In 2002, Stevens recorded his first song. So it just didn't work out." 2002–10: Career beginnings and signing to TDE I tried one semester and dropped out and then I tried another semester and dropped out. I probably did the equivalent of a half a semester total, in my attendance. Wasn't until after I graduated from high school and checked into the community college that I realized I wanted to be a rapper full time. It was not until Stevens graduated from high school that he began to take his music career seriously: "I just wanted to be tight with but I was growing a passion for it. I can say something and I can turn heads." Rapping continued on as a hobby for Stevens, whose parents "saw a bright, college-type future" for him and enrolled him in advanced classes. Saying things that can make your eyes open up. Being a big fan of words and making the real connection with them. From that moment I've had a very keen interest in the whole craft. Stevens claims to have written his first verse when he was 12 years old, to the beat of Twista's " Emotions": "I was like, I can do this I'll try it out. It really got me going as far as being a rapper." I had been rapping a little earlier, maybe around 12, but when I hopped online and into that culture, that textcee culture. I think that is where I developed my rhyming skills. I think that it still exists online, where you freestyle but you type it. Stevens also began crafting his rapping skills at an early age: "I was on BlackPlanet freestyle chat, rapping my ass off. Stevens encountered music at a very young age, due to his family owning a record store. I didn't even start smoking weed, until after I graduated from high school." People teased me about my lips, and say I look high. They wouldn't make me feel different or anything like that, but I just kind of figured… I won't have the sharp vision for that." In his adolescent years however, Stevens was severely teased about his condition: "When I had got sick when I was younger of course it affected my lip skin, so coming up in school I had very dark lips and my eyes were low. A lot of my friends were real cool about it. I tried to keep playing with my shades on, it was real funny when I think about it now. It definitely put a huge dent in my hoop dreams. It hindered my vision and my skin configuration. And it was very, very life-changing for me. I caught a rare virus called Steven-Johnson Syndrome. Newborn babies loved Michael Jackson."Īt the age of 10, Stevens contracted Stevens–Johnson syndrome, which caused him to be hospitalized and is the origin of his dark lips and light-sensitive eyes: "At ten years old, I got very sick. But I know early on, I really, really liked Michael Jackson, like we all did. He once recalled being five years old: "I was serious into video games and basketball, at five. Stevens spent the first four years of his life in Germany, right up until his parents split and he and his mother subsequently moved back to the United States, to live in his grandmother's house, in Carson, California. After his birth, his family relocated to Germany, where his biological father was stationed in the military. It received generally positive reviews from music critics.Herbert Anthony Stevens IV was born on February 23, 1987, in Los Angeles, California. The album debuted at #11 on the Billboard 200, and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, with 21,812 copies sold in its first week. The album was produced by Digi+Phonics' Dave Free, Sounwave and Tae Beast, among others such as DJ Dahi, Terrace Martin, Mac Miller and J. It features guest appearances from fellow Black Hippy members Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q and Jay Rock as well as Rick Ross, Lupe Fiasco, Action Bronson and Mac Miller, whose in-house studio is where Ab-Soul recorded the majority of the album. These Days. is the third studio album by American rapper Ab-Soul, released in 2014 on Top Dawg Entertainment. Cole, Curtiss King, Dave Free, DJ Dahi, DNYC3, The Kathy, Kenny Beats, Larry Fisherman, Like, Terrace Martin, Rahki, Corin Roddick, Skhye Hutch, Sounwave, Tae Beast, Tommy Black
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