| About J. SKILLZ THE KING (A.N.B.O.S MUSIC & ENT.)) | J. Skillz The King: Bio J. Skillz is a multi-talented artist/producer from Carthage, Mississippi. He is also the founder and C.E.O. of A.N.B.O.S. Music & Entertainment, which is an independant label based out of Jackson, MS. He has been on the underground hip hop scene since 2006 making a name for himself through out the streets in the south to becoming one of the "Greatest" in the game. At the age of 15, J. Skillz started experimenting with rapping, performing at house parties, and freestyling with childhood friends. It wasn't until the age of 18 when he started taking his music more seriously. He began learning how to make his own beats, and eventually producing for other local artist in the area. J.Skillz linked up with child hood friend and cousin Christoper Tate a.k.a. Ceno Surpreme to form their group FLATLINE FOOT SOLDIERS. The members of the group were J.Skillz (known as Skillz then) Ceno, Jackball G., Hollow Tip, and Slugg G. They recorded their first independent album in 2004, But was never released. Due to personal circumstances, some members of the group had to relocate. which left J. Skillz in Mississippi by him self. By the age 21, J. Skillz took his talents to Jackson, MS where he was running a recording studio in West Jackson, MS ironically it was called "The Studio" which was loacated in the Metro Center Mall. This is where J. Skillz started getting a buzz in the capitol city of Mississippi as a producer. After nearly a year of working at "The Studio" J. skillz was approaced by Deep South Productions C.E.O. whom was in ties with Interscope Records. J. Skillz was originally offerd to be signed on to Deep South Productions as a house producer for the company, but the C.E.O. learned that J. Skillz was also an artist wit alot of potentiel. So they signed him as an artist/producer. They started recording his debut project "J.Skillz: On Da Map". During the process of recording, J.Skillz was begining to create quite a buzz for an independant artist in the Jackson area with his street single "Boppaz feat. J. Cutta, & Platinum C." After recording the majority of the album , in the middle of 2007, the C.E.O. unprofessionally disappeared. Leaving J.Skillz With another unreleased album. But instead of giving up J.Skillz took it upon himself to obtaine all the rights to his music and started his own label called A.N.B.O.S. Music & Entertainment. A.N.B.O.S. means A NEW BREED OF SOUTH. He began putting all his songs on mixtapes. cleverly titling it "This Ain't Even The Album" releasing them through out the streets of Mississippi. Reaching cities in other states like Alambama, Louisiana, Texas, and Ohio. Eventually linking up with Jackson's own T.N.C. TOP NOTCH CLICK, PLATINUM C., MISTA KLEAN, 3D, REECE$MONEY, & SHAN MAC, to form the dynamic group A.N.B.O.S. SQUAD. In 2008 the group released thier compilation mixtape "A.N.B.O.S.:THE MOVEMENT" which did extremely well in the streets moving over 5000 copies. In 2009 J. Skillz was responsible for producing three of the hottest singles to come out of mississippi with "I Just Wanna Talk 2 U" by Smacka Batch, "Paper Chasers" by Treasure Troll, and "Showin Out" by Rah Fontaine. As well as getting his own single "Haccuna Matata feat. 3d, & Reece$Money" from his second Mixtape titled "I'm Gon Shyne" into heavy rotation on Hot 97.7 in Jackson, MS. In 2010 J. Skillz changed his name to "J.Skillz The King" due to alot of other artist named Skillz and J.Skillz. That way it would cut alot of the confusion down so that his fans can identify his music easier. It's 2011 and J. Skillz The King has been recording his official debut album "Legendary" with the lead single "Drop It Like It's Hot" feat. Reece$Money. We should all look foward to witnessing one of the greatest of our time do his thing. J. Skillz The King is very essential to today's hip hop culture with his addictive beats and versitile flow. It would be a cotastrophy for the world to go on with out hearing his music. |
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