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"STATE OF EMERGENCY" (MIXTAPE) 2005,"ROAD TO REDEMPTION" (COMPILATION ALBUM) 2005,"WHO I BE" SOLO ALBUM COMING IN MAY 2006!!!!!

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During the beginnings of the digital music revolution, rapper/producer Poncho Villa grew up making beats and writing rhymes. By age 18, he became a self-proclaimed musical genius. A Washington D.C. native, Poncho further defined his dream of becoming a major player in the music industry and began studying Music Business Management at the prestigious Howard University. In 1995, his impressive style of blending elements from both East and West, as well as the South, won him The USA Songwriting Competition placing in both the Hip-Hop and R&B categories. He later honed his skills at the Omega Engineering School where he was formally trained in the recording arts, and continued to craft the sound that characterized his life and vision of sending D.C. into the number one spot of the music game.

The next big move was starting Thorolife Entertainment where he began working with the best local talent D.C. had to offer. Producing for the likes of XO, Loonatyk, IRenna & AWOL, Angel B, and Ms. Mina, Poncho Villa independently released back-to-back compilations, “The State of Emergency Mixtape”, and it's follow-up, “The Road to Redemption” which is now considered a classic. His full-length solo debut, “Who I Be” is scheduled to drop early Summer 2006 and is destined to be the breakthrough album that forces the industry to take notice.

As an artist, Poncho finds inspiration from Hip-Hop’s producer renaissance of the late 80s and 90s; producers such as DJ Premier and Dr. Dre and more contemporary producers Timbaland and Kanye West. Guided by God and motivated by his young son, Poncho Villa is driven to bring integrity back into Hip-Hop and to make the kind of music anyone can enjoy.