• Official Biography
  

Official Biography: Str8jakkett is beyond image, beyond hype, and beyond the paradigms of formulaic musicmaking. With a pummeling rap style and a flow that surges like a raging river, the Kansas-City based MC is one of the most unique spitters in Midwestern Hip-Hop. A legend in his Topeka hometown and a well-known veteran of the regional rap scene, Str8jakkett offers a peerless voice that stands head and shoulders above the competition. Str8jakkett was the original founder of DVS Mindz, one of the Midwest's most respected Hip-Hop groups. Formed in 1993 while the members were still in their teens, the Topeka, Kansas quintet barnstormed the region with an unforgettable sound and image that reflected the group's mean-street origins. DVS Mindz's seminal debut, Million Dolla Broke Niggaz, was hailed as a Midwest classic, packed with memorable songs and beats that stuck to the brain like cranial fluid. Str8jakkett's influence can be heard all over the album -- from the first notes of the introduction, a headspinning freestyle to "Me, Myself, and I Prevail" a solo track that found Str8jakkett battling the three sides of his schizophrenic personality: Stu, the affable everyman; Special Agent Wrexxx, a dangerous psychopath; and Str8jakkett, the rap phenomenon with the unbeatable flow. In its ten years together, DVS Mindz earned a reputation as one of the region's fiercest live acts; the band's concerts were cathartic energy blasts that became one of the most popular shows in the area. Working its way up from house-parties, sugar shacks, strip clubs. and other tawdry venues, DVS went on to share stages with a number of Hip-Hop hall-of-famers, including Wu Tang Clan, Run DMC, Digital Underground, Too Short, De La Soul and dozens more. When DVS finally called it quits earlier this year, local Hip-Hop fans buzzed with speculation as to what would happen next. While all five members of DVS pursued various projects, Str8jakkett hit the studio like a madman, cranking out a number of far-reaching rap anthems that covered a range of topics never previously imagined -- as if all of those years in DVS paid sonic dividends in his solo work. Eventually, the best of these recordings were compiled into Str8jakkett's debut solo outing, Napalm. NAPALM bursts out of the gate with the brash energy of its lead single, "Take It There," a red-hot track that underscores Str8jakkett's keen ability to twist everyday phrases into interesting new shapes. One listen and you'll instantly recognize the sound of a seasoned rap veteran at the very top of his game. A new era had dawned for Midwest Hip-Hop and Str8jakkett is taking us there. Ill Crew Universal is proud to have this amazing artist as our official spokesperson. With a mouthpiece like Stuart's, its no wonder why Ill Crew Universal is the illest Hip-Hop organization in the world! Footnote: Str8jakket is the NUMBER 1 played artist this month at Hitquarters.com and one of the most celebrated artists featured on the Ill Crew Universal MySpace Music page. Updated: 05/21/2005 Source: http://www.11third.com

Reference Links:

• http://www.11third.com
• http://www.hitquarters.com/Str8_Jakkett
• http://www.illcrew.org/str8jakt.html
• http://www.myspace.com/illcrewuniversal