ROMEY

Romey



Chicago

Take Over

Mixtape/DVD



Hosted by DJ Sickamore



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Romey Bio:



Its hard to stand out in a city full of stars.



But instead of being intimidated by all the hype



surrounding the Windy Citys overnight



celebrities, Romey is confident hes got what it



takes to shine with the best of them. Like his



platinum Chi-town counterparts Kanye West, Twista



and Common, 23 year-old rapper Romey is destined



to join his citys rap elite.



Im that voice for the hustlers, explains the



67 rhyme pusher who

hails from Chi-Citys notorious Southside section.



Theres a whole bunch of different styles in



Chicago that cater to all types of people. Like



Kanye, he speaks to the average person, thugs,



backpackers, the ladies and we love and embrace



him for that. Common speaks for the conscious



listeners. Then theres a new generation of



rappers like Bump J, Sly Polaroid and myself that



speak to the streets. Were all different, but



its all Chicago. We all get that love.



With his whole city behind him, the young MC is



ready to make the leap from a regional success to



a nationwide contender. Hes aligned himself with



some of the countrys most influential mixtape and



radio DJs, who have been spreading his words like



the gospel. There couldnt be a better time for



the self titled Michael Jordan of the rap game



to redirect rap back to a time when lyrics



outweighed hooks and rappers focused on the power



of their words rather than their material value.



Born and raised in the gang-infested neighborhood



known as the Wild

Hundreds, Romey grew up turning the negative



images around him into

moving street narratives. As a kid it was nearly



impossible for him to escape the evil trappings of



his hood. Because of where Im from, Im gang

affiliated, he explains. Everybody around me was



in a gang so I really didnt have a choice.



Romeys life at home wasnt very different than



what he saw outside. His mother was a well known



hustler in and around their Roseland neighborhood



for 20 yearsa trade she had no problem teaching



her oldest son. I used to steal drugs from her



and sell em, remembers Romey. At 11 I was



making like $200 or $300 dollars a day.

But before he finished junior high, Romeys mom



was sentenced to four years in prison. I went



from having everything right along with my mother



to her going to prison.



In 1994 Romey and his two younger sisters were



sent to Memphis to live with their Aunt. After six



months, Romey moved again, this time he went to



live with his father in Milwaukee. There he



attended high school and continued to do his share



of dirt while his mom sat in jail. It wasnt until



a friend at school introduced him to Jay-Zs



Reasonable Doubt that Romey found a way out of his



trife life.



I seen how powerful Jay was with his flow and



how he effected the way that I looked at hustling



and all the stuff I was going through, he



remembers before making the jump from the street



to the booth. Thats what ultimately made me



wanna get into rap.



For the first time, Romey started questioning his



morality on records, a skill that gives him



advantage today. On one of his latest mixtape



gems, All Has Changed Romey raps, As I look in



the mirror Im shaking my head/ Cause Im knowing



Im foul, how Im making my bread. He goes on to



reflect on his not-so-happy upbringing by breaking



down the three lowest points of his life on I



Dont Have Nothin. Romey also proves he can talk



about more than his stormy past on the soulful



Bobby Womack sampled P&Qs where he pops a bevy



of clever analogies like: Im like Ron Artest



with a O Z/Cause all the other ballers know Im



known for the most D.



Romey has aligned himself with Chicagos top



mixtape suppliers, DJ Pharris DJ V Dub who have



been continuously leaking his records directly to



the street. Outside of the Midwest, rap fiends



have recently gotten a huge dose of Romey thanks



to his DJ Sickamore hosted CD/DVD, The Chicago



Takeover. Backed by the same mixtape DJ turned A&R



that helped polish and present underground MCs



Saigon and Tru-Life to the masses, Sickamores



stamp is a huge feat for rapper outside of New



York City. When I met Sickamore, he sat and



listened to like 10 of my joints straight,



recalls Romey. He was just like, Yo, youre



crazy, you sound incredible! I wanna work with



you.



With some of the industrys top taste makers



cosigning, Romey is ready to spread his word like



the gospel. And unlike most rap rookies that have



their sites set of merely catching the next



short-lived buzz single, Romey is focused on the



qualities only the greatest MCs posses. His knack



for recreating his own hard knock life on record



makes him a rarity in an era littered with hip-pop



acts whose catchy hooks are their biggest claim to



fame.

It wont be long before Romey solidifies his place



in Chicagos already illustrious lineup, proving



his voice is exactly what the games been missing.



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