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NICADEMUZ IS FOUNDER AND CEO OF NABAHOOD ENTERTAINMENT. HE HAS BEEN IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS IN SOME FORM OR FASHION FOR THE LAST 9YRS. HE WAS BORN IN RICHMOND CO. NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF HIS BIRTH DUE TO A SHOOTING HIS FATHER WAS INVOLVED IN. HIS FATHER MOVED HIM AND HIS MOTHER WITH HIM TO CROWN HEIGHTS BROOKLYN, WHERE THEY LIVED FOR 9YRS. DUE TO A DETERIORATING FAMILY STRUCTURE DUE IN MOST PART TO RAMPANT DRUG USE AND INCREASING POVERTY NICADEMUZ AND HIS MOTHER WERE FORCED TO LEAVE HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER BEHIND AND HEAD FOR D.C. IN HOPES OF A BETTER LIFE. THAT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME NICADEMUZ SAW HIS FATHER UNTIL THE DAY OF HIS FUNERAL JUNE 13, 2003. AFTER LIVING IN D.C. THE NATIONS CAPITOL FOR APPROX 1YR, HIS MOTHER FOUND A PROMISING JOB WITH MCI, WHICH FORCED HER TO MOVE TO ATLANTA GA, DUE TO LACK OF RESOURCES AND FINANCES NICADEMUZ WAS SENT TO LIVE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER IN RICHMOND CO. NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE HE LIVED FOR A FEW MONTHS BEFORE HEADING OUT WEST TO LOS ANGELES CO. CALIFORNIA TO ONCE AGAIN LIVE WITH HIS MOTHER, AND NOW HER NEW SOON TO BE HUSBAND. LIFE WAS NOT MUCH BETTER FOR HIM IN CALIFORNIA WHERE HE LIVED IN A 2 BEDROOM APT WITH HIS MOTHER, HER FIANCÉ AND A MALE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. IT WASNT LONG BEFORE NICADEMUZ LIKE MANY OTHER YOUTHS AT THE TIME BEGAN TO GET ENGULFED IN THE STREET LIFE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHICH INCLUDED STREET GANGS. NICADEMUZ AT THE AGE OF 10 WAS PART OF A CRIMINAL BAND OF YOUTHS THAT SPECIALIZED IN DEPT STORE THEFT. HE WAS EVENTUALLY CAUGHT AND ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRIMES. NICADEMUZ WAS KNOWN BY THE OLDER KIDS FROM AROUND THE AREA TO BE A SOLDIER NEVER BACKING DOWN FROM ANY FIGHT OR CONFRONTATION WHICH EARNED HIM A REPUTATION AMONGST HIS PEERS. HE OFTEN VISITED HIS UNCLE "INGLEWOOD BRUCE" IN INGLEWOOD CALIFORNIA WHICH WAS AT THAT TIME A PREDOMINANTLY BLOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE NICADEMUZ WAS CONFRONTED AND HARASSED BY SOME YOUTH BLOOD GANG MEMBERS WHICH HELPED SPARK HIS DISLIKE TOWARDS THEM AT THE TIME. THIS IS AROUND THE TIME NICADEMUZ WROTE HIS FIRST RAP SONG, A REMAKE TO A EAZY-E CLASSIC "2 HARD MOTHAFUCKAS" WHERE HE CHANGED THE WORDS AROUND TO FIT INTO HIS CURRENT LIFE SITUATIONS. DUE TO NICADEMUZ' MOTHER MARRYING A U.S. MARINE HE WAS MOVED TO JAPAN WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS SISTER AND HIS BROTHER. HE ENJOYED A NEW FOUND HAPPINESS IN JAPAN A PEACEFUL PLACE ONLY TO HAVE IT CRUSHED WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE STATES YUMA, ARIZONA TO BE ONCE AGAIN ENGULFED AND EMBRACED BY THE GANGSTER LIFE STYLE HE ESCAPED CALIFORNIA FOR. NICADEMUZ OR "SNOOP" AS HIS HOMEBOYZ CALLED HIM HE WOULD EVENTUALLY ALIGN HIMSELF WITH THE "13TH AVE CARVER PARK CRIPS" A NABAHOOD GANG. THE GANG HAD A REPUTATION OF BEING SWIFT AND BRUTAL IN ITS RETALIATION TACTICS AGAINST ENEMY GANG MEMBERS AND NON AFFILIATES AS WELL, WITH MEMBERSHIP ESTIMATED AT AROUND 350 THIS WAS THE LARGEST CRIP GANG IN YUMA. THIS LIFE STYLE WOULD HAVE NICADEMUZ SHOOTING AND DUCKING FOR HIS LIFE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. INCLUDING A AMBUSH AT A LOCAL DRIVE THRU FROM A RIVAL MEXICAN GANG WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO A ONGOING DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO FACTIONS. THIS IS AROUND THE TIME NICADEMUZ GOT SERIOUS ABOUT RAPPING AND JOINED A GROUP OF HIS CRIP PEERS CALLED P.O.I. (PROFITS OF INSANITY) WHICH CONSISTED OF PLAYBOY D, LUNATIC LOC, L.A.C. , RAYMOND REDD, AND A MEXICAN BY THE NAME OF BOOBAS AS D.J. THE GROUP PERFORMED AT LOCAL CAR SHOWS AND HOUSE PARTIES EARNING THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP A REPUTATION OF NOT ONLY BEING GANGSTERS BUT RAPPERS AS WELL. AROUND THIS SAME TIME NICADEMUZ' GIRLFRIEND WAS EXPECTING A BABY WHICH GREATLY CHANGED HIS PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE. IN HOPES OF PROVIDING A BETTER LIFE FOR HIS NEWLY BORN DAUGHTER HE DECIDED TO SHORTSTOP HIS ATHLETIC CAREER TO JOIN THE U.S. AIR FORCE. HE WAS A NATURAL LEADER AND THE AIR FORCE TOOK NOTICE TO THAT AND MADE HIM THE LEADER OF HIS ENTIRE PLATOON IN BOOT CAMP. NICADEMUZ HAD THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH ALL RACES OF PEOPLE AND WAS TAUGHT AT A YOUNG AGE BY HIS NEW FATHER TO NEVER BE A FOLLOWER AND SHOW RESPECT WHEN RESPECT IS SHOWN. HE EXCELLED IN HIS ACADEMIC MILITARY STUDIES BUT WAS UNEASY WITH THE NEW MILITARY HISTORY HE WAS LEARNING AND AFTER SPENDING QUALITY YEARS IN THE MILITARY HE DECIDED HE SHOULD MOVE ON. NICADEMUZ WAS KNOWN AS A ORGANIZER AND AS SOMEONE WHO TRIED TO UNITE THE PEOPLE THROUGH EDUCATION AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF A COMMON ENEMY. HE AND HIS WIFE OF 3YRS EVENTUALLY GREW APART AND WENT THERE SEPARATE WAYS ON PRETTY GOOD TERMS. NICADEMUZ NOW LIVING IN ATLANTA GEORGIA WAS EXPOSED TO A NEW BLACK REJUVENATION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN ATLANTA, "THE NEW BLACK MECCA" AS IT WAS DUBBED. NICADEMUZ ALONG WITH HIS UNCLE "BIG SNOOP" COUSINS A-WAX, TOOBIE, ALONZOE, KEV, AND FRIEND FURIOUS FURY WOULD BECOME HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE BLACK SOCIAL MOVEMENT IN THE AREA. DUE TO ATLANTA'S GROWING ENTERTAINMENT PRESENCE NICADEMUZ AND FURIOUS FURY WOULD ALSO COME IN CONTACT WITH DOZENS OF INDUSTY HEADS, FROM AFENI SHAKUR, THE OUTLAWZ, BIG SYKE, TO MIKE TYSON. NICADEMUZ WAS EVENTUALLY OFFERED A RECORDING CONTRACT FROM MERCURY RECORDS BUT DECLINED IT DUE TO DISSATISFACTION OF THE TERMS. HE EVENTUALLY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF STARTING HIS OWN INDEPENDENT LABEL. WHICH STILL WOULDN'T FULLY SURFACE FOR ANOTHER 3YRS. HIS EAST COAST AFFILIATES TODAY INCLUDE SINFUL ENT., AND D.U.I. RECORDZ, TOGETHER THEY MAKE UP THE SUPER CONGLOMERATE "TRILATERAL COMMISSION". NICADEMUZ' MAJOR INFLUENCES IN THE RAP GAME RANGE FROM EAZY-E, ICE CUBE, DJ QUIK, SPICE-1 2PAC, C-BO, E-40, DR. DRE, SNOOP DOGG AND THE WHOLE DOGGPOUND TO PUBLIC ENEMY, PARIS, DEAD PREZ, JUNGLE BROTHAS, KRS-1, BIG DADDY KANE, FAT BOYS, LL COOL J, RAKIM, NAS, JAY-Z, AND THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. JUST TO NAME A FEW. ALTHOUGH HE WAS ACTIVE WITH GANGS AS A YOUTH HIS GOAL NOW IS TO UNITE THE PEOPLE THROUGH EDUCATION WHICH HE FEELS WILL PROVIDE BETTER OPPORTUNITY. HE NOW MAKES HIS HOME IN TAMPA FLA, AS HE CALLS IT "A HOME AWAY FROM HOME" WHERE HE HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AND HIS LABEL AS A PREMIER COMPANY WITH A STRONG FOUNDATION AND A PROMISING FUTURE.
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