About DA TYKOON
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DA TYKOON , FORMERLY KNOWN AS "GUTTA DA TYKOON", STARTED RAPPING AT THE AGE OF 12. BY THE AGE OF 17 HE JOINED BIG WAR
RECORDS, AN UP & COMING RECORD LABEL OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA. DUE TO FINANCIAL SITUATIONS (AND A FEW INCIDENTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT),
HIS CAREER WAS PUT ON HOLD AS HE SET OUT TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGES IN HIS LIFESTYLE. AGAINST ALL ODDS DA TYKOON WAS ABLE TO RISE ABOVE THE NEGATIVITY & CONTINUED TO WORK ON HIS SKILLS AS AN ARTIST. IT WASN'T UNTILL 2005 THAT HIS LUCK BEGAN TO CHANGE. AFTER FEATURING ON A MIXTAPE AS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP "DA LOOSE CANNONZ" (MERCENARY ENTERTAINMENT), DA TYKOON WAS GIVEN THE EXPOSURE HE NEEDED TO FINALLY GET AHOLD OF AN AUDIENCE WILLING TO HEAR HIS STORY. MARCH 2006 HE RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO MIXTAPE, "DA BLUEPRINT 4.15" FOLLOWED BY 4 MORE IN 9 MONTHS!
. THE FOCUS AND DIRECTION OF DA TYKOON'S SONGS HAVE BEEN VERY TRUE TO LIFE. THEY HAVE FOCUSED ON INDEPENDENT MONEY, HUSTLING, STREET LIFE, SURVIVAL, AND THE ENTREPRENUERIAL MIND. DA TYKOON WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO & RAISED IN THE STREETS OF SF AND SURROUNDING BAY AREA CITIES. THESE SAME STREETS HAVE BEEN THE HOME TO SUCH NOTED ARTISTS AS: E-40, TOO SHORT, HEIROGLYPHICS, DIGITAL UNDERGROUND, RAPPIN' 4-TAY,
MAC DRE, JT THE BIGGA FIGGA, KEAK DA SNEAK & MISTAH F.A.B.. CURRENTLY DA TYKOON HAS BEEN FEATURED WITH VARIOUS NOTED RAPPERS, SINGERS,AND ENTERTAINERS ON NUMEROUS ALBUMS, COMPILATIONS & DVD'S THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. IN ADDITION HE HAS ALSO PERFORMED AT SHOWS AND ON TOURS WITH SOME OF THE HOTTEST ARTISTS ON THE WEST COAST INCLUDING: SNOOP DOGG, JT THE BIGGA FIGGA, MISTAH F.A.B., TURFTALK, HOLLOWTIP, SEAN-T, BIAJE & BEEDA-WEEDA JUST TO NAME A FEW. BRINGING AN ENOURMOUS AMOUNT OF TALENT TO THE TABLE, DA TYKOON ALSO EXHIBITS A WORK ETHIC THAT IS NEEDED IN THIS INDUSTRY. HE'S AN EXECUTIVE ON BIG WAR RECORDS IN CHARGE OF THEIR MARKETING/ADVERTISING DEPT., CEO OF HIS OWN COMPANY, OUTTDAGUTTA MULTI -MEDIA AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN HELPING TO REBUILD HIS COMMUNITY. HE IS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF HIS DEBUT ALBUM,
"IT WAS ALL A DREAM" TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 2007. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE RELEASE OF THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED DVD AND SOUNDTRACK, "MAKIN MOVES" FALL 2008. THIS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AND MARKETED WORLDWIDE, IN RETAIL STORES AND ALSO ONLINE. TO DATE DA TYKOON HAS CONTINUED TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND PROGRESS, COLLABORATING WITH ARTISTS FROM DIFFERENT GENRES OF MUSIC WORLDWIDE AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO BECOME A MORE RECOGNIZED FIGURE IN THE GAME BY NETWORKING WITH VARIOUS ENTITIES. WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING HIS CAREER UNFOLD AS HE CONTINUES TO MAKE MAJOR MOVES THAT WILL FURTHER ADD TO HIS REPERTOIRE......
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