D-RIPS was born on August 1st, 1991 in Pasadena and raised in Azusa, Ca. Currently resides in Oceanside. First brought up on the originals like Snoop, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Nate Dogg, Cypress Hill, and then heard about the underground scene around sophomore year high school, 2006. Living Legends, People Under the Stairs, Immortal Technique, CunninLynguists, Grouch & Eligh, Atmosphere were a handful of groups who inspired me to stay true to the culture. "I spit hot bars, I spit on cop cars, I spit game to the chicks that belong to rock stars..."-Felt That was the first song that got me hooked to the underground scene. My brother, DJ Reconnect, and I would always freestyle back and forth which made us better over time. At 14-15 years old I started writing lyrics and wrote my first good 16 bars on myspace to this girl and she liked it. At that point I knew I could write and ended up just writing for myself for self therapy. Over the years Ive bounced around from writing rhymes to painting, to doing graphic designs. Ive played baseball all my life and continued in college. I found the energy of Hip Hop to be similar to the competitive nature of sports. Fell in love with just writing deep thoughts down to beats. Small stories that have a lot of metaphors and weird examples tend to be my style of writing. My focus is to use my life experiences and find ways to connect them to how other people might feel at this time in age. Enjoy. 
To be continued....

A Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Producer and Audio Engineer. All inquiries can be directed to Kevin_vargas09@yahoo.com.

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