Young A.C. Cali Blog 2
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Young A.C. Cali Blog 2
Young A.C. //TWITTER/YOUNGAC954// | MySpace Video
Deepside Entertaiment Presents
YOUNG A.C
"TJ (Chapman) watched him grow, Tony Neal watched him grow, Kaspa (The Don) watched him grow, Bigga Rankin watched him, now everyone can see he is ready," explains Teddy T. "No matter where we go, he steals the show."
As the Rap Game continues its evolution in the midst of what seems to be, annual, pre-mature obituaries and shifting musical platforms and despite Hip Hop's constantly changing centers of power and all that that entails: from the East Coast to the West Coast, to the Mid-West as well as the recent ascendancy of the South … 20 year old South Florida native Young A.C. (Allen Crew)makes his debut … focused with his intent, experience and delivery, fierce and multi-faceted with his content, loyal to his 'hood and dedicated to establishing himself as an artist who raps, as opposed to just another rapper with a single point of view. Young A.C. has arrived and he has something to say, not because of the influence of his environment, but in spite of it and because his talent and timing is the perfect blend of desire, pen, paper and opportunity.
Quite simply, in an age of 40-something rap stars, and young Turks on the come up challenging the Old Guard with their fabulous success, Young A.C. is taking his place with this next generation of young superstars from his home base deep in the so called “Dirty South” with Platinum plated artists such as; Young Buc, T.I,, Young Joc, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy and others, many of whom Young A.C. has opened for in concert prior to his new, first solo CD entitled First Impressions, and his first single, The Flyest (available now) on Deepside Entertainment, distributed by Industry Works/Federal Distribution in stores Spring 2009.
Young A.C. is on a mission to define the separation between a rapper and an artist who raps. Young A.C. has performed extensively and has shared many stages with Hip-Hop's best and brightest for the last seven years. He has also received recognition for his appearance on BET's 2007 "Spring Bling Freestyle Battle", where he was runner-up against winner Pluck from Jacksonville, Florida in the Championship round.
Young A.C. is currently Flo Riding (He is a Florida native) with his solo album First Impressions and promoting his hit single, THE FLYEST. Check out his mixtapes One Way Vol.1, and his Hello Mixtape (Florida's Most Wanted) Hosted by Hittmann DJ Frank Luv. Young A.C.'s hit single THE FLYEST is currently being played on radio stations across the county.
“When I say that I'm the flyest I don't just mean that I'm the best. What I mean by that is that I am the flyest in terms of my imagination and my message. My approach is more than an attitude … being the flyest is a way of living and seeing things. I keep my head to the sky, my feet on the ground and my pencil and paper in my hand. I'm on a higher level in my mind. I literally fly when I create my rhymes. I'm beyond the cars, the money and the women,” says Young A.C.
Miami's legendary radio disc jockey, Wildman Teddy T, is a longtime fixture in the Southern music scene, a well-respected record breaker (Pretty Ricky, Jacki-O) and the father figure to a young Broward County artist who he has been carefully grooming under his wings since 1997. When Teddy T first met ten year-old Allen Crew, a.k.a. Young A.C., he banked on the preteen and began doing everything he could to train him for the spotlight.
At nine years-old, Young A.C. began freestyling and made a name around the neighborhood. A year later he became disciplined enough to start writing rap verses and poems then he quickly graduated and learned how to count bars and measures like an expert.
"I like that I started at a young age because it made rap like a language for me, I became fluent and now I speak it well and all the time," explains the wildly charismatic teen. While Young A.C. attended William Dandy Middle School he was surrounded by many other talented classmates who constantly challenged his abilities. Singer Sammie was one such classmate and an inspiration to every student interested in the musical path. Young A.C. signed his first contract when he was twelve years-old and from there he started performing all across the south.
Teddy T signed Young A.C. up for school tours and began thrusting his protégé' into the spotlight via his nightly radio show, Teddy T and Lucy Lopez on Miami's Power 96. "I had him doing intros when he was fourteen for my radio show and people always were calling in and asking who he was, he was hot." However, Teddy kept the young Tiger at bay until the time was right.
"Once I got into the craft, I could not get enough, I was always trying to find my style. All I wanted to do was music," says the young powerhouse. "I got my own story to tell, I got new swag I am the voice of the struggle. When it comes to the struggle I done seen it all. I never had nothing but I always been told I would make it. I am going to speak for the struggle. I am a small town thug who will go international with it," says Young A.C.
Young A.C. was raised by the streets of Broward County and his grandmother. His father was serving a lifetime sentence for murder. When A.C.'s grandmother passed, Teddy T became A.C.'s role model, friend, music mentor and biggest fan. In 2007 A.C. signed a deal with the young and aggressive record label, Deepside Entertainment, whose charismatic CEO, Silk was immediately impressed with A.C.
Everyone quickly noticed Young A.C. was on the fast track. "He was not a regular ten year-old kid. He was calling the girls little mama even back then," Teddy laughs then turns serious. "He had "star" written all over him. He was so young but he was like an old soul. He reminded me a lot of myself when I was his age. Another thing that struck me from day one is that he always used adjectives and pronouns for everything he said. There is no question, he is lyrically gifted. He is a mutant. I am like Yoda and the force was with him."
Music is what kept Young A.C. focused while the streets of Broward County, Florida voraciously consumed young black men. "There were people doing worse than me, but I always had everything it was rough though. Broward County is the murder capital, the cocaine capital," explains Young A.C.
Now, at 18 years-old, Young A.C. is smack dab in the center of music industry cross wires spending weeks on end traveling across the South from music conference to record pool to show dates as Deepside Entertainment's fledgling artist. "I signed my first contract when I was eleven. Now that I am turning eighteen, it is finally that time. I feel like I am ready," Young A.C. says.
Silk, the owner and executive producer of Deepside Inc., wants the world to watch Young A.C.'s ascent closely. "This is how you can watch a broke man turn rich. It is possible for everybody to make it. It is a good thing to graduate, but you don't got to in order to make it. Where there is a will there is a way. And we are about to show you."
Team A.C. is gearing up with high artillery ammunition. A track called The Flyest, produced by Grammy Award winning Super Production Squad, The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League. "They got a different swag. They brought a different swag to production and their team is tight, it reminds me of my team. So putting us ALL together is guaranteed to create something that will tear sh*t up," says Young A.C.
"The growth is definitely there, everything is happening so fast there ain't no franchise without a face, so Young A.C. is the face. We gonna hit the world by storm. All us got fifteen years in the game. It's fourth quarter it's fourth and long, and we are throwing the ball to AC and I know my little brother is going to catch it," Silk explains. Deepside Entertainment recently got even deeper with the addition of new partner and Super Bowl champion Asante Samuels, All-Pro NFL superstar cornerback.
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