Kenny Edward Lewis Young, who goes by the stage name of Aceso, was born June 3,1991 on the south side of Chicago. Aceso first knew that pursuing a rap career was what he wanted to do in 6th grade when he was told he was a talented rapper. His community greatly influenced his desire for music. Along with that, his 6 year old sister and his team “SickLife” keep him motivated and moving toward his dream. SickLife was created in 2010 with him as the CEO. The talented rapper has big plans for his future, starting with the dropping of his first mixtape “Minimum Wage Millionaire” , which is scheduled to be released on March 20, 2012. “I just want to be recognized in the Music Industry as a good M.C” he says but for now, his plans are to keep doing what he loves, making his dreams a reality.

Gemini Jones is already leveraging relationships as a career DJ, headlining multiple night life events, preparing to release a monthly mixtape series, in addition to being endorsed as the official DJ for several projects.

Darryl Leroy Harper Jr., better known by his stage name Deeder tha H.G./Deeder tha Hood Great born to parents Darryl Harper Sr. and Regena Meals on August 5th 1987 Being the oldest of 5, Deeder coped with a lot of responsibility and hardships at a young age. Constantly changing residence along with his father in and out of their lives, his mother provided for him and his younger siblings with limited resources and no outside support. At this point in his life, Deeder felt it was time to make his transition from a boy to a MAN. Maintaining his marks in school by staying enrolled in honors half his school career trouble followed him like a shadow. Gang fights, felonies and fast living all became stellar elements of his young life. Deeder’s motto was “Fuck It, If One Fall, We All Fall.” Living as rebel, Deeder dropped out of high school his senior to pursue his GOD given gift, to speak through music. In and out of A&R offices such as Geffen, A&M, and Interscope, Deeder geared himself to speak power and deliver like a king. Deeder has performed with heavy hitters such as T.I.(Grand Hustle/Atlantic), Young Dro (Grand Hustle/Atlantic), and Tyrese. Collaborating with artists such as Twista(Atlantic), Lil Boosie (Asylum), and Sly Polaroid, Deeder looks to make an everlasting impact with the anticipation of his first Major mixtape release. ..

Born Mark Hill in a single 17 year old parent home on the westside of chicago He was always exsposed to the then newschool hiphop movement. Always picking up on the words of songs the 12 year old rapper (lil M.H.) would begin to write his own lyrics down, and try to and recreate the concepts, and flows of his favorite rappers at that time like lil bow wow, and all the young artist that were out at that time. It wasn’t until he meet grade school friend J’mme (j.Love) Love when the flyboy became very interested in the whole rap and producing game. He borrowed a cracked Fruity Loops 3 and went to work but felt that lyricism was his true calling so he stuck to rapping. Growing Years.. As years of high-school passed by the young lil M.H. became a freestyle machine on the skool spitin series on youtube filmed at his highschool(North Lawndale College prep) where he was deemed FlyBoy M.H. due to his affiliations with a group at his school.The two young men will continue doing their things separately then came back together when j.love had his first show at the taste of Austin and j.love asked Flyboy M.H. to assist him on stage.directly after that performance the two young men came together for a summer to create the Dynamic group Nuklear Attakk where they concocted the No Jypsies mix-tape. Flyboy and j.love rocked the whole winter and fall together meeting with OhGod and SlimCutta of StreetChartz.com. and a host of other artist promoters and C.E.O’s. As they progressed from show, and song A label by the name of Toxicated ENT. presented the opportunity for the two young men to take their talent to another level Flyboy M.H. Chose to become apart of the vision that Pierre Martel had for the label while j.love didn’t think it was the best idea. After Recently leaving the label Marky McFly Changed his name and is now on his Journey to Change the Game! Check out his new single Altitude from his 3rd Mixtape the Delorian 2

Substance, sub’ stas; noun. Essence; that of which things consists; the most important part; material of a certain kind

DAT BIZNESS, the name speaks for itself. Raised on the South Eastside of Chicago in the Germano Millgate apartments he has expressed an undying passion for his “hood”. Music has always “boiled” in his blood; he started playing the saxophone at the age of 11. After conquering the the intuitive stages of instrumentation, he began blessing the microphone at the age of 13, and not long after that he polished rhymes, delivery, and razor sharp punchlines and became a monster lyrically at 21, and now you have Dat Bizness.

ILL GORDON, best known for his rough delivery and clever metaphors, he has taken pride in lyrical prowess and always expressed creativity over gimmicks. Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, ILL was musically inclined since the age of 3 when he commenced to play the drums. Labeled as a late bloomer amongst his peers, ILL didn’t start to focus on rap until the age of 18. Out of the trenches, he became known for his fierce raps and keen punchlines.

In 2007, ILL GORDON and DAT BIZNESS rigorously worked on music together and couldn’t neglect the undeniable chemistry they shared. The more songs they completed together the more their chemistry became stronger and noticeable to anyone who heard their material. After so many features on each others projects the level on inevitability to make this an official hip hop duo was undeniable.

In 2008 they made the union official and became SUBSTANCE. They hit the ground running releasing their first mix tape “Raw Substance” Hosted by Dj Shaun T. During this time they developed buzz worthy notoriety through performances through out the Midwest at venues such as The Abbey (Chicago), B.B. Kings (Nashville,Tn), Adrianna’s (Chicago), African Festival of Arts(Chicago), Shadow Lounge (Pittsburgh, Pa) etc.They also received the award of best local hip hop group at the “Midwest Rappers Ball” at the Regal Theater. By 2010, they established a respectable following and then released the now critically acclaimed mixtape “Substance Muzik”. This mixtape received placements on influential blogsites such as Kevinnottingham.com, Chicagonow.com. They also completed three videos off of “Substance Muzik”, “All I Need” , “Cufflinks”, and “Fresh out the Oven” which all can be found on youtube.On July 23rd 2011, they released their “Substance Abuse” mixtape, which is the final installment of their “Substance Series” mixtapes. Its has received placements on influential sites such as Chicityhiphop.net, illisoulife.com, fakeshoredrive.com and Gowherehiphop.com. This mixtape has features and production from Add-2, Gemstones, Thaione Davis, All Purpose Beatz and Reg Vador. They have also completed their first three videos off of “Substance Abuse”, “Str8 Coasting”, “Bravo” and “Barz of Opera” which all can be found on youtube. During this time Substance continued to perform locally and regionally at venues such as “The Mayne Stage” (1st and only Hip Hop group to do so) (Chicago), “The Brass Rail” (Peoria, Illinois), “Cause Sound bar” (Minneapolis, MN), etc. Riding off the success of the “Substance Series” mixtapes, Substance developed a organic momentum that led into 2012. March 2012 Substance received a placement to perform at the Red Gorilla/SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Invited to attend Rhymesayers “Soundset Festival”, and first performance at the ‘A3C Festival”! (Kevinnottigham Underground Express Stage) Substance also released their fourth mixtape “Contra Mixtape” on August 1st 2012. It has received over 3000 downloads within the first two months of release. They have also released two videos off of their “Contra Mixtape”, “Go In” directed by Tyfotos and “Streets Says So” feat Vic Spencer directed by Deka Derse. Coming into 2013, Substance plan on releasing their debut album “No Grey Area” produced by All Purpose Beatz as well as pursuing the first touring opportunity.

Substance is a breath of fresh air that promotes creativity and good lyrics but most importantly good music. “Upcoming Chicago duo Substance is creating an impressive buzz and making a name for themselves with their hardcore/gritty beats and candid bars. Known for their shrill delivery and striking live show, Substance is one of the latest artists hailing form the windy city that is taking it back to the basics, which will bring you just what their name says—–Substance!”

Cayex Illah started his music career as an Ill State Assassin (a legendary Chicago based hip hop crew) and started his music production career at Creator’s Way Associated Labels (CWAL) in 1997 as an Assistant / Producer / Engineer to the Legendary Traxster, who brought you Do or Die’s platinum selling single “Po Pimp and Twista’s Gold selling album Adrenaline Rush. During Cayex’s time assisting Traxster he became very skillful at audio engineering and music production, ranking him easily as one of Chicago’s premiere producers and go to guys if you’re looking for industry ready material. Cayex is a very versatile music producer able to achieve any sound ranging from Hip Hop, R&B to Pop. In 1999 Cayex and Toxic (another ill State Assassin and producer for CWAL at the time) decided to leave CWAL to form China White Music and open their own recording studio in downtown Chicago. Soon after hearing that Toxic and Cayex were no longer at CWAL, Twista quickly approached them and immediately they became in house producers for Twista’s then new label Legit Ballin’ Records, putting out 3 releases under Legit Ballin’ Records that sold over 250,000 units each independently. In 2003 financially unhappy and realizing there was no more room for growth Cayex decided to leave China White Music and Twista’s Legit Ballin Records.Cayex is currently operating his own music production company and recording studio known as Cayex Illah Music /CIM Studios in Chicago. Some of Cayex Illah’s current works are AK Billionaire of Do or Die’s “Burnin’Rubber” & “We gettin’money”, Parkay’s “Blinded by the light” (3 Kings Mixtape), Bump J’s “I can handle it” (Dinner time Mixtape), Twista presents GMG who’s got next…, Cayex Illah “Nothin’but profit”, Cayex Illah “Rise 2 Power” (album comin’ soon), Taylor Boyz “We what the city’s been missin” (Mixtape). Cayex has produced and worked with such artists and labels as: Twista (Platinum), Do or Die (Platinum), Speedknot Mobstaz, Bun B of UGK (Platinum), Fiend (Platinum), Lil Flip (Platinum), Bump J, PHLI, DJ Sean Mac (SHADYVILLE), Parkay, Nikki Nikita, Sincere, YB Music Group, Mick Luter, Amilcar, Chella H, Mastah Killah of The Wu Tang Clan, M80 of Almighty, Payola Inc., The Rocketeers, Nick n Beans, Jay J & The Braindead Noodle Knockers, Fakeshoredrive, Big Law, Yung Berg, Aris Bo, Gemstones, Dutch Schultz, Dee Brown, Renaissance, Money Hungree Ent., 80’s Baby Ent., Skip Lava, Troy Real/The Real Label, Oobie, Petey Pablo (Gold), Mikkey Halsted, Psychodrama, Cap 1, Johnny P, Bennie Franks, Felony of Public Announcement (Platinum), Chilla Chief Snypa, Bo Deal (5X 106 & Park Freestyle Friday Champion), Belo of DOD, Rap a lot Records, Asylum, The Legion Records and many more.