WHO LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG!!!
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, MUSIC HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE..AS A CHILD MY MOTHER, WOULD WAKE US UP IN THE MORNING WITH THE SMELL OF COFFEE SIMMERING ON THE STOVE AND THE SOUND OF HER OPERA VOICE RESOUNDING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 12, MY OLDEST BROTHER BROUGHT HOME A PAIR OF TURNTABLES, AND AN ASSORTMENT OF OTHER EQUIPMENT..THAT SUMMER MY BROTHER ENLISTED INTO THE MARINES, AND THUS MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MUSIC BEGAN..I LEARNED TO D.J.AND SOON AFTER GOT DOWN WITH A CREW CALLED ROCK CITY..AS A YOUNG MAN I VENTURED INTO THE PARKS OF THE BRONX AND MANHATTAN, TO LEARN THE LATEST TRICKS FROM CATS LIKE FLASH AND D.J. SCRATCH..AT HOME, I WOULD THEN ENTERTAIN KIDS FROM SCHOOL AND FROM THE AREA, WITH MY TURNTABLE SKILLS, FOR I WAS KNOWN TO NOT USE HEADPHONES WHEN I PLAYED..AS TIME WENT BY, I REALIZED THAT THE EMCEE, WAS THE ONE WHO GOT THE RECOGNITION, SO I PICKED UP THE MIC..MY DAYS WERE ALL ABOUT WRITING RAPS, BATTLING, AND BEING THE BEST..ONE DAY A FRIEND OF MINE SAID, "I KNOW SOME KIDS WHO WANT TO RAP FOR YOU, BUT THEY'RE INTIMIDATED BY YOU..I SAID BRING THEM BY, LET'S HEAR WHAT THEY GOT..THE ONE KID WHO I FELT HAD WHAT IT TAKES, WAS A KID NAMED KL MR.BLAST, TO YOU ALL K7!!
WE WENT ON TO CREATE A GROUP CALLED TKA, BY THE WAY, I FORCED K7 TO BATTLE ABY, TO SEE IF HE HAD IT..K7 WENT ON TO WIN THE RAP BATTLE..THIS IS HOW IT WAS BACK THEN, YOU HAD TO PROVE YOURSELF..TKA'S ORIGINAL DEAL WITH TOMMY-BOY RECORDS, WAS AS RAPPERS, BUT THE PEOPLE AT THE LABEL DIDN'T FEEL NOT EVERYONE HELD THEIR WEIGHT ON THE MIC, BUT WHAT THEY SOON FOUND OUT WAS THAT K7 WAS A GREAT SONGWRITER AND ABY WAS A BETTER SINGER THAN RAPPER..WE THEN APPROACHED JOEY GARDNER, WHO WAS WORKING AT THE LABEL AND CONVINCED HIM TO MANAGE OUR BUSINESS..AS YOU ALL READ ON, WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW IS THAT AS YOUNG KIDS IN SPANISH HARLEM THERE WEREN'T MANY CHOICES FOR US AND MUSIC WAS THE WAY..LET ME STATE THAT TKA, HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLE CAREER..THE LOVE THAT WE HAD FOR THE MUSIC AND EACH OTHER WAS REAL..LET ME IF I MAY SKIP A COUPLE OF CHAPTERS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TKA, AND BRING YOU TO 2002..
K7 AND I, SPEAK DAILY ABOUT TKA..THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH TKA, FEEL THAT WE OWE THEM SOMETHING RATHER THAN WAKING UP WITH IDEAS ON HOW TO BETTER OUR SITUATIONS..SOME OF US ARE IN THIS GAME FOR DIFFERENT REASONS AND AS A GROUP THERE HAS TO BE UNITY..I HAVE RESPECTED K7, AND HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE I WILL TELL HIM IF WHAT HE DOES IS HOT OR NOT..SIMPLY PUT, WHAT I BRING TO THIS GROUP IS EXPERIENCE AND A STRONG FOUNDATION..I'M BLESSED TO HAVE A LEAD SINGER LIKE K7, BY MY SIDE..BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM, I'M USED TO THE REAL, USED TO HARDWORK, AND LOVE WORKING WITH TRUE TALENTS..
LET ME STATE THAT I RESPECT EVERYONES COMMENTS AND STATEMENTS, BUT LET IT BE KNOWN, LIKE WE HAVE DONE FOR MANY YEARS, WE WILL ROCK YOU!!
K7 AND I, WILL POLITIC OVER THIS ONE..WE MAY AS WELL RETIRE, AFTER ALL WITH ARTIST IN OUR CAMP LIKE J.QUEST, STARSKY BONILLA, DA DUECE,
K7,YOUNG MOOK,TKA 2, 2PR PRODUCTIONS, AND DID I MENTION MY 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER..LIKE WHOA, LET ME NOT GO THERE,..SHE IS THE REALEST OF THE REAL, TRUST ME!!! WITH LOTS OF LOVE ALWAYS, TONY TKA 2002!!
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, MUSIC HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE..AS A CHILD MY MOTHER, WOULD WAKE US UP IN THE MORNING WITH THE SMELL OF COFFEE SIMMERING ON THE STOVE AND THE SOUND OF HER OPERA VOICE RESOUNDING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 12, MY OLDEST BROTHER BROUGHT HOME A PAIR OF TURNTABLES, AND AN ASSORTMENT OF OTHER EQUIPMENT..THAT SUMMER MY BROTHER ENLISTED INTO THE MARINES, AND THUS MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MUSIC BEGAN..I LEARNED TO D.J.AND SOON AFTER GOT DOWN WITH A CREW CALLED ROCK CITY..AS A YOUNG MAN I VENTURED INTO THE PARKS OF THE BRONX AND MANHATTAN, TO LEARN THE LATEST TRICKS FROM CATS LIKE FLASH AND D.J. SCRATCH..AT HOME, I WOULD THEN ENTERTAIN KIDS FROM SCHOOL AND FROM THE AREA, WITH MY TURNTABLE SKILLS, FOR I WAS KNOWN TO NOT USE HEADPHONES WHEN I PLAYED..AS TIME WENT BY, I REALIZED THAT THE EMCEE, WAS THE ONE WHO GOT THE RECOGNITION, SO I PICKED UP THE MIC..MY DAYS WERE ALL ABOUT WRITING RAPS, BATTLING, AND BEING THE BEST..ONE DAY A FRIEND OF MINE SAID, "I KNOW SOME KIDS WHO WANT TO RAP FOR YOU, BUT THEY'RE INTIMIDATED BY YOU..I SAID BRING THEM BY, LET'S HEAR WHAT THEY GOT..THE ONE KID WHO I FELT HAD WHAT IT TAKES, WAS A KID NAMED KL MR.BLAST, TO YOU ALL K7!!
WE WENT ON TO CREATE A GROUP CALLED TKA, BY THE WAY, I FORCED K7 TO BATTLE ABY, TO SEE IF HE HAD IT..K7 WENT ON TO WIN THE RAP BATTLE..THIS IS HOW IT WAS BACK THEN, YOU HAD TO PROVE YOURSELF..TKA'S ORIGINAL DEAL WITH TOMMY-BOY RECORDS, WAS AS RAPPERS, BUT THE PEOPLE AT THE LABEL DIDN'T FEEL NOT EVERYONE HELD THEIR WEIGHT ON THE MIC, BUT WHAT THEY SOON FOUND OUT WAS THAT K7 WAS A GREAT SONGWRITER AND ABY WAS A BETTER SINGER THAN RAPPER..WE THEN APPROACHED JOEY GARDNER, WHO WAS WORKING AT THE LABEL AND CONVINCED HIM TO MANAGE OUR BUSINESS..AS YOU ALL READ ON, WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW IS THAT AS YOUNG KIDS IN SPANISH HARLEM THERE WEREN'T MANY CHOICES FOR US AND MUSIC WAS THE WAY..LET ME STATE THAT TKA, HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLE CAREER..THE LOVE THAT WE HAD FOR THE MUSIC AND EACH OTHER WAS REAL..LET ME IF I MAY SKIP A COUPLE OF CHAPTERS OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TKA, AND BRING YOU TO 2002..
K7 AND I, SPEAK DAILY ABOUT TKA..THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH TKA, FEEL THAT WE OWE THEM SOMETHING RATHER THAN WAKING UP WITH IDEAS ON HOW TO BETTER OUR SITUATIONS..SOME OF US ARE IN THIS GAME FOR DIFFERENT REASONS AND AS A GROUP THERE HAS TO BE UNITY..I HAVE RESPECTED K7, AND HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE I WILL TELL HIM IF WHAT HE DOES IS HOT OR NOT..SIMPLY PUT, WHAT I BRING TO THIS GROUP IS EXPERIENCE AND A STRONG FOUNDATION..I'M BLESSED TO HAVE A LEAD SINGER LIKE K7, BY MY SIDE..BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM, I'M USED TO THE REAL, USED TO HARDWORK, AND LOVE WORKING WITH TRUE TALENTS..
LET ME STATE THAT I RESPECT EVERYONES COMMENTS AND STATEMENTS, BUT LET IT BE KNOWN, LIKE WE HAVE DONE FOR MANY YEARS, WE WILL ROCK YOU!!
K7 AND I, WILL POLITIC OVER THIS ONE..WE MAY AS WELL RETIRE, AFTER ALL WITH ARTIST IN OUR CAMP LIKE J.QUEST, STARSKY BONILLA, DA DUECE,
K7,YOUNG MOOK,TKA 2, 2PR PRODUCTIONS, AND DID I MENTION MY 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER..LIKE WHOA, LET ME NOT GO THERE,..SHE IS THE REALEST OF THE REAL, TRUST ME!!! WITH LOTS OF LOVE ALWAYS, TONY TKA 2002!!
