Kente

"Kente" was born November 16th 1982 in Albuquerque, NM. He moved to Houston, TX in 1986 and shortly moved to West Memphis, AR (10 minutes from downtown Memphis, TN) in 1989. He started writing music at the age of 9. He was the youngest of three kids raised by a single mother, who struggled just to keep food on the table. At the age of 10 he started to do local talent shows. Pretending to be Kris Cross to A.B.C (Another Bad Creation). He also preformed in local plays (The Jungle Book & Tom Sawyer). By early 1993 his older brother and sister were off to college, leaving him to be the man of the house at the age of 13. He played football in junior high, and one year of travel basketball during senior year in high school. Kente was more into singing and rapping but found himself running the streets heavy with friends, who really didn't have male figures themselves. In 2000 he sang with his high school choir at the White House, for the Delta Conference and later that year had the chance to sing in New York City at Carnegie Hall. After high school Kente set his goals on college, and moved to Minnesota in late 2001. He attended Brown College in Mendota Heights, MN for Radio Broadcasting. Since 2010 he has owned Independent record label Rasma Recordings LLC where he showcases artists and direct and edits videos. Performed at festivals and opened up for several major acts. Kente has released over seven mix tapes and albums combined under the label. Several solo mix tapes through the label including two collaboration albums, one with his cousin Cortney "Cho Cheddar" Taylor, ("From Da Country 2 The City" 2011) , and an album with his artist Christopher "C.P" Parker. ("Run It With Me 2013"). Kente debuted his solo Album ("It's Music To Me" 2014) and he latest mixtape ("Since I Didn't Get a Verse" 2015)