Over the year's Charlie has establish himself to be a leader not only in the hip-hop genre but in music in general in the local scene. Born in London Ontario but raised in the home town of Chatham Ontario. the singer,rapper, song writer and performer started real young with his love of music at a young age.  He began expressing himself with music, performing leads in his church choirs from that he really learned a lot about his voice and the unique sound that it had. Now during this time as this was happening the music industry was rapidly changing. Hip-hop, rap and R&B music was now becoming mainstream. Creating stars like Boyz 2 men, Mariah Carey New Edition, Michael Jackson and 2pac etc. So a young performer Charlie became influence by these great performers and started a creative expression for himself. He wanted to write his own songs while maintaining his studies in school as he competed in track and field.   In 2005 Charlie started releasing music as an artist and later on that year he would record his first single and begin social networking via social media.  The only other local music artist other then himself at that time that was really pushing and creating a buzz for themselves was Jessica Allossery.  So Charlie took great pride in working hard to make the name "Chatham" standout in the industry.  He has made a push in his music career creating many online videos and releasing a large amount of free music for his fans. Since 2005 Charlie has put out 13 mixtapes, an EP, and 2 albums.  On Nov 29th/2012 Charlie Left his longtime label that he helped create Playasville to pursuit things on his own. Music runs deep in Charlie's family as his grandparents, uncle's, and even his own father have performed live. Being famous or rich from music has never been important to Charlie at all. He just wants to be a role model and someone that the younger generation can look up too.

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