Balistik The Messiah's Page

Hometown

Bronx, NY

About Me

There are rappers and there are artists. A rapper writes hot rhymes and lay's them down at the studio wit a hook to make a hot track. However an artist has the ability to paint pictures with his music, making the listener not only hear, but feel what he is saying. Many young kids now a days want to be rappers. Few actually want to become artists, and only a selective breed possess the talent and ability to do so. However many, none are like the mature 21 year old Balistik The Messiah out of the Bronx, New York. There are many young rappers as well as young artists, but none can deliver such a bold form of music as Balistik. His superb flow as well as lyrical versatility, matched with his extremely talented songwriting are why most people that listen to his work say that he is on the rise and is more than likely to become something in hip hop. Balistik The Messiah was born by the name Raymond Ortiz in the East Tremont section of the Bronx, New York in 1987. He grew up as a typical lower middle-class inner city kid and had a decent childhood with his older brother and sister and his mother and father. Growing up in such an urban environment, where young children are more than often vividly exposed to the harsh realities of life far before their time, allowed him to portray the joys, hardships, and overall experiences of growing up and living in a lower middle-class urban area as seen through his eyes as well as the eyes of his fellow peers and family. Since he was only a baby, he was surrounded by music, from his mother's spanish music playing, to his father's house music, to his sister's pop music. However no genre of music made a bigger impact on his life than his brother's constant playing of Hip Hop. He was always told stories by his brother of how, as a baby, Ray would always stare at the equalizer lights on the living room stereo system for hours. His crib was placed by the two towering speakers, where in his brother would blast the sounds of Brand Nubian, Tribe Called Quest, Craig Mack, Chi Ali and other early 90's Rap artists. It seemed as if he was raised by music. Ray grew up to love music and in his early years of him reaching the 6th grade in elementary school he picked up a pen and started to write words of his own. Today, he no longer sits staring at the equalizer lights of his home radio playing the latest new artists. Instead, he writes and records songs of his own, and he now sits behind and controls the equalizers of an SSL 9000J professional studio console, where he writes, records, mixes, and produces music for various other artists as well as himself. He has worked with many writers, artists, producers, and engineers from various musical genres, both in and around the New York City and Tri State Area including upstate New York, and Pennsylvania. Balistik The Messiah has joined forces with other talented artists in "THE 80Z BABIEZ MOVEMENT", associated with Real Muzic Entertainment, which includes other gifted artists such as the Brooklyn born hip hop duo F.L. Fully Loaded, the Camden, New Jersey based hip hop duo Evidence, the next great R&B artist Moodswing and others. He is also associated with The S.M.U.T. Unit, aka The Smizzy Boyz, a Spring Valley, New York based group of young artists....As of late, The Messiah has been working as an article writer for the buzzing online magazine: "PardonMyFresh.com", where he recently released a compilation album as one-third of the trio "Fresh/High Society", along with Switch, the lead singer of popular R&B Soul band "Beyond This Point". The compilation project entitled "PardonMyFresh.com Presents: The Cool Table vol.1" is now available at the PardonMyFresh website via free online download & digital distribution via DatPiff.com & Zshare.net.

Zip Code

10462

Gender

Male

Relationship Status:

Single

Orientation

Straight

Ethnicity

Latino/Hispanic

Physical Type

Thick

Height

5'9"-5'11"

What do you do?

Rap, Student

(DJ's) Drop your biggest projects and site URLs

http://www.PardonMyFresh.com

http://www.zshare.net/download/59436632411255d0/

Favorite 50 Cent song

Many Men

Website:

http://www.myspace.com/rychisrecordzmusic

Favorite Music:

Nas, Eminem, Jay-Z, Big Pun, Tupac, Joe Budden