Styles P
Yonkers, New York, United States | INDIE
Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
This band has no press
Discography
Solo Albums
A Gangster and a Gentleman (2002) Certified: Gold
Time Is Money (2006)
Super Gangster, Extraordinary Gentleman ( 2007)
The Lox
Money, Power & Respect (1998)
We Are The Streets (2000)
Other collaborations
P & Mr. Jones (with Jim Jones) (2008)
Mixtapes
Fabio & Supa Mario - Ghost Stories: The World According To P
Randeezy & Supa Mario - Ghost Stories: The World According To P
Big Mike & Supa Mario - Ghost Stories: The World According To P
Big Mike & Supa Mario - Ghost In The Shell
Big Mike & Supa Mario - Ghost In The Machine
Big Mike & Poobs - The Phantom
Big Mike - The Phantom Menace
Pop-Off Productions & Styles P. - Rise Of The Phantom
DJ Diggz & DJ Rated R - Why I'm the Hardest"
Independence
The Ghost Sessions
DJ Drama & Don Cannon - The Ghost That Sat By The Door
Big Mike, Dj Thoro & Styles P. - Addicted To The Game Vol. 7
Big Mike, Dj Thoro & Styles P. - The Ghost That Should Leave The Game
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
I dont see myself as a positive or negative Im a gentleman if youre a gentleman and Im definitely a gangsta if youre a gangsta. Styles P.
STYLES
When Hardcore is an Understatement
Styles P., government name David Styles, is no ordinary rapper. He embodies true thug-life to the fullest, and then some. His blood gauging lyrics will leave you cringing and wounded. A hardcore runner whose thugged-out persona leaves admirers and challengers for the chaseand hes so far ahead of the game that there isnt anyone whos remotely close to catching up. Simply put: Styles P. keeps it so real, one look and, hell make any Ruff-Neck go soft. And these arent attributes he chose to take on willingly, these traits stem from personal experiences that have molded him to be one of the mostif not the mostgrimiest and most lethal rapper around today.
Now, unleashing fire on his solo debut project, A Gangster and a Gentleman, Mr. Styles P. drives skills so hard not even the strongest MC can break em. Once a Bad Boy Entertainment devoteeLOX was signed to Sean Combs label during their Money, Power, Respect daysStyles, still a committed member of the LOX crew, rips chests open and leaves hearts hanging for questioning. Youre either with him or against him, plain and simple.
Power, Substance, Style
Born in Corona, Queens, Styles moved to Yonkers NY at the age of seven. And he considers himself to be a Yonkers man because he has spent a third of his life there, on Groshan Ave. His mother, a South African woman from Johannesburg, and his father, a Brooklyn native, have been instrumental in his development as a lyricistwhether directly or indirectly. The streets have taught him what it means to be loyal, to be aware, to beware and to know that life spares no one. I basically grew up in the ghetto like most black boys, says Styles. My man BG (Black Garf) and I use to go outside for the hustlin. Ralph and me started off bottlin up and then started pumpin. Ya know, the regular stuff young boys do in the ghetto. Drugs, guns and stabbed backs become routine in the streets. Styles had to decipher between who had his back and the people who tried to knife it. Those kats are still my boys and Ive got to respect everything Ive been through, testifies Styles. Even t
hough I rap I still got the same niggas from day one.
It wasnt until he began spitting rhymes that Styles knew this art form would be his salvation. I was rappin since I was nine. I remember always flowin wherever I went. I met Sheek in junior-high summer school. I met Kiss in 9th grade, recalls Styles. Kiss and Sheek were already a group and I was a solo-ist from another part of town. But when I met them I started to roll wit em. I would do little hooks, I would be in the background cause they was better in the booth, and I aint have too much booth exposure. At the time we named the group The Bomb Squad. Thats when we got with Bad Boy and I had got popped with a burner. I was nineteen so I had to go to county jail. When I came out I met Dee (Ruff Ryders CEO) and he was already down with Sheek and Kiss.
When things didnt turn out as planned with Bad Boy, The Bomb Squad, who had changed their name to the LOX, ran a street campaign to free themselves from their contract and after it was finally terminated got signed to Ruff Ryders. Now after multi-platinum success with the LOX, Styles P. has readied himself to represent the streets like no one has because Styles represents the niggas with the hoodies onstruggling. Whatevers on my mind Im gonna speak it, so I aint never gon make it how Im supposed to make it cause I aint gon get in no meetings with nobody and kiss theyre ass. I love money and I love bein aiight but I love my honor and my respect more and thats what I represent, firmly states Styles.
You see, Im a gangsta, and a gangsta aint somebody who runnin around killin people. A gangsta is a nigga who takes care of home, his people and lives by the rules and lives by the code. A gangsta is a nigga who work 9-5 who just knows the rules of life and knows how to respect a man and how to be respected and he knows where to take it when hes disrespected. You dont have to be on the streets sellin crack and dope to be a gangsta. You can be a poet, a doctor, a construction worker or whatever. Like if you do something to me I dont believe in stoppin until my point is proven. Im not gon stop unless you stop me or unless Im incarcerated or bleeding badly or Im dead.
A Gangster and a Gentleman
Styles P. is a hardcore poet. His new album, A Gangster and a Gentleman, is a fine example of a black mans ability to turn negatives into positives and live to tell the story. When a man like Styles P. hits the mic the landscape becomes far more interesting. I dont really MC. What I say I just say cause thats how I feel. I always try to make a jewel in it. You mi
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