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KARNIEGE'S BIO
KARNIEGE WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK. HE GREW UP IN EAST FLATBUSH AND WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE PARENT. HIS BACKGROUND IS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN MIX.
SIMPLE THINGS EXCITED HIM WHILE HE WAS A CHILD GROWING UP IN AN URBAN SETTING. SOME OF THESE WERE TELEVISION SHOWS ESPECIALLY CARTOONS, TOYS AND PLAYING OUT DOORS WITH HIS FRIENDS. THEY KEPT HIM BALANCED WHILE "HIP-HOP" WAS MAKING ITS ENTRANCE INTO URBAN NEW YORK. NOT ONLY DID IT MAKE AN ENTRANCE IT HAS LEFT AND INDELIBLE MARK UPON THE MUSICAL WORLD. "HIP-HOP" WAS EVERYWHERE AND WAS BEING ABSORBED INTO LARGE GULPS BY THE YOUTHS INCLUDING KARNIEGE. WHERE EVER HE TRAVELED ACROSS THE CITY, WHETHER IT WAS VISITNG RELATIVES IN THE BRONX, ATTENDING PARTIES, LISTENING TO THE RADIO OR LOOKING OUT HIS WINDOW "HIP-HOP" WAS THERE. KARNIEGE BEGAN TO NOTICE IT MORE & MORE. HE LISTENED TO AND ENJOYED THE TRAILBLAZERS IN "HIP-HOP" SUCH AS RUN DMC, SLICK RICK AND BIG DADDY KANE TO NAME A FEW. THESE PIONEERS OF "HIP-HOP" HELPED KARNIEGE FOSTER A LOVE FOR THE CULTURE.
THE YEARS ROLLED BY ALONG KARNIEGE BECAME A STUDENT OF WASHINGTON IRVING HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE ART PROGRAM WHICH HELPED HIM TO ENHANCE HIS ARTISTIC ABILITY. THIS EXPERIENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL CHANGED HIS LIFE GREATLY BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO MEET SOME OF TODAY'S EMCEES AND PRODUCERS SUCH AS NATHANIEL ROBERTS, CANNIBUL OX, GENESIS, AND AERZ NIGHTZ TO NAME A FEW. WHILE MANY OF HIS PEERS WERE INTO GRAFFITI AND RAPPING, IT WAS NEW YEARS EVE OF 1992 WHEN KARNIEGE SAT DOWN AND WROTE HIS FIRST RHYME. HE HAS SINCE PARTICIPATED IN LOCAL TALENT SHOWS, MCEE BATTLES, OPEN MIC'S, TOURS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND A FEW INERNATIONAL SHOWS AS WELL.
HIS FIRST SINGLE CALLED "MAKE NEWS" WAS RELAESED IN 2004 ON DEFINTIVE JUX WHICH LEAD KARNIEGE TO BE FEATURED IN THE 2005 APRIL ISSUE OF THE "U.R.B" MAGAZINE FOR THE NEXT TOP 100.
KARNIEGE HAS COLLABORATED & SHARED THE STAGE WITH SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES MOST CREATIVE PRODUCERS & EMCEES. SUCH AS MASTA ACE, AYATOLLAH, BROTHER ALI, AESOP ROCK, J-ZONE, MURS, DA BEATMINERZ, J-LIVE, EL-P, C-RAYZ WALZ, LITTLE BROTHER, KILLAH PRIEST,THE ROOTS, CANNIBUL OX, IMMORTAL TECHINQUE, DEAD PREZ, BOOT CAMP CLICK, JEAN GRAE, SCRAM JONES, GZA AND GHOSTFACE KILLA OF WU-TANG CLAN.
ONE OF KARNIEGE'S SONGS "DAMN" PRODUCED BY "BELIEF" HAS BEEN USED ON VARIOUS TELEVISION SHOWS SUCH AS M.T.V'S "PIMP MY RIDE","NEXT", "ROOM RAIDERS", "TIARA BANKS SHOW" AND "LAW AND ORDER" ON NBC.
WITH HIS INTRIGUING LYRICS, WITTY WORD PLAY, AND ENEGERTIC STAGE PERFORMANCE KARNIEGE IS READY TO BREAK DOWN DOORS EVERYWHERE WITH POWERFUL MUSIC BRINGING A NEW LIGHT TO THE GAME, SO BE READY FOR HIM.
