Biography

THE BIOGRAPHY OF
RAH-1


MY NAME IS RASHEED MYERS A.K.A. Rah-1. BORN DECEMBER 11TH IN EAST ORANGE NEWJERSEY. I GREW UP LIKE THE AVERAGE INNER CITY KID, SURROUNDED BY: DRUGS, VIOLENCE, POLICE BRUTALITY, AND JUST PLAIN OLE STREET LIFE. BUT BESIDES THE NEGATIVE, THE CITY PROVIDED HOPE TO YOUNG INSPIRING BUISINESS MEN SUCH AS MY SELF. EAST ORANGE IS A CITY FILLED

WITH MUSIC AND CULTURE ESPECIALLY HIP HOP CULTURE.
THE CITY ALSO PROVIDED WRITERS WITH THE WORDS TO WRITE. SUCH AS THE LIFE THEY LIVE OR THE LIFE THEY WISH TO LIVE. BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL 1990 WHEN I TOOK MY FIRST TRIP DOWN SOUTH. THIS IS WHEN I REALIZED MUSIC WAS MY LIFE. I WAS ALWAYS INTO THE MUSIC SCENE, BUT, NOT ACTUALLY THE VOCAL PART I WAS ALWAYS A DANCER, I LOVED TO DANCE.COMING UP WITH NEW MOVES AND TRYING TO OUT FINESSE THE OTHER DANCERS.

BUT MY LIFE WOULD TAKE A DRAMATIC TURN IN 1990. A LOCAL DJ CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME IF I RAP I WAS LIKE YEAH, BUT I DON’T WRITE I FREESTYLE. THEN HE ASKED ME AND ONE OF THE CATS I WAS WITH TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING FOR THIS SHOW HE WAS HAVING. THAT’S WHEN I WROTE MY FIRST RHYME. THAT’S WHEN I KNEW WHAT I HAD WAS A GIFT. I WENT FROM SAYING AND BELIEVING THAT I WASN’T A WRITER TO WRITING EVERYDAY, EVERY CHANCE I GOT.

SOMETIME IN 94 ME AND THIS KID I WAS RHYMING WITH MET TWO OTHER CATS, ONE FROM NY, AND ONE FROM L.A. SOON AFTER, WE FORMED A GROUP CALLED WOODWORK. FROM THERE WE PERFORMED AT VARIOUS SCHOOL TALENT SHOWS. WE ALSO PERFORMED IN S.CAROLINA AT THE BEACH, FAYETTEVILLE, RALEIGH AND DURHAM. WE ALSO COMPLETED A 16 TRACK ALBUM, PROMOTED ONE SINGLE AND SHOT A VIDEO. BUT DUE TO MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS, PLUS PERSONAL DIFFERENCES THE GROUP BROKE UP IN 98’ AND WE ALL PURSUED SOLO CAREERS WHICH BRINGS ME TO WHERE I AM NOW.



THIS ALBUM TOOK ME THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE, DUE TO STUMBLING BLOCKS, TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS AND BAD DECISIONS. BUT THE BEST THING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS TIME WAS; I REALIZED WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME, AND AROUND ME THAT GOD WAS WITH ME ALL THE WAY. I ALSO HAD A BABY GIRL IN THAT SAME TIME WHICH ALSO CHANGED MY LIFE, AND THE WAY I THINK FOREVER.

I FEEL MY STYLE IS DIFFERENT FROM MOST RAPPERS OUT THERE, BECAUSE OF MY CONTENT ( WHAT I TALK ABOUT). I’M INSPIRED BY LIFE, LOVE, LESSONS, FAITH, AND SACRIFICE. AND THAT’S WHAT KEEPS ME GOING, THROUGH THE MISTS OF ALL THAT COME GOOD OR BAD. I FEEL I WAS BORN TO DO MUSIC, TO PUT OUT A DIFFERENT MESSAGE THAN WHAT’S OUT NOW. AND I DEDICATE MY LIFE TO MY MUSIC, MY FAITH IN THE LORD WHO GAVE ME THE GIFT, AND LOVE.