Coming out of the southside of ATL is the artist B.A.M.A. bringing words
\nof substance to ears of the believers that RAP and HIP-HOP is alive, and
\nwell represented in the \u201cDirty South\u201d. The artist, yes we said artist
\nsince anybody can rap, but it takes an artist to take words and paint a
\npicture, and this is what you will get from the artist B.A.M.A. The
\npictures that B.A.M.A. paints are ones of real life struggles, the ups and
\ndowns coming up in of Atlanta, Ga.<\/p>\n
B.A.M.A said his life lessons were learned here in Atlanta starting at
\nthe age of three when his family moved to Atlanta\u2019s Overlook Apartments
\nand Honey Hole Projects in the community of Bankhead where he, his mom,
\nbrothers and sisters lived. There he attended Carter G. Woodson
\nElementary and later Stewart Middle School. B.A.M.A. at a young age used
\nwriting as an escape to take his mind off what he was seeing in the hood
\nand his mother life struggles as she tried to provide for him and his
\nbrothers & sisters.<\/p>\n
Even though his mother tried to provide as much as she could she too
\nbecame a victim of life’s struggles by being locked up and ultimately
\nlosing her children to Atlanta\u2019s DFACS system. B.A.M.A. said this is when
\nhis life changed for the worst. He wrote even more, trying to escape what
\nhe and his siblings were going through as they were separated, and sent
\nfrom home to home, shelter to shelter and eventually back to their mom.<\/p>\n
B.A.M.A. says for a while things were looking up, but an event took place
\nthat would change his life forever. His stepfather was charged with
\nattempted murder and locked up for life for trying to kill his mom. \u201cThat
\none situation changed my life because I was there and saw it all, and
\ncould not stop it. It\u2019s just some things a kid should not see and even
\nmore worst I had to help clean up the blood…just wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n
Following that horrific event B.A.M.A. and his sibling moved in with their
\nAunt Dottie and Uncle Cleve off Conley St. on Atlanta\u2019s southside. There
\nB.A.M.A. says he wrote his first song of true inspiration for his mom
\nentitled \u201cStruggles.\u201d She loved it and encouraged him to write even more
\nsongs. It is true that, \u201cFrom Concrete Roses Do Bloom\u201d and from that
\nmoment going forward B.A.M.A. has been writing and rapping.<\/p>\n
B.A.M.A.\u2019s first open-mic was Atlanta radio station, Hot 107.9\u2019s \u201cAkini
\nDa Black Mac\u201d Blues in the Alley. This was where artists in the ATL came
\nto compete to see who was going to be invited back for each month \u201cBest
\nof the Best.\u201d As a result you would be seen by some of Atlanta\u2019s leading
\ncelebs, DJ\u2019s, Radio Station Personalities, and Record Labels. B.A.M.A
\nsaid he has performed at every open mic in the city of Atlanta, but
\nAkini\u2019s open mics from the Royal Peacock to Throbacks brought out the
\nbest talent in the ATL. Competing against such talented artists made him
\nwork even harder to improve his writing skills. It was from those
\nopen-mics B.A.M.A. wrote songs like \u201cTry Harder\u201d and \u201cLonesome\u201d which can
\nbe found on his first mixtape hosted by DJ Scream.<\/p>\n
In 2008 as B.A.M.A. worked the ATL underground music scene he got the
\nattention of Young Jeezy, and was signed his first record deal under
\nJeezy\u2019s label, CTE. B.A.M.A. said that was one of his happiest moments
\nbecause he knew he was ready to move up in the music game and he really
\nrespects how Young Jeezy came from the bottom up just like him. However,
\nin 2009 came a few events that would cause B.A.M.A. to re-evaluate
\neverything. One was the infamous night at \u201cLucky Lounge\u201d where an
\naltercation took place and B.A.M.A. almost lost his life. The other event
\nwas him parting ways with CTE. Even though B.A.M.A. respects Jeezy for
\ngiving him the opportunity, he felt it was time to move forward.<\/p>\n
B.A.M.A. has released his 3rd mixtape entitled, \u201cHello World: Above the
\nIlluminati.\u201d The hoods are buzzing and fans on all over the Internet
\nclicking on www.livemixtapes.com to download his latest mixtape which has
\nover 35,000 download in a matter of a couple of weeks. B.A.M.A.
\nattributes his latest mixtape release success to just giving the people
\nwhat they want…..real life music.<\/p>\n
So what\u2019s next for B.A.M.A.? He\u2019s headed to Europe in March 2011 and from
\nthere on to more major deals in the music industry as B.A.M.A says, \u201cHello
\nWorld.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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