It's not all sun and beaches in Far Rockaway. It seems everyone has the
"One Way In", "One Way Out" mentality. However, Bynoe set his mind on bigger
goals. The youngest of three children, Darryl Bynoe was born to Delores
Bynoe on September 5, 1983 in the Edgemere section of Far Rockaway. He
started playin basketball at a young age and when he grew from 5'11 to
6'2 in one summer, he decided to take it seriously. In the seventh grade
is when he met Rayquon "Stack Bundles" Elliott.
They also attended the same high school which Bynoe played basketball at for four years.
He was 1st Team All Queens and All City Honorable Mention his junior and senior year.
After his senior year in Far Rock High, he had several division one schools after
him such as; USC, Iona, Brown University, Penn State, and Clemson. His
grades weren't that great so he had to go the Prep School route and
enrolled in Blair Academy. He couldn't get a sponsor so he came back to
Rockaway to pursue his music career. Rap was always in him so it was
second nature. His musical influences are Mobb Deep, Bob Marley, CNN,
Biggie, Nas and Mary J Blige.
In 2000, Bynoe formed a group called The "Predators" which consisted of him,
C LOE and Marty. In early 2002 the group disbanded and Bynoe and Stack really
started working on music together. In June of the same year, Tha Riot Squad
was born Stack Bundles, Cau2g$, Mike Millz, Bynoe and Chinx Drugz. (Mike Millz parted
ways from the group in 2004.) With Stack being signed to DJ Clue's "Desert
Storm" Imprint, a lot of doors were being opened for Bynoe and the Riot Squad.
They recorded hits with signed artist like Kanye West, Jim Jones, Maino,
Lil' Wayne, Tony Yayo and Mobb Deep.
They have also worked with many
DJ's such as DJ Clue, Pudgee P, Superstar Jay, Kay Slay and Scoob Doo.
In June of 2007, Stack Bundles was tragically killed at his home in
Redfern projects. Bynoe didn't want to do any music but he realized it
was his salvation, not only for him, but for Stack. And now 500 shows, 7
Riot Squad mixtapes and 450 mixtape features later, we have BynoeThe
Man, The Artist, The Leader.
