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BORN IN BRED IN THE SUBURBS OF YONKERS, NY, MUSIC WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING FOR WHICH I HAD A STRONG PASSION, ALONG WITH SPORTS AND OTHER HOBBIES, MY AMBITION TO WRITE AND RECORD MUSIC WAS INTENSIFIED BEING AROUND FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ALSO SHARED SIMILAR INTERESTS. CREATING MUSIC AND ENTERTAINING CAME NATURAL FOR ME. PERFORMING AT A YOUNG AGE, PEOPLE BESTOWED UPON ME THE NAME "YUNGRELL," USING PART OF MY NAME AND REFERENCING MY YOUTHFULNESSS. SOMEHOW THEY SAW GREAT POTENTIAL WATCHING ME ENJOY SHARING MY CRAFT. THIS EXCITEMENT IGNITED MY INSPIRATION TO PURSUE MY PASSION FOR  MUSIC. I THOUGHT IT WAS WISE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DEVELOP MY TALENT AND FIND MY NICHE AS WELL AS A COMPLIMENTARY IMAGE, AS I SAW EARLY THE NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE MYSELF FROM OTHERS WHO HAD SIMILAR DESIRES TO SHARE THEIR MUSICAL TALENTS. 




TRAVELING EXTENSIVELY AND EXPERIENCING THE BEAUTY OF OTHER CULTURES, TO WHICH I SEEMED TO EFFORTLESSLY ADAPT, I CHOSE TO CHANGE MY NAME FROM "YUNGRELL" TO "EURO." MY RELOCATION TO ATLANTA THEN DALLAS AND BACK TO NY WAS EQUALLY INFLUENTIAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MY SKILLSET. I'M NOW PHYSICALLY REUNITED WITH MY TEAM, PAPER AVE, AND I'M CONTINUING TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES THROUGH THE MUSICAL GIFTS WITH WHICH I HAVE BEEN BLESSED AS I CONTINUE TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS THROUGH THIS VISE OF ENTERTAINMENT, THE GOAL TO WHICH I AM COMMITTED IS TO EVOLVE AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND AN ARTIST TO INCREASE MY ABILITY TO CONNECT TO THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO JOIN ME ON MY JOURNEY

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