WITH A RAP RESUME THAT RIVALS SOME OF THE HOTTEST LYRICISTS OUT TODAY, CX IS LIVING PROOF THAT MUSIC IS IN THE BLOOD.
THE MOUNT VERNON NATIVE IS THE SON OF FORMER 70S SOUL SINGER JAMES ROBINSON OF THE GROUP CHANGE. CX MADE HIS FIRST VISIT TO CARNEGIE HALL AT THE AGE OF FIVE AND WROTE HIS FIRST RHYME A YEAR LATER.
SINCE THEN, HE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST DETERMINED AND CHARISMATIC RAPPERS IN THE GAME, PUTTING NEARLY TWO DECADES OF MUSICAL INFLUENCE AND STREET EXPERIENCE INTO HIS FLOWS. AS A YOUNG DISCIPLE OF THE 1980S HIP-HOP SCENE, CX LEARNED FROM THE MASTERS OF THE MOVEMENT, INCLUDING RAKIM, KRS-1 AND BIG DADDY KANE. WHEN KID-N-PLAY AND BIG DADDY KANE WERE BIG, THATS WHEN THE BEAST CAME OUT, CX SAYS.
MIXING THE GRIMY FLOWS OF A STREETWISE ARTIST WITH THE INTROSPECTIVE OF A SEASONED MUSICIAN, CX HAS DEVELOPED HIS OWN AUTHENTIC STYLE. HE CREDITS THAT TO BEING IN THE MECCA OF HIP-HOP MUSIC, NEW YORK CITY, AND WORKING WITH RAPPERS SUCH AS KRS-1, BLACK ROB AND CAMRON. HIS STYLE HAS EARNED HIM PRAISE AS ONE OF NEW YORKS BEST UP-AND-COMERS, AND HE ISNT AFRAID TO CHALLENGE ANY MC TO A TEST OF SKILLS.
BEING AN MC, ONCE YOU START FLOWING, THATS YOUR SIGNATURE THATS YOUR FINGERPRINT, HE SAYS, COMPARING HIS APPROACH TO THE GAME AS GUERILLA WARFARE.
CXS HUNGER AS AN ARTIST HAS HELPED HIM EARN STREET PROPS THROUGHOUT THE FIVE BOROUGHS AND BEYOND. HES COCKY AND WANTS THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT HES ABOUT TO TAKE THE RAP GAME BY STORM.
IM JUST THE YOUNG PUNK THATS ABOUT TO COME UP.
WHEN HE SIGNED WITH FIEND RECORDS IN 2001, HE IMPRESSED FIEND CO-FOUNDER STEVE FARR WITH HIS MUSICAL IQ AND HIS ABILITY TO PUT TOGETHER CONSISTENTLY HOT TRACKS. HIS ALBUM, ANGEL OF DEATH, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME THE NEXT ILLMATIC, A SOLILOQUY OF CXS LIFE COMING UP IN THE CITY AND BECOMING AN ADHERENT TO THE NEW YORK STATE OF MIND.
THOUGH CX HAS LEARNED FROM SOME OF THE BEST RHYMERS, HE PRIDES HIMSELF ON A UNIQUE STYLE THAT IS PART HUSTLER, PART THUG INTELLECTUAL. BORROWING FROM INFLUENCES AS DIVERSE AS BIG PUN, METALLICA, JIMI HENDRIX AND TRIBE CALLED QUEST; CX HAS MATURED INTO AN ALL-AROUND ARTIST, MATCHING HIS MUSIC TO HIS MOODS.
IM STILL GROWING, HE SAYS. BUT I CAN DO EVERYTHING. IM A MAN OF MANY SEASONS.
HIS VERSATILITY HAS EARNED HIM THE NICKNAME RENAISSANCE MAN.
THOUGH HE MADE SOME WAVES IN 2005, CX IS READY TO OBLITERATE THE RAP COMPETITION THIS YEAR.
I FEEL MYSELF MAKIN INCREDIBLE MUSIC RIGHT NOW, HE SAYS. I SEE MYSELF STEPPIN TO THE FOREFRONT OF HIP-HOP.
HES ALSO READY TO BRING NEW YORK RAP BACK TO ITS RIGHTFUL THRONE AS THE VANGUARD OF HIP-HOP. ONCE YOU LISTEN TO ANGEL OF DEATH, YOULL KNOW WHY CX IS A NAME YOU WONT FORGET.
