Paper Boi

THE UNIQUE SOUTHERN RAPPER, "PAPER BOI" (GETTING THE NAME FROM HIS CHILDHOOD JOB OF DELIVERING PHONE BOOKS) BEGIN WRITING & LEARNING MUSIC AT A YOUNG AGE. BORN IN MIAMI FL HE WAS ACTUALLY TOO YOUNG TO LIVE THE LIFE WHICH HE WITNESSED HIS OLDER BROTHERS LIVE 1ST HAND. AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS CLOSE FRIEND, HIS MOTHER FEARING THAT SHE'D LOSE HER YOUNGEST SON THE SAME WAY MOVED TO OCALA FL. IN THE LATE 90s.
STARTING LIFE AS A TEENAGER, PAPER BOI STARTED RECORDING HIS FIRST MIX TAPES ON TAPE PLAYERS & PASSIN THEM AROUND HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. HIS TALENT FOR PUTTING WORDS TOGETHER WITHOUT CURSING OR KILLING SOMEONE IN EVERY BAR REALLY GOT THE RESPECT & RAP CREDABILITY OF MANY ADULTS & TEENAGERS HIS AGE.KNOWING THAT HE HAD A GIFT FOR RAPPING, PAPER WANTED TO QUIT SCHOOL & REALLY START PERSUING THIS DREAM. AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN HE WAS SENT TO MARION COUNTY'S JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER FOR TRUINCY, WHICH STARTED A SNOWBALL EFFECT OF CHARGES. BY THE TIME HE WAS 17 PAPER WAS SENT TO TWO THIRTY DAY JUVENILE PROGRAMS IN KISSIMME FL., A 6 MONTH OUTDOOR PROGRAM IN YULLEE FL, LIVED IN TWO RUN-AWAY HOMES & WITNESSED THE BIRTH OF HIS FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.
WANTING HIM TO START FRESH AS AN ADULT, HIS MOTHER MOVED HIM TO GAINESVILLE FL., WHERE HE ATTENTED EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL. HATING THE IDEA OF HER YOUNGEST SON FOLLOWING THE PATH OF HIS OLDER BROTHERS, HIS MOTHER GOT HIM INVOLVED IN BASKETBALL TO KEEP HIS MIND ON SCHOOL. PAPER PLAYED JV AS A FRESHMAN & ATTENDED THE 2004 AND 1 MIXTAPE TOUR PLAYING ALONG SIDE "HOT SAUCE' & "WHITE CHOCOLATE" AT SANTA FE COMM COLLEGE IN GAINESVILLE FL. HE ALSO APPEARED ON THE ESPN SHOW AND1 IN GEORGIA FOR OPEN RUN. NOT BEING OF AGE HE WASNT ALOWED TO TOUR WITH THE PLAYERS WHICH KIND OF SHOT HIS DREAM FOR BASKETBALL. AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS SON & SECOND CHILD HE PICKED UP THE MIC AGAIN, RECEIVED HIS GED & BEGIN RELEASING MORE MIX TAPES. AT THIS TIME, HE WAS KNOW AS A BATTLE RAPPER.
WINNING THE HALOWEEN BATTLE RAP CONTEST HOSTED BY 102 JAMZ & SEVERAL CALL OUTS. AT 19 HE MOVED BACK TO OCALA TO HIT THE STREETS WITH HIS 1st CD ENTITLED "BEST RAPPER UNSIGNED VOL.1" SOLD ONLY TO THE LOCAL AREA & FRIENDS ROUND TOWN, HE STARTED TO GET THE RECOGNITION WHICH WAS PAST DUE. RAPPING OF INCIDENTS HE HAS ENCOUNTERED LIKE "SHOOT ATCHO HEAD" WHICH IS A TRACK SPEAKING OF PAPER BEING SHOT AT SEVERAL TIMES IN STEEPLE CHASE APTS STARTED CATCHING THE ATTENION OF THE "STREETS". IN 2007 WITH THE RELEASE OF VOL.2, PAPER STRUCK THE INTERNET & HOODS EVERYWHERE WITH THE ATTENTION GRABBING DISS TRAK ON FT. MYERS RECORDING ARTIST "PLIES". SHOOTING A VIDEO OF THE SINGLE & PUTTING IT ON DVDS MAKING VOL.2 A DOUBLE DISC REALLY CREATED A BUZZ FOR THE 20 YEAR OLD RAPPER. BUT IT ALSO BROUGHT A LITTLE MISFORTUNE HIS WAY. AFTER BEING SHOT IN HIS RIGHT KNEE & LOWER TORSO PAPER WAS HOSPITALIZED & TREATED WITH SEVERAL SCRAPES AND BULLET WOUNDS. BUT DETERMINED TO GET BACK IN THE STUDIO HE REFUSED TO STAY OVER NIGHT AND WAS RELEASED THE SAME DAY. HAVING OVER 100,000 PLAYS ON YOUTUBE & GOSSIP THROUGHTOUT THE INTERNET ABOUT THE TRACK CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE 27 YEAR OLD MANAGER/C.E.O./MODEL "DIAMOND SINAI". TAKING HIS FIRST STEP INTO A BIG WORLD PAPER HAS DONE MANY EXPOSURE SHOWS AROUND GAINESVILLE. OPENING FOR MANY MAINSTREAM ARTISTS IN CENTRAL FL. ALTHOUGH HE WASNT THE MAIN ATTRACTION, PAPER WAS STILL RECOGNIZED & ACKNOWLEDGED FOR HIS CREATIVITY & MUSIC. NOW COLLABING WITH OTHER LOCAL ARTIST AND AFFILIATED WITH STREET MONEY RECORDS PAPER IS STILL CONSIDERED THE BEST RAPPER UNSIGNED, IS WORKING ON HIS THIRD MIX TAPE & STILL LOOKING FOR THAT MAJOR DEAL.

BY: DWAYNE HENDERSON