He’s cool calm and collective, but most of all rap fans he’s finally here. Proud son of the Hawaiian Islands J-Scrilla is the West Coast’s newest rap sensation. After slamming through every major party in Hawaii, Scrilla came to California and made the Bay Area take note immediately. He battled rapper after rapper on San Francisco’s 106.1 KMEL with Evan Locke and after winning in his first rap forum, Scrilla was signed on to Hollywood Records in Burbank under Peter Paterno. ” I was so excited man, I thought to myself yo this is it Jay we coming up.” Once signed, Scrilla recorded his first single entitled ” Droppin The Science” a spin off from the Thomas Dolby original hit ” Blinded Me With Science”. Although the label was very happy with the single Scrilla really felt that Hollywood and Paterno wasn’t really behind him or his vision. So after several appearances and shows, Scrilla opted to sign out of his contract and become a free agent. ” I was really bummed out, they were making it seem like the rap world wasn’t ready for an artist from Hawaii, so I took my loot and bounced back to the Bay determined to prove them all wrong.”
During this difficult time, Scrilla ran into a Bay Area rap artist named ” Young Life”. ” Life was very special man, you could see it in his look and in his voice”. The two really hit it off so well that Scrilla ended up singing several choruses for Life’s new CD called ” Thugg Muzik “. That is where Scrilla met up with Independent Rap Mogul Greg Gali of GMG Music. ” Greg-G loved my voice and really felt the melodies that I implanted into my music”. Gali then started to use Scrilla for several other projects with many heavyweight underground artists to get his name out onto the scene. It worked, and it worked so well that Gali had Scrilla join his current tour in Asia to open up for platinum recording artist Keith Martin. ” Asia was fat man, I loved it and I do hope one day I can go back and shock it again.” That tour confirmed for Gali that Scrilla was ready to be released as a full-time artist. He then had Scrilla return to the GMG studios immediately to begin recording his new CD ” Rise & Shine”. ” This CD is very special to me, it’s my way of giving back to the Bay Area for all the love and respect that they showed me.” ” There’s nothing like the West Coast rap scene man and I’m very proud to finally be a part of it. ”
Rightly so, as word has now leaked out that J-Scrilla has teamed up with the Bay’s own legendary DJ King Assassin of Liferdef Records. ” Assassin helped me after all my family and friends turned their backs on me and that’s something that I will never forget.” ” From here on out, it’s GMG, Liferdef & Koch baby that’s my word.”
So there you have it rap fans, the stage has been set his CD is now completed and with distribution ready to hit this 2008 with Koch Records, Scrilla will bring his music and love for his hometown Hawaii to the forefront of today’s rap music scene. His first single “About To Ride Featuring Persia of Blacktie Records has already been leaked on to streets & several rap radio stations, It’s also getting tons of positive feedback. ” Hawaii really has something to be proud of ” stated Gali, ” J-Scrilla is very talented and I’m sure he’ll do very very well.”
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