Seryiouz

Seryiouz was born on the southside of Chicago, and very early in life, he was exposed to the street life, watching his older brother's struggles with gangs in the area. Seryiouz, too was quite the troublemaker in school, so in order to direct his energy elsewhere, his parents enrolled him in the band, where he excelled at trumpet. Seryiouz would always right rhymes or freestyle for fun, but woke up one morning and decided that this is what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, so he got Seryiouz and the rest is history.

Seryiouz has been creating a buzz in the Chicago land area with the release of his 2005 debut, "Rise From the Wreckage," various mixtape and showcase appearances. Currently Seryiouz has been doing shows to promote his newest album "Electric Liquid," and is due to release a follow up EP "Churches and Liquor Stores". Seryiouz is influenced by a wide range of artists which include Stevie Wonder, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Notorious Big, Jay-Z, Miles Davis, Prince, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Outkast, and Jimi Hendrix. What sets Seryiouz apart from a lot of rappers is his approach to concepts and he doesn't feel he has to do what is "hot" at the moment to make great songs.
Seryiouz has been featured on various mixtapes around the nation. Seryiouz also has had "Get Gone," a song in which he performed and penned the hook for J-Direct, featured on MTV's Real World (Sydney,Austrailia). "It's My Time," a single off of his "Electric Liquid" album has recieved several spins on Chicago's WGCI.