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Checks & Stripes

There aren't many rappers walking the real Edgewood streets of East Atlanta's Zone 6. The real vs fake debate can be made for most of today's artists, not just trendsetting ATLiens, but rappers from every region have to deal with authenticity issues. In walks VL Deck, a self-described Section 8 resident. So project gutter that labels wouldn't consider signing the young kid whose initials stand for Vicious Living (the Deck is a street name he's had since diapers). After being brushed off and looked over by so many, the perpetual underdog with the raspy southern voice named his self-financed imprint S8Ent. Willing himself to succeed, VL Deck found his tone, and began to speak to the people in a way that resonated. Armed with the voice of a baptist preacher and the vernaclar of a geechie red dirt georgia native, Deck's verses became sermons; and the congregration grew rapidly. Remaining consistent "on both sides" has led to collaborations with Future, Young Thug, 21 Savage & others; a great boost to streaming numbers, but not celebrated due to the loss of his brother to street violence. The pain was a blow that affected everything around VL Deck. Yet he worked through that fog to emerge triumphant. With red tape slowing down the release of breakout project "BJ4L", VL pulls out a few jewels from his current sessions for an exclusive release with datpiff. This 6 song EP is a masterpiece for its niche. Passionate and agressive. Celebratory & retrospective. Project Music Volume 1 speaks to the heart of the hardcore street rap fan.

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The Purge

TRAP
Not specifically a place where drugs are sold, rather, The ghetto, specifically the ghetto in Atlanta. Called the trap because people there are stuck in a cycle of selling drugs and hustling to survive, and are therefore "trapped" and unable to leave and make a better life for themselves.

PASTOR
a Pastor is someone who preaches the Gospel - the word Pastor also means shepherd because he leads the people safely to sanctuary and away from danger.

Zone 6’s VL Deck seemed stuck in the trenches for a long time. Refusing to follow the majority of artists who seek major label publicity (often at the expense of their ownership). The man known as Vicious Living Deck invested it all in himself & his Section 8 Ent label. Project after project was  released & embraced by the ppl the music was meant to touch: the trenches.

Years of steady growth under the radar  & away from the new internet gimickry trends mislead some ppl into believing VL Deck wasn’t a viable artist. They say trap is dying, gotta do something different,  rap has no use for another trap artist. All these statements ring true in a way from a music perspective, but in real life there’s an element of our society who survives day to day without ever learning what “living” is. These are VL Deck’s  growing congregation.
 “I named my company based on the environment I’m from. My music is for my ppl who grew up on section 8 in them projects & apartments. I’m proof to them and to the world that you can be yourself and make it. I’m proud to say that all the features on my projects is based on real relationships. Having 21 Savage & Youngboy on the project is big; but I got a up and comer on here: Ola Runt; and you know ion drop no project without the Juug King Young Scooter. This a sermon to the Section 8ers right here. I ain’t preaching - but my words the gospel truth, in person and in songs. I got my all in this shit and I’m blessed to see it working.”

Come as you are to the service. The Trap Pastor will never judge. “Trap Pastor” from VL Deck available everywhere you get your music!

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