Adversary Adv

Adversary (ADV), was born in the Bronx NY. He lived in the Park Chester projects until he was 5 and then moved with his mother to Maryland. Over the past 13 years, Adversary has developed a very significant following in the Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia metropolitan area. He dominated the airwaves during emcee battles on the top 2 urban radio stations - WPGC 95.5 & WKYS 93.9 (6 months on air). Adversary has also posted an undefeated record in face-to-face battles. Some of his many titles include 93.9 WKYS "Ultimate Cipher Champion", Breaker's Delight 2 and 3 Battle Champion, Howard University Homecoming-ReMix Kingz Battle Champion and Showtimes "The Next Episode Battle" DC Champion. ADV's music is a breath of fresh air. He has a very raw lyrical wit not seen since Big L and NAS. He is an extremely gifted lyricist who consistently balances his crafty wordplay, consciousness and commercial mass appeal. 

In fall of 2007 ADV released a song called "Twice As High" which was showcased on XM Radio's hip hop show SubSoniq and received a tremendous response. It was selected as a top 20 single of 2007.
In the fall of 2009 through spring 2010 Adversary received national acclaim after appearing on BET's 106 & Park for 7 weeks as an undefeated Freestyle Friday ultimate champion.
Adversary was also the runner up in the 2011 Red Bull EMsee battle, a competition that incorporates sight (images) and sound (words) in which the artist has to use visual and grammatical prompts given on the spot in their performance.
His latest offering "I AM LEGEND" includes the hit singles "Dream Chaser" and "Killing Time". He is now in the process of releasing his newest project "Everybody Hates Chris" Which includes the smash "Turn Up". Adversary is destined for success as a superstar and will bring authentic hip hop back to the forefront of mainstream radio.