MARRIED TO MY PAYCHECKS,THE LOUGINIAN,FROM THA LOU 2 THA R IS A FEW OF THE SLOGANS YOUNG AVE (N.E. MIKE JAMES)USES TO PROMOTE HIMSELF & HIS MUSIC. THE YOUNG MC/SONGWRITER FROM ST.LOUIS BY WAY RICHMOND[RICH CITY],VIRGINIA HAS A STYLE UNORTHODOX BUT GROUNDBREAKING. WITH HAVING A MIDWEST SWAGGER,AND SOME SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY IN THE MIX, YOUNG AVE IS DETERMINED TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP.
THE BI-COASTAL MC WHO REPS TWO CITIES CLAIMS WITH HIM DOING THAT, HE'S INFORMING THE MUSIC WORLD IT'S NOT A GIMMICK IT'S HIS LIFE. GIVING ODE TO THE TWO CITIES HE'S REPRESENTING BY SAYING, ST.LOUIS GAVE HIM HIS SWAGGER [IDENTITY], AND RICHMOND [RICH CITY] GIVING HIM HIS HUNGER. AVENUE [YOUNG AVE FOR SHORT] STARTED SPITTIN' IN THE LOU AT THE AGE OF 5. BUT DUE TO THE LIVING CONDITIONS THERE [IN ST.LOUIS] HE WAS FORCED TO RELOCATE TO RICHMOND, VIRGINIA FOR A BETTER LIFE WHERE HE PERFCTED HIS CRAFT. EVEN THOUGH WHAT HE'S DOING HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN MUSIC,HIS MAIN PURPOSE BEHIND HIS TWO CITY CAMPAIGN IS FOR ST.LOUIS TO HELP PUT ON RICHMOND THE SAME WAY ATLANTA DID FOR ST.LOUIS. WITH HIM HAVING FACED TOUGH OBSTACLES AT A YOUNG AGE,HE PICKED UP THE LOVE OF MUSIC EARLY IN HIS CHILDHOOD. AT THE AGE OF 11, HE DECIDED TO PURSUE MUSIC PROFESSIONALLY. BY THE TIME HE WAS A TEENAGER, HE GAINED ATTENTION THROUGH RAP BATTLES RANGING FROM HOUSE PARTIES TO WINNING OVER LARGE CROWDS IN CIPHERS, WHICH LANDED HIM AN OFFER AT JIVE RECORDS THROUGH A FRIEND HE MET IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE OFFER WAS TURNED DOWN, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE THE LAST OFFER HE WOULD SEE.
314 TO THA 804: LIFE & MUSIC 1 MAN.....2 CITIES.....YOUNG AVE FROM STRUGGLE TO STARDOM
