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MC Magic

WUSSUP EVERYONE - I THINK BY NOW EVERY ONE KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME AND MY MUSIC - SO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HERE'S MY STORY - I WAS BORN IN NOGALES SONORA MEXICO - MY FAMILY CAME TO THE U.S. WHEN I WAS 5 YRS OLD. GROWING UP IN PHOENIX / AVONDALE / AND PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE "AZ SIDE" ALL I EVER DID WAS MUSIC. AT ABOUT 13 MY FRIEND ROB TAUGHT ME HOW TO USE A DRUM MACHINE - I WAS ALREADY STARTING MY DJ BUSINESS TOO SO I WOULD GIVE DANCES AT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH WERE ALWAYS CRACKIN. EVEN THOUGH I ALWAYS DJ'd PARTIES, DANCES AND QUINCEANERAS - THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT SLOW JAMS THAT CUAGHT MY ATTENTION. IN BETWEEN DJing GIGS, GOING TO SCHOOL AND WORKING I WOULD TRY TO MAKE SONGS WITH MY DRUM MACHINE AND KEYBOARD. THEN I CAME UP WITH A SONG CALLED "LOST IN LOVE" (1992) WITH THE PRETTY VOICE OF TRACY CELAYA IT MADE EVERYONE FALL IN LOVE - THEN I STARTED WORKING AT THE SWAP MEET - THATS WERE I BEGAN RECORDING FREESTYLE SONGS ON THE SPOT FOR PEOPLE. I GOT SO BUSY WITH THE CUSTOM SONGS THAT I HAD TO QUIT MY JOB - TODAY I STILL MAKE THE MAGIC CUSTOM CDs MATTER FACT YOU CAN HERE A DEMO OF ONE ON OUR WEB SITE (NASTYBOYRECORDS.COM) SO WORKING AT THE SWAP MEET HELPED ME MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY MORE EQUIPMENT AND START MY OWN RECORD COMPANY NASTYBOY RECORDS . TRUTH IS I ONLY STARTED THE LABEL BECAUSE NO BIG RECORD COMPANY WOULD GIVE MC MAGIC A SHOT (Pinchi Cabrones!) I BEGAN WORKING WITH SEVERAL RAPPERS FROM AROUND THE PHOENIX & GLENDALE AREA THEN IN 1997 I FOUNDED A GROUP CALLED NASTYBOY KLICK (NBK) , OUR FIRST SINGLE "DOWN FOR YOURS" FEATURED ROGER TROUTMAN of ZAPP & ROGER (The Talkbox King ). THIS SONG BECAME A HUGE HIT FOR US AND WE FINALLY GOT A BIG RECORD COMPANY TO PAY ATTENTION (MERCURY RECORDS). FOR THE NEXT CD NBK MOVED ON TO UPSTAIRS RECORDS (1998), THIS IS WHEN WE RELEASED OUR NEXT CD WHICH FEATURED ONE OF MY OLD SONGS "LOST IN LOVE" AND THIS IS WHEN IT BECAME A HIT OUTSIDE OF JUST PHOENIX & ARIZONA. LOTS OF TRAVELING / CONCERTS. THEN IN 2001 I DECIDED TO RE NAME THE GROUP NB RIDAZ ..

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