Wednesday, March 14   9:10 p.m.
Eternal   (418 E 6th St)

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realness artist/writer/producer/founder

Here is a Houston native; born in

Houston(college field apts.) third ward,

raised in the hoods: sunny-side,

south acres and briargate. Later,

while in Chicago, his older cousin

Lewis decided it was time for some reality,

since lil cuz spent most of his

teenage life in the burbs

. The streets

of Chi- town were quite different

than the streets /burbs of Houston.

This helped to broaden young

ness's street perception.

Not wanting to live off of his cousins

rep,ness and some friends from Brooklyn & Detroit started earning their keep in the

windy city streets. They were on a mission to prove who could be the grimmiest.

Later ness moved onto Japan. In a years time he was rhyming on

the street trains and making money in clubs.

He first started (rapping) in92 in Japan, after freestyling on the Yokohama-line

, and being discovered by a well known Hiphop rapper, residing in Tokyo.

Elliott declined to step his career up a level, by turning down an offer to work for

the Yakusa(Japanese mafia), in the club industry. 94, back at home.

Ness started the ek squad in '98, moved 10k on mp3/streets.

And now he's back, with new friends. Dj- Iszm holds nessdown in LongBeach;

Dj-ready cee in The Bronx; Dj-cash in Tokyo & The m.o.v.e. (band) in

Houston, soon to be world-wide. He still works in Japan on occassion. He has

started the m.ov.e. band, contracted danielson marketing, and is now seeking

investors to up the ante.