Action Bronson is a Queens breed Albanian bearded rhyme animal of legendary proportions. The former chef turned rhyme smith started rapping in 2009 at the urging of his close friend fellow MC Meyhem Lauren and quickly realized he was a natural. After dropping the Come Up EP for free in 2010 Bronson followed up with the critically acclaimed Dr. Lecter produced in it’s entirety by Tommy Mas (Team Facelift). The song “Shiraz” and the viral video of the said song quickly spread like wildfire and Bronson became a favorite of the hip hop blog cognoscenti after being championed by sites such as Nah Right and 2DopeBoyz. As Dr Lecter continued to grow Action hooked up with DJ/Producer extraordinaire Statik Selektah to craft the soon to be classic Well Done album which was also embraced by critics and the masses featuring such songs as “Cocoa Butter” with Nina Sky and the epic “Miss Fordham Road”. Action is currently finishing up a project with producer Party Supplies for Reebok entitled Blue Chips which will be a free give a way to be released at the end of February. Bronson has toured across the states as well as Europe in a effort to increase the scope of his already short yet prolific career. Bronson has appeared in The NY Times, GQ, Details, The VIllage Voice, The Source, Rolling Stone and several other publications and is currently working on a pilot for the food network. In addition Action is working on several projects to be released in 2012 including a record with The Alchemist, a record with producer Harry Fraud and the follow up to Dr. Lecter titled Mr. Wonderful produced once again by Tommy Mas.

Birthed on the south side of Chicago, Marcale “Calez” Lewis was born to create music. He got started at an early age of 6 when he wrote his first rap song called “Big Money,” which he performed for his family that kept him striving to become a star. He first got in the studio with Ronnie Mac of Crazy Flo Productions and recorded his debut single at the ripe age of 13 entitled “Concussion”. Growing up and learning more about music and productions he started making his own beats by age 14 off an affordable program called Fl Studio 5. He became an excellent producer and started working on his own career as an all around artist. Meet Dj Slugo in 2007 His alter ego Dj Calez was created which his production capabilities and uniqueness on the Chicago scene as a footwork track maker got his social and music sites over 500,000 hits on the internet. Tailing from such sites as Youtube, Imeem, and Myspace. Calez deeply influenced by late 80’s early 90’s fashion and hip-hop culture catapulted and inspires his music, and new upcoming label 2008ightiesMusic™ Were Calez partnered up with business savvy manager and his acknowledgeable paralegal parent LaNora Lewis. This label is an natural extension of his comparative talents to be equally an artist as well as an producer. Platinizing a foundation for other upcoming artist under the 2008ightiesMusic™ umballa who in the studio collectively brainstorm on various creative projects conducive to their unique sound. If you absolutely love old school hip-hop and the new era, Calez is the guy to listen too. Writing, producing and engineering ninety percent of his projects, Calez feels there is no one like him in his age group. Look out for Chicago’s very own Calez!

Alex Wiley is a 19 year old MC from the South side of Chicago. He has been building a steady buzz releasing songs like “#MoPurp” leading up to the release of his debut project, #ClubWiley, in the very near future. With the release last year of the Can I Borrow a Dollar EP w/ Village cohort Kembe X. Alex Wiley dropped #MoPurp featuring Chance the Rapper and Kembe X racking up nearly 100K views he has proven a force to be reckoned with on the Chicago music scene. He has opened for a number of sold out shows at venues across the country and is finally prepared to headline his own in his hometown and will be giving a preview of the highly anticipated #ClubWiley mixtape which will be released via Closed Sessions.

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