I was born and raised in Chicago. I started writing lyrics after seeing the music video "Run's House" by Run DMC. I decided that day, that's what i'm going to do for a living. I wrote all the time but I really dug in to get better lyrically after hearing 'Reasonable doubt" by Jay-Z. I would take my favorite songs from that album and write until I wrote better verses than jay (atleast that's what I was thinking). At that point I needed beats but could'nt afford to buy any. Heck, I did'nt even know any producers to ask for beats so I just started making them on this cheap casio keyboard. Erick Sermon is the main reason I make beats. When I found out he did all the tracks for EPMD I was amazed. My cousin began to teach me how to use a mpc 2000. Every technique he learned he would teach me. I guess you can say these are the people who made me the artist I am today. Or is it Naturally Allah's Manifestation ? How ever you look at it that's the biology that created this biography - N.A.M.