King Hitz was born in Chicago, IL as Robert Ervin, May 1, 1987. He was given a gift of singing at birth. Growing up he listened various amount of music including R&B, Blues, Classical, and many more genres. He grew up listening to his uncle's group F.E.W. who was one of the biggest influences in his life. At the age of 12 he was leader of the band at William Penn Elementary School up until he went to high school. He, also, started recording at the age 12 as well. Doing hooks for local artist throughout Chicago. As a sophomore in high school he was known as "The Choir Boy" at Manley Career Academy. Also throughout that year he attended Columbia College of Chicago for performance Poetry and traveled to Minnesota with Northwest University to speak on Youth and Poverty. Throughout the years Hitz worked on music until 2007, when he made his 1st mixtape entitled "Holy City 1on1." He 'jacked" beats from songs like PSA (Jay-z), Canon (Lil Wayne), and many others. Though Hitz was a singer, he exploited his ability to rap as well. In 2008, Robert Ervin created his own indie record label called Holy City Records, naming it after the hood he grew up in Chicago (The Holy City). Under his label he signed his brother-in-law Breon Neal (Brill A. M.) and released an album (A Man, A Myth, A Legend) and another mixtape entitled WHCR- Cold Summer Vol. 1, which was his most successful mixtape under Holy City Records. He has sense worked with other artist in Chicago, Ohio, California, and other places throughout the US. His highly anticipated album “Day Before Money” was set to release May 1, 2010 and saw even more success on the international level. Hitz is known throughout the world in places like the U. K., Germany, Japan, S. Africa, and many other places. Since the he has focused on building his fan base and getting his music to the masses. On January 24, 2013, King released his 3rd mixtape entitled "#KINGHITZ". This mixtape inspired him to change his alias from "R. B. Hitz to "King Hitz". This mixtape showed that he had matured as an artist from the last mixtapes. 6 months later he released an 11 song album entitled "Accepted & Certified", which has became very successful over time. 

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There is no such thing as free time for Chicago based rapper Poo Mack. When he's not locked into his creative process with music, he's thinking ahead to the next big trend and coming up with ways to expand his brand. Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side in the notorious Altgeld Garden Projects, young “Poo Mack” was forced to grow up fast. By the age of 12, the future emcee was knee deep in the world of street hustlers and witnessed firsthand the dedicated grind it would take to accumulate the wealth he desired. While navigating those terrains, the young go-getter began to absorb the music of Cash Money, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Jay Z,  and No Limit Records among others that would also go on to influence his own music. In 2005, Poo Mack aka Captain Mack began making music with fellow up and coming Chicagoan Paris Bueller. After a while the pair christened themselves as 'Band Kamp' after the popular movie, Band Kamp, and before long brought in producer extraordinaire Young Chop to round out the collective. Rapidly making a name for himself as one of the best young artist from Chicago, Mack has played all across the country and shared the stage with some of the hottest in the game including Chief Keef, King Louie, Lil Durk, Juicy J, and Trinidad James. With anticipation at an all-time high, Mack is putting the finishing touches on an EP that will be sure to solidify his name in music circles as one of the next artists to take over the music industry. The as of yet untitled EP will feature appearances by Kap G, Cyhi the Prynce, Kyyngg, Lil Durk, Cap 1, Jae Millz, Yung LA, JR Donato, Coldhard of “Crucial Conflict” and more. Production will be handled by from his BandKamp family Paris Beuller and Young Chop, as well as Cory Mo, Ra Ra, Swift, Mike Ray, and Shon Ceasa. As if the music weren't enough, Poo Mack is also making his mark as head of one of the hottest street wear lines in the city called P.I.L.O.T.  H.I.G.H. (Professionalism, Innovation, Leadership, Opportunity, Teamwork, Helping, Inspire, Guidance and Hope). Thus far, the fashion line has seen support from a wide array of tastemakers including Morroco Von, NBA star Bobby Simmons, Yung LA, and R&B megastar R. Kelly.

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