"Authentic"

Authentic is a 23-year-old hip-hop artist, producer, and entrepreneur from Colorado. In 2001, Authentic began his journey into the hip-hop music scene by making hip-hop beats. The more beats he made, the more he began writing lyrics to support them. Being a product of the rap generation, it took him some time to develop his own style and figure out who he was going to be as an artist, and as a producer.

In 2001, Authentic recorded his first song. While in the process of writing this song, he decided that he wanted to handle all aspects of the music that he would create. The first track was recorded on a laptop computer, with a $10 headset microphone. Following his first, he recorded 15 more tracks. His music revolved around what he knew at that time. Issues with his son’s mother, legal troubles, anger, and depression. Since he recorded his first CD off a head set Mic, the fuse has been lit. He did realize that the quality was poor, and he had to step it up, if he wanted to be taken s