== Acmatic ==
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Acmatic is a rapper-producer hip-hop group, which consist of the rapper Kinglopo and the producer MXY. Their individual backgrounds are as follows.

Kinglopos’ Bio

Alias: Kinglopo
Real Name: Andrew Lopez
Age: 18
Birth Date: August 25, 1988.

He was conceived on August 25,1988, at the Nuttal hospital in St. Andrew. Being the son of a veteran actress and radio broadcaster he was exploded to the creative arts from relatively young. His education started at world of little people, then Mona preparatory then Ardenne high and currently the University of Technology. In 6th grade of Mona prep, his family relocated to Linstead St. Catherine to which he still resides. His interest in rap started when he was in the 6th grade, due to his peers interest and knowledge in that genre. It was ironic that his mothers’ work with an all reggae station had broadened his awareness of local music but his peers frowned it upon. In effort to fit in he got his first rap album Ma$e’s “Harlem World” and then move on to Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life” and Puff Daddy and the Family’s “No way out”. His interest began to grow and he soon became more interested in rap than local work. At high school though this changed dramatically, his interest then started to be in dancehall and the whole party vibe. By forth form he became a part of a sound system with his friends who played at party of friends and things of that sort. Even though his love for dancehall was very strong his first attempt at writing was a rap song, after listening to 50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Trying”. One of the sound system member to which he was associated with had an older brother who was getting involved in making dancehall rhythms and advised Lopo to get away from the rapping and maybe change them to dancehall (NB. The name Lopo was giving to him by a classmate in forth form that was mocking his last name Lopez). He took this advice and began writing dancehall lyrics. He was an admirer of Vybz Kartel’s witty wordplay at the time and tried to think creative ways of saying thing within to general theme of dancehall songs (girls and guns, mostly girls though). His first song, which the title may too explicit to state, was liked by his friends and his acclaim motivated him to continue writing; especially when there were a good amount of aspiring deejays around him at school. After writing a couple more songs he then found difficulty finding new ways of saying things under these similar themes and had a writing slump. He then just stopped pursuing writing any music and focused on passing his CXCs in fifth form; and it would have seemed that he wouldn’t even write again.

After going through fifth form, CXC’s and graduation, he decided he didn’t want to go to sixth form but go to the Pre-University School and do his A-Levels in 1 year. Many of his schoolmates had made the same move, some that he knew well and others he didn’t. One of these associates was a guy named Russell, now called MXY. They didn’t know each other well but being in the same classes, interest and so forth helped them grow into a solid friendship. At Pre-UWI however, Lopo met a rapper, which to him was really good and it opened his mind to the idea of Jamaicans being successful in rap but he still didn’t start writing again. It was only when he heard Jadakiss’s song “Put your hands up”, did he decide that he wanted to rap. To him, that song was so entertaining to the mind because of the metaphors and wordplay that he wanted to make that as well. He began writing again and one day when his rapper friend was doing his thing, people who knew he was rapping start chiting him to rap. He did… and he sucked, but his rapper friend saw some potential in his lyrics and gave him some pointers to how to flow properly and such. As he began practicing his rap, his friend Russell began playing with Fruity Loops 4 and had begun making beats. They would develop and were drawn to work with each other and this is how they formed their group, which is now called Acmatic.

BIO- MXY

Alias: MXY
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Real Name: Russell Meghoo
Age: 18
Birth Date: September 21,1988

Born in Kingston Jamaica 1988, Russell grew up with both parents and one sibling. During growing up he was exposed to a lot of the music known as classics today due to his parents love for music, which he later grew to appreciate in his high school years at Ardenne High School. Due to Jamaica’s heavy music related culture and his friends who all listen to different types of music, he became exposed to many genres of music, also coming to love them and appreciate the art of music. Along with his love for visual art, he quickly became interested in how music was made, reading up on music articles, in books newspapers etc. A form of music that caught his attention the most was hip hop, music with so much controversy and deep history that he began listening to it straight from the root up. By the time he left Ardenne, he started fiddling with music anyway he could, programs, trying to play his friends instruments, even buying a guitar which he plans to get lessons in very soon. After much practice, he became very familiar with the FL Studio program, which is often criticized for its uselessness, but he continued to use it to the best of his ability. After a short while, a colleague he went to school with since high school, Andrew Lopez AKA King Lopo, became friends with Russell after high school was finished when they both attended The Pre-University. Both with common interests in music and Hip-hop in general both noticed each other’s abilities in training, Russell being a beat maker and Andrew being a rapper. Both in the beginning stages of these skills slowly developed them to a point where they though they should take their abilities seriously and put them to good use for 1, because of their frustration with the current state of Hip hop, and 2, because its something they love doing and they both believed they should be doing what they love for a living. Soon the group MILITIA was formed when they both rejoined at UTECH. Still in the development stages, Russell began making beats based on the old school style of making beats by sampling older music from the 60's, 70's and 80's. This era in hip hop was the times he loved and believed hip hop was made with quality back then, that which he is trying to emulate, of course with his own twist. The name became ACMATIC, upon recognition that there were so many acts in the world with the name Militia that we didn’t want to be confused with them. So after lots of debating and deliberation, we chose ACMATIC because of how unique it was, so that people could only make the connection with us.

ACMATIC TODAY

Today the group is developing, working on songs, making foreign links and becoming apart of the freshest new clique EVER. Now apart of the FRESH EMCEES, with another group, Zombie DeLarge, and another emcee, Mesmer-eyes, don’t be surprised to see ACMATIC as well as the Fresh Emcees, with different ventures and expanding to different markets. We here to show hip hop can be one of the greatest motivational tool, to originality, creativity and upward movement.