OUN-P

He was on ShowTime at The Apollo at 9 years old. He's 23 now, that's

over 15 years ago and his dream is still the same. He still has that

same mindset he had as a kid. I'm going to be a star!" Words like these



are hard to come by with most unsigned Hip Hop acts. In some cases

rappers haven't even broke their first year mark as an emcee. Oun-P

obliterates that connotation. Born into a "Hip Hop Family" as Oun-P

calls it, with his father being a local rapper/DJ, Oun-P had no choice

but to live through Hip Hop. "I would come home from school and my

father would be in the living room spinning records then he would just

throw me the mic. As I got older and older, I gave it back less and

less."



Oun-P's rap career began with an album created by his "Hip Hop Family".



Titled "A Father and Two Sons", the album consisted of songs created

and

performed by Oun-P's father, older brother Ty-Trackz, who is now a

noted

music producer, and Oun-P. "A Father and Two Sons" was released locally



and quickly became a neighborhood favorite, bestowing the confidence in



Oun-P to pursue his dream. Next, Oun-P would increase his skill and

popularity by releasing his own albums locally. These albums included

the "Home of the Pinstripes Series" and more recently "A Breath of

Fresh

Air". During that time Oun-P also engaged into New York City's

acclaimed

but gruesome rap battle scene.



At the time a program called Fight Klub

was creating a name for its self as the best rap battle scene not only

in New York, but in the world, as rappers were coming from all over the



globe to make a name for their self in this arena.



Oun-P would go onto

achieve an alone status of 15 wins and zero losses. With a budding buzz



in Hip Hop's underground world, through Fight Klub and various mixtape

appearances, it was now time to attract a wider audience. Oun-P

captured

that wider audience on BET's 106 and Park. Oun-P was featured on 106

and

Park's Freestyle Friday, a weekly competition in which rappers would

compete in rap battles resulting in the winner going onto the next week



as the champion. Oun-P's time on 106 and Park concluded with him being

inducted into Freestyle Friday's Hall of Fame after going undefeated on



the show for an astounding 7 weeks straight.



Now armed with a national buzz being featured on national television

for

7 straight weeks and an underground following after going 15-0 in Fight



Klub; Oun-P is in a great position in his career. "A lot of people are

starting to understand what we have going on over here and some great

things are starting to happen. I've been on Hot 97, Serius Satellite

Radio, and a guest at the 2006 BET Awards." Upon the heightening buzz

many producers have taken note to Oun-P and have moved on to work with

him. These producers include Swizz Beatz, Rockwilder, Vinny Idol, Ron

Browz, and Green Lantern to name a few. With a great fan following and

great producers to back up his music, Oun-P is at the dawn of his rise

to stardom. Only one could imagine how far Oun-P will soar.