OF EIGHT. LATER ON HE JOINED THE OCHRESTAL PLAYING THE CELLO, AND HIS MOTHER PLAYED THE CLARINET. (ALSO CAN PLAY THE KEYS, DRUMS A LITTLE & PLAY CERTAIN PROGRESSIONS ON THE GUITAR). IF YOU KNEW HIM HE WAS FOCUSED MORE ON SPORTS PLAYING BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, AND AT TIMES PLAYED BASEBALL FOR FUN. IN 2001 HE MOVED TO BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AND THAT’S WHERE HE FACED HIS BIGGEST STRUGGLES. WHERE HIS FAMILY STRUGGLED WITH FINANCIAL ISSUSES AND HANGING WITH THE WRONG CROWD. BUT FOURTUNATLY NEVER GOT IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. EARLY 2003 HE MOVED BACK TO VA, MONTHS LATER MOVED TO NORTHSIDE ATLANTA. AT FIRST HE DIDN’T WANT TO GO THERE AND FELT LIKE IT WAS NO PURPOSE. IN 2006 HE FOUND MUSIC AGAIN WHERE HE STARTED OFF WRITING EVERYDAY 24/7, EVEN IN SCHOOL. SOME PEOPLE REMEMBER HIM AS A QUITE, MYSTERIOUS, FOR SOME PEOPLE A WEIRD PERSON. ALSO PEOPLE SAID “I JUS SAW HIM IN CLASS WITH TEXT BOOKS UNDER HIS SEAT BUT A COMPOSTION NOTEBOOK ON HIS DESK. LAST BUT NOT LEAST A CD PLAYER, MP3, OR AN IPOD WITH STUDIO MONITOR HEAD PHONES.” THEN 2007 HE WAS IN & OUT OF GROUPS AND DECIDED TO DO EVERYTHING ON HIS OWN SO HE COULDN’T BLAME ANYBODY. FEW OF HIS FRIENDS WERE EXICTED TO HEAR HIS BEATS BUT WAS SHY ABOUT IT, BUT FOUND CONFIDENCE IN HIMSELF TO UPLOAD THEM ON MYSPACE. HIS PAGE STARTED OFF REAL SLOW AND DECIEDED TO WORK HARDER. IN MID 2007 PEOPLE WERE HAPPY, INTERESTED IN HIS MUSIC, AND THEN PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR MORE OF HIS WORK SO HE MADE A SAMPLE PAGE IN 2008.

Network

city

DMV NORTHSIDE ATLANTA

state/country

GA, US

time

Aug 2003 - present

Interests

talents

RAP & PRODUCTION BEING MYSELF

Entertainment

music