On the Notorious 27 Ave, where trouble runs all up that avenue from sw 8th st.(Calle Ocho) all tha way up north past , Allapattah, Liberty City, Brownsubs, Opa Locka, Miami Gardens, Carol City & Tha Rest of tha hoods. from 27 ave & 17ave them Miami streets infamous'
a lil bout Lil Rip if you aint heard of him.....
Hailing from Miami’s infamous Opa-Locka, Lil Rip is one of
the South’s fastest rising street artists with an aggressive flow and take no
shit attitude. Since linking with Southern powerhouse County Bound Records, Lil
Rip has been tearing up mixtapes, radio waves, and stages since 2004 and is now
getting his long deserved major moment with the upcoming release of his debut
album, Authentic.
27 year old Rip was born into the almost terroristic streets
of Opa Locka, to a single mother who had 9 other children to care for. Seeing violence and strife was a daily way of
life when Rip was coming up in 21 Jump Street, the local name for his section.
“Yeah coming up times was hard, seeing my mom’s struggle. Just ordinary hood
shit ya know.”
As early as he can remember
Rip began channeling this pain and aggression into music. Inspired by
artists such as Tupac and Scarface, Lil’ Rip developed his own rapid fire style
of as he puts it “straight gangsta shit”.
To hear Rip on a track is the equivalent of seeing an AK-47 being put to
good use. It’s straight murder. He tears through pounding beats with an almost
wide eyed bloody mouthed abandon, telling tales of street life and what he’s
gonna do to you if you cross the Authentic. “I don’t play no games. Ima’ do my
thang how I wanna do my thang in a respectable manner. I’m comin aggressive.”
This explosive style quickly caught the ears of County Bound
Records CEO DJ Haze and Rip signed with the label dropping his first solo mixtape project (2013), In Loving Memory of Tha Game -Murktape-. Rip followed that up with three other
mixtapes, which all did big numbers in the south as well as garnering radio
play and show bookings. However now is time for his true story to be told with
the release of Authentic, his debut album. Rip says this album is him, through
and through, raw and uncut. “I put my heart and soul into this one. This the
way I’ma be and the way I’ma die. Authentic”
Although his music is at times an audio horror story, Rip
says that his main message is to stay true to yourself. That’s the real meaning
of Authentic and cites his family as his biggest inspiration as well as
building his own budding record label Tombstone Records. The strong will
survive and Rip has already been through the street’s battlefields and has the
war wounds and bullet scars to show it. Now it’s time for him to earn his
soldier stripes in the music field. Salute the Authentic.
Written By Anthony Burgos, for AB Promotions, Miami FL(786)306-9398.
