ALMOST EVERY BIO STARTS THE SAME. IT TALKS ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE GROUP, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THE GROUP HAS DONE FROM ITS INCEPTION. BUT THIS BIO IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. READ ON IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR THE STORY OF 214.
NOW, THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO GO ON THIS JOURNEY WITH US, LET US TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE MUSIC.
214 CONSISTS OF FOUR YOUNG MEN WHO GREW UP IN DALLAS, TEXAS. THESE YOUNG MEN, WOULD EVENTUALLY COME TO BE KNOWN AS HOLLYWOOD, RAMZI, POOH, AND DC, WHO ALL GREW UP IN OAK CLIFF, TEXAS. THEY FACED THE SAME TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS MOST YOUNG MEN FACE GROWIN UP IN THE HOOD. YOU MIGHT BE SAYING TO YOURSELF, THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE MAKINGS OF EVERY OTHER TYPICAL HOOD STORY, BUT READ FURTHER.
THE STORY OF HOW THE GROUP CAME ABOUT GOES LIKE THIS.RAMZI AND HOLLYWOOD WERE LOCAL DANCERS ON THE SCENE, WHILE DC WAS KNOWN FOR HIS SINGING ABILITY AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND POOH WAS KNOWN AS THE DANCING MACHINE AT HIS MOTHERS FAMOUS HOOD PARTIES. HOLLYWOOD, A TALENTED FOOTBALL PLAYER, LANDED A SIDE GIG DANCING WITH THE MULTI-PLATINUM GROUP H-TOWN. RAMZI EVENTUALLY JOINED HOLLYWOOD. BOTH LEARNED HOW TO WORK THE STAGE AND DECIDED TO START THEIR OWN GROUP AT THE URGING OF SHAZAM OF H-TOWN. RAMZI RECRUITED HIS COUSIN POOH, AND FRIEND, DC.
THE GROUP WOULD COME TO BE KNOWN AS EXPLICIT 214. THEY PERFORMED ANY AND EVERYWHERE THEY COULD, WINNING TALENT SHOWS AND TRAVELING FROM TEXAS TO LA AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. IN A FIVE YEAR TIME SPAN THEY SIGNED WITH A FEW LABELS AND MANAGERS. ALL OF THEM PROMISING THE GROUP THE SAME THING. STARDOM. BUT THE GROUP DIDNT SEE ANY STARS ONLY THE REAL KIND THAT THEY FOUND THEMSELVES STARING AT WHEN THEY WERE HOMELESS, WHICH HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE.
ONE EVENING WHILE PERFORMING AT A LOCAL CLUB, DC SANG TO A YOUNG LADY WHO WOULD BE THE CATALYST FOR 214 INKING A DEAL WITH COZ RECORDS. 214 WOULD BE FEATURED ON THE KING J MIXTAPE AND RELEASE THEIR FIRST SINGLE "CRUNK, TEXAS. THEY WOULD GO ON TO RELEASE A SECOND SINGLE, "GIG" WHICH CHARTED WELL OVERSEAS AND WAS A BIG HIT WITH DJ'S. THEIR ALBUM IS AVAILABLE NOW, ALONG WITH THEIR R&B MIXTAPE. 214 HASRECENTLY OPENED FOR PRETTY RICKY, JON B, AZ YET, LIL WAYNE, LYFE JENNINGS, RASHEEDA AND MORE. THEIR ALBUM CONTINUES TO DO WELL OVERSEAS AND THEY ARE STILL PROMOTING THEIR ALBUM, "FINALLY", ALONG WITH MAKING FEATURE APPEARANCES ON MIXTAPES. "WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO PRESS FORWARD. THIS IS WHAT WE LOVE TO DO, AND WE HAVE NOT KNOWN ANYTHING ELSE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE MUST PRESS ON, NO MATTER THE COST. WE NOW REALIZE THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH TO DO WITH BECOMING STARS, AS THE PEOPLE WHO PROMISE THE STARDOM. WE ALSO KNOW, WE HAVE TO STAY ON THE GRIND UNTIL THE DREAM COMES TO PASS. WE BELIEVE WE WILL MAKE IT OVER THIS MOUNTAIN, JUST AS WE ALWAYS HAVE IN THE PAST. IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT OUR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE FANS TO KNOW.WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE LIKE IT, BECAUSE WE LOVE IT, BECAUSE WE ARE HUNGRY FOR IT. MUSIC IS OUR DREAM. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERY FAMILY MEMBER, FAN, FRIEND, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS BELIEVED IN US ALONG THE WAY."
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